Campaign for safe routes to school in the Blackford, Grange and Marchmont areas of Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School.
Mar 20 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
People will choose to cycle when there is safe, convenient & contiguous infrastructure.
Meanwhile, today we celebrate the "opening" of the city centre cycle "link" which is convoluted, compromised and unfinished...
Unfinished: Nearly a mile of George St has no protected cycle lane. The junction in the middle of Melville St has been abandoned, with temporary red/white water-filled barriers in place - ugly much? And no clear priority for bikes
Mar 9 • 30 tweets • 5 min read
A good article summarising Thursday's transport committee. Complete with misleading statements from Labour and Lib Dem councillors news.stv.tv/east-central/c…
"“Previously quiet streets in the area have been turned into rat runs, that are less safe for pedestrians and cyclists, that work against the scheme’s objectives" - Cllr Neil Ross (Lib Dem). This is a blatant lie.
