📰 News this Week

🔮 ‘How we could turn Edinburgh into a real cycling city’

Corey Boyle’s three-part, evidence-rich series for the Edinburgh Inquirer on pushing the city towards a more sustainable future wrapped up this week with some practical approaches that could move the needle.

Boyle also had a piece on World Car Free Day published in The Scotsman this week.

As always, it’s been refreshing hearing a new and well-informed voice calling for change - links to all three chapters are below, on the Inquirer’s SubStack:

• Part 1 — 🌐 Even ‘the world’s worst cycle lane’ works

• Part 2 — 🚗 Fewer commuters drive here than in any other Scottish city

• Part 3 — 🚲 How we could turn Edinburgh into a real cycling city

🍜 Edinburgh Delivery riders unveil a Fair Work Charter

Fantastic work from The Workers’ Observatory and Edinburgh riders movement ROOM:

”The Workers’ Observatory and delivery rider collective ROOM are excited to unveil the Edinburgh Riders’ Fair Work Charter.

“The Charter outlines what Fair Work would look like for platform-based delivery riders, whose status as self-employed means they miss out on basic workers’ rights such as minimum wage, sick and holiday pay. It was developed via workshops facilitated by the Workers’ Observatory.”

Be sure to read about this and encourage your local representatives at all levels to engage with the delivery companies on addressing it.

🚲 Minto St to Craigmillar Park Corridor

Ahead of resurfacing next year, preparatory works start from Monday 5th October on the Minto Street to Craigmillar Park corridor on drainage, signals and crossings. As Robbie covers in this week’s road closures (below ‘National’ news further into this newsletter), this may mean sections of the cycleway are impacted as works are carried out.

This ‘travelling safely’-era scheme, now made permanent, may well see upgraded materials at part of the resurfacing works next year — we’re still to have that confirmed. In the meantime, while we consider another potential infrastructure video for Youtube - we’re seeking feedback from frequent users of the route.

There are clear ‘general’ issues - the quality of the road surface inside the cycle lane is very poor having already been in a bad way before the bollards went in, and thanks largely to B&Bs there is arguably more parking / loading within the cycleway than anywhere else in the city - but if you experience other issues or know specific points on this corridor we should look into, send us an email

🏰 Local Bits

🪣 Just 3 days to go for The Bike Station’s flash flooding recovery fundraiser) - do back their amazing work if you have the means to - everything donated is being match funded by Spokes so worth twice your donation!

✊ Lovely weather for Saturday’s Edinburgh Critical Mass out to Blackford and back; great shots posted to Bluesky by David Hoy and the Edinburgh Critical Mass account, following up with a few additional shots on Instagram and news that after a trial over the Summer, Friday night rides are sticking around!

🚶 When is a continuous footway not a continuous footway? When it’s been repaired with materials that make it look dangerously like a normal side road, per Leith Feeder Ride on Bluesky this week:

“The broken paving on the continuous footway at Dalmeny St / Leith Walk has been repaired with tarmac, undermining the whole design.

“It now looks like pedestrians and cyclists are crossing a road, rather than drivers crossing a continuous footway.

“Cycling by Design is pretty clear on this:

“The footway material and colour on approach to the junction should be maintained across the side road and should visually contrast with the nearby carriageway.” — Junction Guidance page »

There’s a couple further images on their post too, illustrating how these should be implemented. It’s surely tricky enough monitoring and impacting traffic behaviour around these measures that are increasingly prevalent in the city, without also failing to enforce them through choice of materials and appearance.

🧱 The lack of completion works at the Summerhall junction has (at least in part) lead to significant impact damage for the new cycle lane kerbs on this north section on Hope Park Crescent — admirably documented, shared to #EdTravCyc, cleared up AND reported to the Council by Wingpig! — with further news on the thread on Sunday that there is also now additional impact damage on the southbound kerbs at Summerhall.

We assume there’s a delay in getting a contractor to return following the roadworks embargo - it would be great to see these works finished up before the integrity of the kerbs laid cause any further safety issues to the ones we know of!

📈 More cracking work from Edward Tissiman this week, looking a the impacts of Voi hires and the recent Tram line closure on Leith Walk cycle traffic:

”An insight into cycling trends - the introduction of Voi bikes has added about 500 additional cyclists per day to Leith Walk; the tram closure added another 250 at the peak.

“The Voi effect is much larger at the weekend, while the inverse is true for the tram.

”This makes an assumption that otherwise, 2026 would have exactly followed 2025. I think that's reasonable given the pattern in the last two years.” — @edtiss on Bluesky »

🤯 Some pretty extraordinary motoring shared to the r/Edinburgh subreddit on Sunday… “2 fast, 2 oblivious”

As commenters mooted how they might have got there, original poster Larry_Cheesburger (assumed to be their real name) added ”No idea but they came through the tunnel from the George V park” which is even more confounding…

📜 Amazing bit of local history from Spokes this week - the 1981 installation of the Council’s first public cycle parking in the city, more images on Bluesky »

👏 Happy fundraising news from Cycling Without Age Musselburgh, whose variety of fundraising efforts and grant funding have raised £29,200 to update their fleet of trishaws - more on Facebook »

📰 Nice cargo grant funding report from SW20 after Spokes contributed £1k towards a Carla Cargo trailer for their south-west Edinburgh bike library, shared on Facebook »

🥉 Local developer Stuart Barlow has put together The Decathlon Index - “Driving and walking distances from each city's central train station to its nearest Decathlon store, across Europe.” Take a look, and see if you can guess where Edinburgh will place before clicking through…

⛔ Following a briefer-than-expected closure of part of the Roseburn (still not actually) to Union Canal link for resurfacing above Dalry Rd, Cllr Ross McKenzie posted an update from Officers to Bluesky;

📋 Following the building of the Queensferry Crossing, Spokes spotted this survey (slash choose your own adventure quiz) following up on the impact of designating the Forth Road Bridge for active and sustainable travel (and assumedly other bridges too, but I’m not survey spelunking any further without appropriate supplies and a torch);

🤔 Interesting from the Council - a wee promotional social media video about cycle infrastructure posted this week to Bluesky;

🎉 Save the date for Edinburgh’s Cargo Bike Carnival!

New from Edinburgh & Lothians Cargo Bike Network, a Cargo Bike Carnival on Sunday, October 11th from 11am - 2pm:

Join us in the Meadows for a fun day celebrating cargo bikes: games, stalls, best-dressed bike competition, and a world record attempt.

This will be a day out for all the family to showcase how fantastic cargo bikes are for getting around the city, whatever you might need to carry.

If you are new to cargo bikes - or you've never tried one before - this is your chance to have a go! Got your own cargo bike? We'd love you to bring it along, dress it up, enjoy the games, meet other cargo bike users and join us for a big bike ride around the park with lots of cargo bikes (ordinary bikes are also very welcome!). We'd really like to have a world record attempt - the biggest cargo bike party ever held in Scotland!

You can also meet some of the amazing organisations using cargo bikes for community projects, food sharing, deliveries, gardening, small businesses and more, as well as the brilliant bike sharing schemes and bike libraries around the city where you can borrow a cargo bike to try for yourself.

On the day we are launching a report about cargo bike use in Edinburgh and the Lothians - that shows what a great idea cargo bikes are if we want to have safer, less polluting streets, better health and stronger communities as we head towards a fossil-free future. We'll have some short speeches about that too, and you can get a copy of the report. But mainly we are about having fun in cargo bikes!

This is a free event. Open to everyone. No need to book but feel free to register your interest here, especially if you'd like to hear more about the event or the work of Edinburgh & Lothians Cargo Bike Network. Look forward to seeing you there!

📝 Ongoing: Network Rail are conducting a survey regarding key Scottish stations:

❓ Do you use Edinburgh Waverley or Glasgow Central stations?

💭 We’d love to hear your thoughts. What are we doing well? Where can we do better? Please fill our the survey on the link below.

As pointed out by John Robson, this survey is a good opportunity to feed back on:

• ⚡ The nebulous, network-wide ban on parking ebikes within stations - even though the majority of fire risk is about when bikes are charging, and even then is very rare amongst established brands and largely limited to DIY frankenbikes; and that in spite of having an outdoor surface car-park that could provide secure ebike parking accessible from New Street and be in line with these onerous restrictions, Waverley still haven’t provided it;

• 🅿️ The fact that existing cycle parking is, as John puts it “away from any cycle access routes which should surely be the starting point for any cycle parking location”;

• 🚶 The ebike ban also extending to Voi hire bikes, which has resulted in more convenient parking zones being relocated to further outside of the station;

➡️ You can fill out the survey here »

📮 Got a story or link for the next issue of edi.bike? DM or mention @edi.bike on Bluesky, or send it in using our Submissions Form »

🌧️ National

📺 Another cracking infrastructure update from Glasgow Cyclist on Youtube!

🛍️ Via this Instagram post - Sunday 18th October in Glasgow - Cycle jumble sale!

We are doing it again. Sunday 18th October 9am - 1pm at the Sir Chris hoy velodrome for a bike jumble and open day with free come and try track taster sessions. Jumble tables are £10 for a single table, £20 for a double and all of that goes to charity. All cycling and cycling related stuff is welcome, not just track kit. Free entry for browsers and buyers. Hit us up at [email protected] to book a stall or with any questions.

⚡ ”The numbers of commuters being caught using illegally modified e-motorbikes as e-bikes has risen dramatically in the past year, according to City of London Police, who are stopping as many commuters on illegal eBikes as delivery riders during rush hour. This dramatic shift is understood to be driven by the rising cost of living and a lack of consumer knowledge about what constitutes a legal eBike.” — by Laura Laker for Cycling Industry News »

Would love to understand the complexities behind halting the sale of these in the first place. It’s clear placing the burden of legal selection on the consumer isn’t working.

🙄 Meanwhile in Scotland (and across the country), if you’d like an e-moto that it’s illegal to use on the road, why not buy it for a song directly from the sodding Polis? E-motorbikes seized by police sold on at auction, BBC finds — more here »

You couldn’t make it up.

🚴🏼‍♀️ Spokes linked to a really interesting piece in the Peeblean (SubStack) this week about funding awarded to “construct the next stage of the Tweed Trail through Hay Lodge Park to Fotheringham Bridge” as well as funding a feasibility study for a Penicuik to Peebles route;

📊 Study and ‘School run cruncher’ finds “school run traffic to private schools is disproportionately responsible for morning rush hour congestion” — Private schools, public pollution: the need to better understand school run congestion by Possible »

💰 “Millions of people across England will benefit from safer, more accessible walking, wheeling and cycling routes thanks to a record investment [£104 million]] in the National Cycle Network (NCN) from the [UK] Government” — Active Travel England

🌍 Elsewhere

✊ This week New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani “announced a historic $131.5 million enforcement action against DoorDash for systematic violations of New York City's Delivery Worker Laws” :

“The settlement will deliver more than $115 million directly to delivery workers and more than $16 million in civil penalties and costs. It will provide relief to more than 260,000 workers who were underpaid by DoorDash, including workers who were not paid at all or were paid late for work they had already performed.” — NYC.Gov »

🛣 Route Closures and Issues

ℹ️ Encountered unexpected road issues? Find out how to report them with this guide from Spokes. The team at Edinburgh Travel News are also keen to hear about cycle path alerts and can be contacted on Threads or Facebook.

🦋 On Bluesky? Follow the #EdTravCyc feed - anyone can use the #EdTravCyc hashtag to share route issues they encounter;

📪 Road closure info — with thanks to Robbie who prepares this list for us:

✅ Water of Leith Path: Kinauld Tan Works Footbridge by Currie now re-opened.

🌊 Duddingston Park South: Closed for Scottish Water emergency repairs. At time of writing, the crossing of NCN1 Innocent Railway Path remains accessible though the toucan crossing is obstructed.

🚧 West Coates: Closed between Balbirnie Pl and Wester Coates Rd for Scottish Water works from today, Monday 28th September, for 5 days. Section of CCWEL cycle way closed.

🚧 Rosebery Crescent: Closed at Haymarket Terrace from today, Monday 28th September for 5 days. Section of CCWEL cycle way closed.

🚧 Albion Road: Obstruction of Quietroute 20 for Scottish Power works from tomorrow, Tuesday 29th September. However, the Crawford Bridge may offer an alternate route.

🚧 Brighton Place: Closed at Portobello High St 9:30am - 2:30pm this Sunday 4th October for Scottish Water surveys. A short dismount is expected to be required.

🚧 Minto Street: Segregated cycle lanes down to Craigmillar Park expected to be obstructed in various locations from next Monday 5th October until the end of the year, in preparation for resurfacing.

Long Term Closures:

🚦 Marchmont Road: Closed southbound for Scottish Power works ongoing until end October 2026. Works may later obstruct the crossing of Leamington Walk path around the Meadows, requiring a dismount.

🚧 South Lauder Road: Road on Quietroute 6 closed at Regulas Rd for Scottish Power works. If you’re travelling to Kings Campus, Grange Loan may offer an alternate route to the cycle lanes on Mayfield Rd. Update: Works expected to finish 12th October 2026.

🏖️ Silverknowes Road: Road to Silverknowes Beach closed for resurfacing works and reconfiguration of the cycle lane. Update: Now expected to reopen in October 2026.

🌊 Waterloo Place: Closed westbound until end Nov 2026 for Scottish Water repairs. Eastbound access will be reduced to 1 lane. Be aware of vehicles overtaking within the narrow and uphill remaining lane. A dismount will be necessary westbound, and it will not be possible to rejoin the road until after North Bridge, as traffic lights will be altered.

🚧 Dundee Street: Segregated cycle lanes between Viewforth and Gilmore Park obstructed by temporary traffic lights for Scottish Power substation works until November 2026. Access to the Union Canal may require a dismount.

🏞️ Holyrood Park High Road: Closed due to recent rockfall. A short dismount is necessary to avoid a fenced off area.

🌉 St Marks Path: Bridge over Water of Leith closed due to structural issues. The road bridge at Warriston Rd or pedestrian bridge at Beaverhall Rd may offer alternate routes.

🌉 Harrison Road: Bridges closed due to structural concerns with micro-cracking in the original cast iron beams. The north-west bridge over a small path is closed for rebuilding until end August 2026, including the path below. The south-east bridge over the Union Canal is currently closed pedestrians and cyclists whilst kerbs are altered.

🏗️ Edinburgh Park Station: Quiet Route 8 cycle path between Hermiston Gait and the Gyle Centre closed for works in preparation of the Edinburgh Arena development. It’s only possible to go around by carrying your bike up roughly 20 steps or by following the shared use footway on Lochside Ave.

🏗️ Port Hamilton Cyclepath: Shared use path between Union Canal and West End closed until 2027 for building works. A diversion is advised via Gardeners Crescent and Semple Street.

🏗️ Craighall Road: Closed until May 2028 for the Refurbishment of Trinity Academy. Access to the Victoria Path is expected to be maintained. A diversion will be signed along Newhaven Road, however the removal of parking for improved traffic flow may lead to this being a wider and faster road, less suitable for cycles.

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🎉 Events and Happenings

📆 Upcoming / Ongoing

❄️ A wee bit of winter wind-down news from ELREC’s Edinburgh Cycling Club, from their Instagram:

We’ll be pausing our cycling classes at the end of October, so make sure to come along to the classes while you can!

Here're the dates when you can still join:
Saturday 03.10.2026
Saturday 10.10.2026
Saturday 17.10.2026

We will continue with every other activity, so don't fret, the Cycling Club will be still be here to take you to pedalling - come rain or shine : )

And rest assured, we will be back with the Cycling Classes in Spring 2027.

⏩ As ever all their events are listed on Meetup for more information and booking where required.

🔧 Basic Bike Maintenance sessions at Bridgend Farmhouse, next on Friday 23rd October (last one for a wee while!):

• Inclusive, small and friendly groups with Dara

• Last Friday of the month from May to Oct

• Suggested £5 donation to Bridgend Farmhouse

Places go quickly - please book a place by emailing [email protected]

🔁 Weekly Events

🚴 Weekly

• 🍃 Mon, 12-2.30pm: Free, fun group ride on paths from Bridgend Farmhouse;

• 💪 Adult (16+) Confidence Builder bike rides with The Bike Station, 5-6pm from outside Pav cafe, Meadows;

• 🌅 Tues, ⏰ 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol - Meet St. Andrew Square, same route each time - more info on their Instagram;

• 🎙️ Tues, 5pm: [National] Active Travel Cafe talks and discussion on Zoom

• 🪨 Weds, 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol [IG] Gravel edition - starting from 📍 Cairngorm Coffee;

• ☕ Weds, 8:15 - 9:45: Coffee Outside [IG]: Wednesday morning hangouts at 📍 Lochrin Basin - bring a mug, water, a way to boil water, and coffee ☕

• 🛠️ Fortnightly (second & fourth Weds each month), 3pm: Bike Kitchen at Edinburgh Tool Library

• 🔧 Weds, 5-8pm Fix Your Own Bike Sessions at The Bike Station, Tollcross

• 👑 Weds 7pm - Queens of Pain evening group ride for women & non-binary folk - ride details & locations

• 🌅 Thurs, ⏰ 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol (same as Tues, details above);

• 🚺 Thurs, 5-8pm: Fix My Own Bike session for Women and Minority Genders at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🪨 Thurs Evenings: Edinburgh Gravel Cycling Club social group rides;

• 👑 Fri 6am - Queens of Pain morning group ride for women & non-binary folk - ride details & locations

• 🪛 Fri, 10am-3pm Dr Bike cycle repairs from ELREC’s Edinburgh Cycling Club at 📍 Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre - no booking required and all welcome;

• ✴️ Fri, 5-8pm: Bike DIY Session at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🔧 Sat, 1-4pm Fix Your Own Bike Sessions at The Bike Station, Tollcross

• ⚙️ Sat, 2-4pm: ‘Bike Cleaning and Oiling’ drop-in session at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🟰 Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council’s Edinburgh Cycling Club run weekly group rides and introductory classes;

🔁 Monthly Events

• 🚲 First Friday of the month: Inclusive social bike rides with A Wee Pedal from Bridgend Farmhouse - every Friday 2-4pm between April and Hallowe’en, 1-3pm on the 1st Friday of each month November to March.

• ✊ Last Saturday of the month: Edinburgh Critical Mass is a family-friendly mass protest / group ride, leaving at 2pm from Middle Meadow Walk - don’t forget to grab a t-shirt!

🫂 Help Needed

💸 Fundraising via Bridge 8 Hub on behalf of Beyond Boundaries East Lothian:

🚴‍♀️🇩🇰🇸🇪 BEYOND BOUNDARIES EAST LOTHIAN – DENMARK & SWEDEN BROMPTON ADVENTURE! 🇸🇪🇩🇰🚴‍♂️

Beyond Boundaries East Lothian are taking on an incredible Denmark & Sweden Brompton Bike Packing Adventure to raise vital funds for a Van Ramm Velo Plus — with an amazing £7,500 fundraising target!

Their ‘Big Bertha’ Van Ramm Velo Plus does fantastic work supporting adults with disabilities across Edinburgh & Lothian, helping people access cycling opportunities, build confidence, get active and, most importantly, enjoy the freedom and connection that cycling can bring. 💙🚲

Bridge 8 Hub are asking as many people as possible to get behind the challenge and help them reach their target over the coming days.

Every donation, no matter the size, will make a difference and help support this incredible organisation and the people who benefit from its work.

💷 Please donate if you can. 🔗 Hit the link and help us get to £7,500!

☀️ Porty Community Energy have Cargo bikes for sale:

We are selling our Mycle (only 2 years old) and our old Tern in order to make room for some new cargo bike models at our library.

Are you interested in buying? Please email us at [email protected] to start the conversation.

Tern GSD: £1700 o.n.o
Mycle: £900 o.n.o

All money raised will go back into the bike library to keep our project going.

Originally posted to their Instagram

🚲 The Bike Station - can you volunteer with us? 🚲

Help us make cycling more accessible and connect people with the joy of a bicycle. We have a fantastic team of volunteers who support us in many ways, so please do reach out if you'd like to be part of the team.

📦 Online Sales Support volunteer 📦

Do you have a good eye for detail with some experience with online sales? Do you like tinkering with unique bike parts and connecting these with keen customers?

We are looking for a new online sales support volunteer, who will lead on our eBay sales; from photographing, writing descriptions, communicating with buyers, to carefully packing and sending packages out. This is a fantastic way to ensure we maximise revenue from the brilliant salvaged parts and donations we receive - allowing this to be funneled straight back into supporting our overall mission and communities programmes.

Ideally the incoming volunteer would be able to get involved from start-mid October, to allow for crossover with the outgoing team member. The minimum commitment is 3-4 hours per week, with in store time spent at our Gorgie shop ideally on a Thursday or Friday.

🛠️ Fix Your Own Bike volunteers:

Our main requirement for volunteers at the moment are volunteers to help support on our Fix Your Own Bike (FYOB) sessions; notably those able to support the Saturday sessions which run from weekly 1-4pm.

The ideal candidate would be someone with extensive bike maintenance experience and someone who would feel comfortable articulating ideas and advice to members of the public. These sessions are a valuable resource for shared learning, lower cost self repairs and are a great community addition to the Edinburgh cycling landscape. Being volunteer-led, we cannot keep up with demand without the brilliant team that helps to operate the sessions. If either of these roles are of interest, please contact [email protected] to discuss the role in more detail; it would be wonderful to hear from you. As a volunteer you not only join a community of like-minded individuals passionate about cycling - you can also access bikes, parts and accessories at a discounted price as well as heavily discounted maintenance courses after 6 months of volunteering.

Ongoing: 👥 Get help with routes & road confidence through Cycle Buddies or become a buddy | 🚌 Marshal for School Bike Buses | 🙋 Help with school programme ‘I Bike’ | 🗨️Join Spokes’ Planning or Resources group | 🆘 Donate money or bikes to Bikes for Refugees | 📦⚡️ Hire Community Cargobikes, E-bikes or Trailers from SW20, Porty Community Energy or Banzai | ♻️ Donate old bikes to The Bike Station, The Wee Spoke Hub or ‘Brake the Cycle’.

🌈 Infrastructure Progress & Consultations

📋 Overviews: CEC’s Active travel improvements programme | Interactive Map from City Mobility Plan prioritisation exercise

✏️ In the Works:

💬 From Merchiston Districts Community Council:

Polwarth and Merchiston Road Safety schemes are developing well and need your input - we’re pleased to share a mega-update on several key road safety initiatives within our Community Council area, focused on the Merchiston Ave / Polwarth Crescent / Yeaman Place corridor.

The junction at Merchiston Avenue / Rochester Terrace will be also redesigned this year, following a successful submission by our Community Council to CEC’s Local Traffic Improvement Programme… The CEC road safety team has now proposed significantly widened pavements at all four corners of the junction, which will create a much shorter crossing radius for pedestrians, and improve sightlines for drivers and pedestrians and cyclists alike. The narrowed junction would also force speed reduction and discourage larger vehicles (especially HGVs) from using this road as a rat run. There will be ground-level planters here as well, and which will be placed to deter illegal parking which also blocks sightlines. CEC wants to hear your views! If you have any views on these proposed improvements, please fill out this short survey.

The same survey also covers proposals for further up the road, at the junction with Colinton Road:

We are delighted to share that CEC is also examining how to make improvements for this heavily used junction (near Starbucks and Tesco), which also happens to be an entry point for the Merchiston Ave / Polwarth Crescent / Yeaman Place rat run. We are in touch with the Road Safety Officer managing the scheme, and will share updates once the project is further along. Tell us what you think! If you have any views on this junction (problems and ideas for improvements), please fill out the survey.

⛏️ “West Lothian Council has been granted planning permission (application 0034/FUL/26) to construct a cyclepath, including bridge crossing over the A706, from Stoneyburn to connect to core path WL24 Fauldhouse Rail Path.” — more details and plans in this Facebook post »

📋 The Council’s consultation report for Barnton Connections has now been published, and is available to read on the project website;

🎭 With works on the refurbishment of the King’s Theatre concluded, but commencement on the build of this ‘missing link’ cycle route not due until next year, there were concerns that potentially Tarvit Street — part of the new route and closed to motor traffic for around four years during works on the theatre — might be reopened to through-traffic and add to an already busy junction and close again shortly afterwards. Instead, a modal filter will be installed at the junction of Tarvit St and Drumdryan St — which will be made one-way — so motor traffic will only be permitted one-way round a loop of Tarvit westbound, Drumdryan north and then east, returning to Brougham St - with two-way cycling allowed on both arms of the loop. — More details [PDF] »

🚊 A couple of linksfrom the June Workshop on the future of Princes St and George St, posted by Spokes this week; the collated renders and sketches of the project by Edinburgh architect Richard Murphy, and a brief concept video on Youtube;

🏞️ “The prize is a lin­ear path­way from the Pent­lands through Fairmil­e­head, Bur­die­house, More­dun, Gilmer­ton, Nid­drie and Craig­mil­lar and all the way to Joppa where it could meet the Por­to­bello coastal cycle­way and link up to the city’s entire water­front. You could in the­ory cre­ate a tri­an­gu­lar route that would include the Water of Leith Walk­way. That route would be around 25-30 miles and would include some of the finest urban green space and views in Scot­land.” — Pent­lands to Porty path could be huge asset for city com­munit­ies, Evening News / Press Reader »

📝 The good folks at Spokes have spotted a planning application 24/05843/FUL for a “Cycle path link connection and associated works from Gogar Station Road south to land east of 1 Gogar Station Road” - though they also note in their Bluesky post the width of the path being around a meter less than design guidance would instruct…

🅿️ Seven new on-street ‘cycle hangar’ storage units are planned for the locations marked with a green dot on this newly published Traffic Regulation Order - thanks to Spokes for sharing;

🆕West Edinburgh Link - Torwood path section between Torwood Crescent and Meadow Place Rd ready for use [FB];

🔐 Recently Closed:

• 📋 Comments recently closed (8th July) for Craigmillar Niddrie Connections — see the technical plans;

• 🧭 Comments on North Edinburgh Connections - protected cycling and walking improvements for West Granton Road, Pennywell Road, and Ferry Road — closed 9th June;

• 📨 Closed 10th Feb: consultation period for the Silverknowes Rd ETRO providing protected cycleways (ETRO/21/30C).

• 🚲 Closed February 9th: Barnton Connections consultation on safe, protected cycle routes through the area;

• ⛲️Dundee Street Fountainbridge Active Travel Project consultation closed 12 January 2026 | 🗺️ Mapped illustrations (do zoom in!) — Image 1 and Image 2 | 📄 Technical drawings [PDF, 23.7mb]

• 📝 West Edinburgh Link, including Glasgow Rd, South Gyle, Bankhead, Sighthill, Wester Hailes and Clovenstone. “Around 5km of new segregated and improved cycleways, new crossings, path and pavement improvements”, the first phase underway with an initial focus primarily on links to Quiet Route 8 - Technical plans [PDF]

• 🤔 The ‘Curriehill Active Travel Link’ reported by Spokes to have been delayed beyond its 2025 due date by ‘biodiversity concerns’.

• 🤫 Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route having detrimental changes made, delayed until at least a Standards Commission hearing in March ‘26: Detailed Designs [PDF] | ETRO Published as TRO/25/17

• ⚒️ Road Resurfacing & early ‘Dalry Living Well Locally’ Outcomes

• 🧱 Vital path upgrade through Muir Wood park in Currie

• 🌳 Meadows to Union Canal Link

• 🦦 Burdiehouse & Niddrie Burn Restoration - blue-green regeneration project including 3m wide ‘Pentlands to Portobello’ core path;

• 🔄 Proposals to address issues at Davidson's Mains Roundabout; City Cycling Edinburgh thread | Planned ‘options’ | Comments closed Friday, 16th January

🔬 Trials & Programmes Underway:

• ✨ Improving Old Town Streets | Includes current ETRO for Lawnmarket & Johnston Terrace

🚧 Under Construction:

• ⚒️ Work has commenced at the former Dalton’s Scrap Yard on Yeaman Place - which includes a ‘Section 75’ requirement for the developer to create a new walking, wheeling and cycling access to the Union canal from the site. A linear connection through the new purpose-built student accommodations slated for the land (surprise!) connect to Dundee St, while a ramped access looks to link to the Yeaman Pl side directly. Planning application documents here »

• 🧱 Changes to southside protected cycleways at Summerhall under construction until July 2026;

⛏️ Burnside Path Repairs & Longstone Sinkhole
Contractors setting up on site w/c 3/11 for repairs required to the retaining wall/sinkhole. Hope to complete the in-river works by xmas, & reinstatement of sinkhole by end of Feb. Option to extend contract if required. — Longstone Community Council on Bluesky » (including site plan images)

• ⛴️ Queensferry High Street Improvements | Technical drawings [PDF]

• ⚓️ Foot of the Walk to Dock Street | Works leaflet » [PDF] | Progress photos »

• 🚋 Trams to Newhaven Snagging / Defects List »

• 🤬 Silverknowes Rd North being returned to cars | Spokes’ area history

📋 Consulted On:

• 🐚 The consultation on Station Road as part of the Musselburgh Active Toun closed mid December;

• 🚋 Major North-South Tramline Consultation | Spokes’ brilliant, detailed response [PDF] | Officers A8 ‘Diversion’ Clarification

• ⭕️ Polwarth Gardens road layout consultation | “Safety Wins: Residents Choose New Polwarth Junction Design, Construction to Begin Within 18 Months” at Merchiston Districts Community Council »

• ⚒️ Queensferry Connections project;

• ⛏️ Marionville Rd and Smokey Brae improvements;

• 🚶🏽‍♂️ Walking, wheeling and cycling improvements in Currie

• 🧪 Edinburgh BioQuarter Active Travel Gaps - Sheriffhall Park & Ride to BioQuarter Campus Route;

• 🌞 Dalry Living Well Locally | Initial Feedback Report » [PDF]

• ⚓ Leith Connections Phase 3 - Hawthornvale to Seafield | Detailed Designs (PDF) »

• 🚴🏽‍♂️ Midlothian Council - A7 Sustainable Transport Corridor

• East Lothian Council - Prestonpans to Levenhall | Combined plans » [Large PDF]

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