Living Streets Edinburgh

This is the travel hierarchy in Scotland’s National Transport Strategy: bit.ly/2yqzfjg. Walking/wheeling is at the top: not cycling, not buses, not taxis, not cars. Yet time and again, this isn’t followed through in practice. Time for change!

Here's one on Pitt St which is made worse by end-on pavement parking. Reported several times.

Thanks for these examples: not acceptable, @Edinburgh_CC needs to do better! It's an offence under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 to obstruct footways (S59) and councils have powers (S91) to instruct or carry out removal of obstructing vegetation. legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/…

All too common across Edinburgh neighbourhoods! 😠 If you have a hedge on your property, please be sure to keep it cut back to the pavement edge!

Congratulations! Terry is a strong advocate for a walkable Edinburgh!

Driver jailed for fatal crash while looking at phone bbc.in/4f2Kizu

Excellent to see another local campaign for safe and accessible walking! @LivingRent_Edi

Zebras without the blizzard of lights would be preferable (and cheaper to install), particularly in low traffic density and heritage locations. Here's the eyesore of poles in Randolph Place/Queensferry Street. No one waits for the signals to change. Waste of money.

Wonderful to see the new proper pavement being installed at Preston Street school, replacing the 'temporary' (5 years?) footway extension bollards. Decent pavements at every school, please! @Edinburgh_CC

"Roadworks... affect motorists, cyclists and bus users" AND pedestrians @BBCScotlandNews! Most roadworks aren't road repairs but works by private utility companies - who get away with murder with obstructions, poor reinstatements etc!

Hardly a surprise: the Council's 'major junctions review' has never been properly budgeted for but has consumed a lot of unproductive time - of both staff and 'stakeholders' like us.☹️

📌MUIR WOOD FIELD PATH IMPROVEMENT city-scope.co.uk/25/03486/FUL Proposed planning submitted to upgrade a path in Currie to a shared use Active Travel path.

If you have any views on making the streets in Lochend safer, please let us know! We'll pass on all feedback at Sunday's Living Rent meeting. 🙂

Lochend safe streets campaign by @LivingRent_Edi! Meet Sunday from 10.30, full details here: bit.ly/44hDU3p

Edinburgh is twinned wth Florence. Imagine the Piazza Della Signoria was like this?!

Good to hear this from @CMO_England: "Transport planners should not just focus on bigger projects such as bike lanes, but also on everyday issues such as uneven pavements, which might put off someone with mobility issues from walking a short distance"

Fair to give credit to @lmacinnessnp, who introduced the first 'Summertime Streets' in 2019, a concept seemingly forgotten since the Covid pandemic. Pic: Victoria Street, 2019.

This is the map of 'Summertime Streets' traffic restrictions: Lawnmarket and Cowgate especially wecome! See this link for details including access for loading, Blue Badges, etc. bit.ly/3GegCSX

Brilliant news from @Edinburgh_CC: several OldTown streets (including the Cowgate) to have significant traffic restrictions during this year's festival season! bit.ly/3GegCSX Something we've advocated for years, as pavements get overwhelmed with pedestrian numbers.