http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycle parking in Edinburgh, where have we got to? en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:45:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386120 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:47:01 +0000 bakky 386120@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Happy to feature in edi.bike but would be great to have some clarification - have CEC been naughtily reusing OSM data without attribution? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386118 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:35:00 +0000 chrisfl 386118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Matching distance is a tricky one, as some are different enough such as different sides of the road that they are worth checking. But if there is a ref:GB:cec with the council ID then it will match to that if it's within 30m. </p> <p>If there are any CEC one's that we should ignore then send the ID's to me@ chrisfleming dot org and I will exclude them.</p> <p>I've also make the columns sort. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386117 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:23:56 +0000 boothym 386117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice work with the map/comparison. Was actually going to suggest increasing the matching distance to 15m (provided the capacity/covered is also the same) as there was some not matched that looked like they should be. Can the columns be match sortable (especially the capacity diff) in the matched table?</p> <p>The council list has three at Ocean Terminal's demolished parking which were removed from OSM two years ago. And a few others I looked at were not visible on any Street View images over the years, strange.</p> <p>Maybe something to mention for the next edi.bike issue? :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386110 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:09:39 +0000 chrisfl 386110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That looks to me like the same set of data as the other map which also matches the data on the council portal here: <a href="https://data.edinburghcouncilmaps.info/datasets/4771acc22eaa47b18642b225fcb390dc_139/explore?location=55.927263%2C-3.259765%2C0.00">https://data.edinburghcouncilmaps.info/datasets/4771acc22eaa47b18642b225fcb390dc_139/explore?location=55.927263%2C-3.259765%2C0.00</a></p> <p>That was last updated in June. </p> <p>I've made a few changes to my map, I reduced the matching distance to 10m and that increased the list of Council but not in OSM to 88. We've added a few missing ones to OSM and added an exclusion list for Council data that doesn't exist or are in the wrong place; currently 19 entries Excluded and 64 left to investigate.</p> <p>One thing that is in interesting is that it looks like parking doesn't get removed from the Council Dataset once it's removed, for example there was parking on Leith Walk from before the trams works still showing up.</p> <p>Another curious one is the council show Bike parking on Sibbald Walk near the UK Goverment building. But there is nothing there. Curious if this was added them removed for some reason, as some bike parking there would make sense. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386094 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:03:50 +0000 chdot 386094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This may or may not use same data</p> <p>Likewise, dynamic?</p> <p>This layer includes CEC’s ‘quiet routes’</p> <p><a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=a66fd6a68acf4845b8878430dcdd0599" rel="nofollow">https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=a66fd6a68acf4845b8878430dcdd0599</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386031 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:41:48 +0000 chrisfl 386031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've also make a map showing OSM and Council data parking:</p> <p><a href="https://edinburgh-bike-parking.chrisfleming.org/">https://edinburgh-bike-parking.chrisfleming.org/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386026 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:35:50 +0000 chrisfl 386026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've exported the council data and compared it to OSM data:</p> <p><code><br /> ┌──────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┐<br /> │ │ Count │ % │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ Council spots matched in OSM │ 1,449 │ 95.7% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ Council spots missing from OSM │ 65 │ 4.3% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ OSM features matched in Council │ 1,476 │ 84.1% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ OSM features not in Council data │ 279 │ 15.9% │<br /> └──────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┘</p> <p></code> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386024 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:22:17 +0000 chrisfl 386024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does seem to be OpenStreetMap data! But quite old as it does include at least one spot I removed a year ago.</p> <p>Also ripping off OSM data and then putting a copyright notice of:</p> <p><blockquote><br /> Developed by The City of Edinburgh Council. © Crown copyright and database rights [2026] Ordnance Survey [0100023420].<br /> </blockquote></p> <p>is a violation of OSM's license </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385990 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:19:21 +0000 boothym 385990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Curiously the archis map of public bike parking lists a number of private sheds.</blockquote><br /> It appears to be an import of OpenStreetMap data, so they probably should've removed all the objects with access=private or made them a different colour/shape.</p> <p>On one hand it's good to have the OSM data used as it'll be the most up to date, however sometimes datasets from councils etc will have things missing from OSM so it would be good to be able to do a comparison with their own data as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385927 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:18:57 +0000 chdot 385927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mw2cgjtkp22r" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mw2cgjtkp22r</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385528 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:53:23 +0000 acsimpson 385528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Curiously the archis map of public bike parking lists a number of private sheds. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385323 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:53:19 +0000 bakky 385323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The one I use most frequently is <a href="https://cycleparking.net/" rel="nofollow">https://cycleparking.net/</a> - saved to my home screen - I believe it might be Alex fae Spokes that built it, but pulls data on parking locations and capacities from Open Street Map. For mobile use, might be easier than the ArcGIS but YMMV! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385320 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:22:15 +0000 pringlis 385320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The URL for the very useful ArcGIS map of all bike parking racks in Edinburgh has recently changed - it's now <a href="https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/aae8196c48c144b1bff24fd29e159ef2" rel="nofollow">https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/aae8196c48c144b1bff24fd29e159ef2</a></p> <p>If you haven't seen this before it shows the location of all bike racks and their capacity. I find this useful to reference when I'm going somewhere and am unsure where to park, I usually then cross reference with Google Street View. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385039 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:40:55 +0000 chdot 385039@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/north-berwick-parking-wardens-issue-167-fines-in-first-two-weeks-since-parking-charges-introduced-8790528" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/north-berwick-parking-wardens-issue-167-fines-in-first-two-weeks-since-parking-charges-introduced-8790528</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383477 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:26:49 +0000 bakky 383477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Superglue sanctions on East Lothian </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383474 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:57 +0000 gembo 383474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well @Yodhrin, the Nicene Creed was established when the bishop arguing that Jesus was both God and the son of God was more convincing in his argument to Constantine than the Bishop arguing that Jesus was the son of God.</p> <p>I confess I have been back asking North Berwick people who think it is funny to break parking meters if it is ok if I can come Round and smash their windows.</p> <p>They dont like me.</p> <p>Some use very choice language.</p> <p>I have asked - which is worse? The War in Iran or paying for Parking. Seems to be the latter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383471 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:08:17 +0000 Yodhrin 383471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Isn't it just amazing how Conservative councillors can bang on about The Wull O' The Peepul for days on end and portray every consultation not treated as a referendum as a betrayal of democracy itself when the subject is cycle lanes, but all of a sudden when it's their pals in the construction industry the proles and their silly little park have to take a back seat to the practicalities. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383433 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:56:32 +0000 Frenchy 383433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"More bike parking"</p> <p>Specifically more spaces for non-standard cycles. The plans had 5% of cycle parking for non-standard cycles. The added condition increases that to 10%.</p> <p>(Council guidance is for minimum of 20%.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383431 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:49:22 +0000 chdot 383431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Cllr Mitchell’s position won, with an additional requirement that more bike parking be provisioned in the development. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/controversial-edinburgh-development-would-destroy-33574980?ref=edinburghminute.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/controversial-edinburgh-development-would-destroy-33574980?ref=edinburghminute.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383375 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:37:25 +0000 chdot 383375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was looking for something completely unrelated. </p> <p>Google sometimes finds interesting things…</p> <p>Was 2024, so I assume something has been approved - possibly using CEC Rule 101 “but we don't care”</p> <p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/shorts/fUalOwW2MrM" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/shorts/fUalOwW2MrM</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-383374 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:07:45 +0000 Frenchy 383374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Linking to specific documents in the planning portal doesn't work.</p> <p>The list of documents is here: <a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=S2RM7MEWI5N00" rel="nofollow">https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=S2RM7MEWI5N00</a></p> <p>The plan of the bike parking can then be found by searching the page for "composite cycle storage".</p> <p>I agree about the difficulty of manoeuvring a cargo bike into those spaces, and I struggle to believe the spacing of the racks meets the minimum standards, although I've not got a ruler out to check.</p> <p>I also note that the plan says "All provisions comply with the Council Cycle Parking Factsheet C7". They do not. The factsheet says that at least 20% of cycle parking is for non-standard cycles; this plan has 10%.</p> <p>Spokes reviews the cycle parking in planning applications which are on Development Management committee agendas. There is an utterly infuriating level of "It doesn't meet the guidance, but we don't care." from almost everyone.</p> <p>@chdot - where did you find this, what stage of the planning process is it at? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-383373 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:15:04 +0000 Arellcat 383373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Worth noting this plan of the bike parking:</p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/BDD9ADDF3E848848D74BF891A5E6CC69/pdf/23_06355_FUL-4696_PL-49_COMPOSITE_CYCLE_STORAGE_COMPLIANCE-6982507.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/BDD9ADDF3E848848D74BF891A5E6CC69/pdf/23_06355_FUL-4696_PL-49_COMPOSITE_CYCLE_STORAGE_COMPLIANCE-6982507.pdf</a></p> <p>[Edit: planning application <a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=S2RM7MEWI5N00&amp;activeTab=summary">23/06355/FUL</a>]</p> <p>It's hard to tell if this plan shows the reconfigured parking - <a href="https://thebikestoragecompany.co.uk/products/bike-racks/">The Bike Storage Company</a> manufacturers all kinds, including semi-vertical and two-tier, but they are <em>very</em> keen on weird and wonderful variations of wheelbenders.</p> <p>The main issue to me seems to be with the internal cycle store, and its positioning of the two 'custom Sheffield stands for 4 non-standard Bikes'. I'm not convinced that the layout of the cycle storage compound allows for enough manoeuvering of something of the order of an Urban Arrow (or a velomobile) that would enable full use of the facility. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-383370 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:43:24 +0000 chdot 383370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Matter 5 – to address the consultation response from CEC Transport (dated 4 March 2024) regarding cycle parking as per the Edinburgh Design Guidance and the Cycle Parking Factsheet C7;</p> <p>Response – it is accepted that the proposed 38 cycle parking spaces meet the Council’s requirements in terms of numbers.</p> <p>However, the proposed 34 semi-vertical stands are not considered to meet the requirement of being easy to use. The Council Cycle Parking Factsheet C7 (page 1) states that cycle parking should be easy to use with “no lifting or dragging needed”. </p> <p>The use of semi-vertical spaces appears to be dictated by the design of the proposed building. In view of the fact that the site is vacant, there would appear to be no particular reason why the required number of suitable stands, e.g. Sheffield stands, cannot be accommodated by a redesign. This is clearly set out in the Edinburgh Design Guide (page 58): “early consideration of the location and type of provision is required to avoid retrofitting at the end of the design process.”</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=92189" rel="nofollow">https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=92189</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-381397 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:46:10 +0000 Frenchy 381397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/bikes-thefts-stations-not-investigated-316209" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/news/bikes-thefts-stations-not-investigated-316209</a></p> <p>Transport Police confirming that they will not investigate thefts of bikes which are either under £200 in value or which were left at the station for more than two hours. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-379624 Mon, 12 May 2025 07:35:08 +0000 chdot 379624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>26 new on-street secure cycle parking hangars, as part of Phase 2 of the project’s rollout; local hero Harry Williams has done us all a solid and stuck them on an easily-perused map of the new locations.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://risingace.github.io/Phase2_CycleParking/" rel="nofollow">https://risingace.github.io/Phase2_CycleParking/</a></p> <p>(Via <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21592&amp;page=3#post-379626">edi.bike</a>) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-376682 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:09:48 +0000 Frenchy 376682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>road.cc have a wee article with Caroline Barr, who I think will be known by a number of folk here, and her trouble getting secure cycle parking: </p> <p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-24-september-2024-310485#live-blog-item-61283" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-24-september-2024-310485#live-blog-item-61283</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-375553 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:17:40 +0000 SRD 375553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can’t recommend Lothian Rd…</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/nicholakane_/status/1803396727912665158" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/nicholakane_/status/1803396727912665158</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-375419 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 17:11:31 +0000 Frenchy 375419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nothing to stop anyone using the racks in front of St Andrew's House. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-375417 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:54:26 +0000 cb 375417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone know what the situation is regarding bike parking on or near Calton Hill?</p> <p>OSM shows racks outside St Andrew's House. Are they available to the general public? Don't suppose there is anything to stop anyone using them.</p> <p><a href="https://www.collective-edinburgh.art/visit">Collective</a> states:</p> <p><em>"Bikes can be locked to the rack at the base of the steps on Waterloo Place, or outside of our main East Gate entrance."</em></p> <p>I don't see the Waterloo place rack on OSM or Streetview, and I wasn't sure if the "East Main Gate" referred to the gate at the top of the hill. I can't see any racks there either although there is the odd railing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=15#post-375192 Tue, 28 May 2024 20:26:14 +0000 Kim 375192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't people say that about my original post at the start of this thread 11 years ago? ;-) </p>