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@infrasisters.bsky.social
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Women led group campaigning for night-time cycling infrastructure that's safe for women and girls in Edinburgh. www.infrasisters.org.uk Cover photo (c) www.andycatlin.com

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Andy Catlin @andycatlin.com · 14/12/2025
In dark times it felt positive joining one of today's Trans Solidarity Rides in #Edinburgh - big shout to the organisers @infrasisters.bsky.social + Queens of Pain + Edinburgh School of Rocks for making the magic happen 👏🏳️‍⚧️🚲🏳️‍⚧️👏 Photo album >
Two cyclists riding side by side on a bike path with one rider wearing a large transgender flag on their backA large group of cyclists riding along a path next to the coastA group of three cyclists riding along a road next to a beachA cyclist standing next to their bike with a large Pride flag fluttering behind them
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Aindri • ᴬ • @aindrizzle.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Cycling UK excluding trans women from their 100 Women in Cycling Award was unnecessary and discriminatory. Went for a solidarity ride with others today
Cyclists gathered before start of journey
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@LaidBackBikes @laidbackbikes.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Sunday 14th December- Solidarity Ride with @infrasisters.bsky.social & others. Flyer in window hot off their screen printer! 🔥 @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides! Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
Solidarity Ride
14th December 
All welcome!
Start at Milk Cafe
Gravel rides (expert or intro):
1pm for 1.30pm start
Relaxed road ride:
2pm for 2.30pm start
End Dreadnought Bar, dusk.

Logos for InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and School of Rocks 

Text is on a black and white image of many women on bikes, with the Trans Pride flag superimposed in pink and blue colours.
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Marek @bookeh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
First time riding along with @infrasisters.bsky.social through #edinburgh. Was great, would recommend. 5/5 : )
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Andy takes THE best photos on our rides! He's pretty cool at fending off wee neds as well 😀
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 24/10/2025
#CityPlan2040 Improving where you live [Q18 🚲👩‍🦼🚶] 🙋 Council QA-> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/place/ + £50 prize draw @edi.bike @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @infrasisters.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social
Survey question 

Public Transport: Buses, Trams and Trains
Good public transport is affordable, reliable and connects people where they want to go. It can reduce the use of cars and encourage people to travel in ways that are
better for the environment.
18 How easy is it to walk, cycle or wheel to places you need and want to
go to?

Public Transport: Buses, Trams and Trains
Good public transport is affordable, reliable and connects people where they want to go. It can reduce the use of cars and encourage people to travel in ways that are
better for the environment.
18 How easy is it to walk, cycle or wheel to places you need and want to
go to?
Very easy
Easy
Neutral
Difficult
Very difficult
Please select only one item
What is good about walking, wheeling and cycling now?
What could make walking, wheeling and cycling better in the futureEconomy
A strong local economy with a mix of businesses can help to make places feel active and attractive. Access to good quality jobs, volunteering and training can help us to
stay active, provide social connections, a sense of identity and satisfaction, and an income where paid.
20 How do you feel about the traffic and parking in your area?
Very happy
Happy
Neutral
Unhappy
Very unhappy
Please select only one item
What is good about traffic and parking now?
How could make traffic and parking better in the futureWhat makes a good place?
Overview
This questionnaire is asking about where you live in Edinburgh:
How would you score it?
What you like about it?
What would make it better?
It covers the key things that make a good place to live such as housing, local shops and services, healthcare, open space, play, community space, jobs and public
transport.
You can answer the questions as an individual or as a group.
You don’t have to answer all the questions or provide detailed answers.
It will take 10 minutes to complete
Why do we want to know?
We are starting to think about the plans for how Edinburgh develops and changes in the future.
We know that Edinburgh is not just one place, but it is made up of many different areas. Each area has its good points, bad points and challenges.
We will use the results of this questionnaire to get an understanding of each area and what we need to plan for: what needs to be protected and what might be needed.
What makes a good place?

Closes 5 Jan 2026

Opened 10 Oct 2025
Contact

cityplan2040@edinburgh.gov.uk
Overview

This questionnaire is asking about where you live in Edinburgh:

    How would you score it?
    What you like about it?
    What would make it better?

It covers the key things that make a good place to live such as housing, local shops and services, healthcare, open space, play, community space, jobs and public transport.

You can answer the questions as an individual or as a group.
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Tonight, we glow for #MyRideOurRight As we light up the night for our #RightToGlow, we’re calling for safer cycling for everyone. Because when women can ride freely, we all can. Help keep the glow going by donating at cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate
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Inle 🐉 An Odd Type of Dragon @oddtypeofdragon.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Had a great time at the Oxford Glow Ride! We definitely glowed all around the city - 5yo had a brilliant time too. #MyRideOurRight #RightToGlow #bikesky
Me and 5yo photographed with flash from behind showing the reflectiveness of our wings I madeUs on the bike, no flash so you can see some of the glowsticks and fairy lights the bike is decked out withTiny Dragon in her back section with glowsticks and lightsAnother flash photo from behind showing off our wings
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's tonight! 📍Middle Meadow Walk Edinburgh ⏰️ 7.30pm 🌟🌟 Light up your bike and come ride with us to light up their streets of Edinburgh 🌟🌟 #RightToGlow #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
A smiling woman standing with her bike.  Both woman and bike are decorated with multi-coloured lights.  The title says Cycling UK Let's Glow!
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Also providing support tomorrow (as they have on many previous rides) the ever brilliant @thebikestation.bsky.social will be sending along a mobile mechanic to help with any mechanical issues. #ReadyToGlow #MyRideOurRight #OurStreetsOurNights
A shop window with numerous bikes on display and the caption "good for you, good for the planet and good for our communities.  Everything starts with a bike.  The Bike Station"
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road.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Protected cycle lanes =/= Painted lines
road.cc
Physical separation between cyclists, pedestrians and motorists key to safer streets, research shows
The study also found that bad behaviour is the biggest contributing factor towards streets hostile to walking and wheeling
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
A white woman holding a bike.  Both bike and woman are brightly coloured and lit up.  Text reads: 1 day to glow!
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
A white woman holding a bike.  Both bike and woman are brightly coloured and lit up.  Text reads: 1 day to glow!
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Our ride is on Friday 24th but there are rides throughout the UK this week. #OurStreetsOurNights #MyRideOurRight #GlowRides
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Our lovely friends at @weespokehub.bsky.social are coming along on Friday with tools and expertise to help with any unexpected issues. And if you pop into their shop between 13.00 and 18.00 on Friday, they'll also do a free safety check on your bike! 📍 13 Guthrie Street Edinburgh
A double sided shop frontage with bikes, accessories and signs, together with a pride flag.
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
📰 Read all about it! Our #MyRideOurRight glow rides are lighting up the nation, featured in 190+ outlets from The i Paper and Telegraph to LBC and Metro 🗺️ Find a ride near you: cyclinguk.org/glow-ride-map 🧡 Can’t join? Donate to keep the glow going: cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Fancy some new lights for your bike? Cycling UK and KNOG have teamed up to offer some 🌟 brilliant 🌟 prizes for the best dressed bikes at the #GlowRides. All you need is a photo! ##OurStreetsOurNights
A bright pink bike with illuminated fairy lights wrapped around the frame.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We're back! We've teamed up with @cyclinguk.bsky.social for a Glow Ride on Friday 24th October. Like us, they want to see more women cycling, and for councils to provide more safe infrastructure to enable that. Light up your bike with lights and sparkle and join us at Middle Meadow Walk at 7.30pm.
A campaign poster for InfraSisters x Cycling UK. Showing an image of 3 silhouettes of women riding bikes.  
Light up your bike and join us!
To call for better cycling infrastructure, safer for women at night.
Friday 24th October
7.30pm 
Middle Meadow Walk 
Together with a QR code linking back to our website.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
24th October 2025. Do you have any plans? #OurStreetsOurNights #MyRideOurRight
Logo saying InfraSisters cycling for safe streets, with a series of images of various bicycle types
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
After last week's Supreme Court ruling we want to be clear that we welcome & support all women and girls. Trans & non-binary people are as important to us as biological women & are a valued part of our crew. We remain welcome to allies from any sex, gender or background. #transrightsarehumanrights
A rainbow Pride flag, including the colours representing trans people.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This year for #IWD2025 we're doing something a little different. A lunchtime pop-up "safe space" ride around the city centre on Monday 10th March. We'll start outside the City of Edinburgh Council's offices at Waverley Court on East Market Street at 12:30. Bring your noodles!
A woman in a blue hi viz vest on a bike.  The bike has two pool noodles pointing out from the right side bearing signs saying For A Life Thanks Please Leave Space.   The legal minimum distance for a vehicle to give a cyclist is 1.5m, the length of the noodles.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We're incredibly proud to announce that our founder Kirsty Lewin has been recognised as one of @wearecyclinguk #100WomenInCycling Kirsty has been a long term advocate for cycling, active travel and women's rights. www.cyclinguk.org/biography/ki...
Multicoloured poster with wording 
We Are Cycling UK
Proud to be one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2024
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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Out with the @infrasisters.bsky.social last night, campaigning for better cycle infrastructure for women. Riding along Grassmarket, conscious that we first passed the place where a cyclist was choked by an angry motorist, then the narrow crowded pavements where a pedestrian was killed by a coach.
A group of brightly lit cyclists waiting at a red light in a city junction. A group of cyclists decorated in fairy lights heading along a wide path lined with trees. A brightly lit fairground with a big wheel and sky ride in a city centre.
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Andy Catlin @andycatlin.com · 30/11/2024
Photo album from last night's @infrasisters.bsky.social #NoExcuse bike ride around #Edinburgh is now live at andycatlin.myportfolio.com/infrasisters.... Big shout to the organisers and marshals for getting us through the city safely on a Friday night 👏👏👏
andycatlin.myportfolio.com
andycatlin.com - InfraSisters #NoExcuse - 29 November 2024
(all images © Andy Catlin www.andycatlin.com) • Find out more at https://www.infrasisters.org.uk
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Alan Gordon @agordonsalive.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Riding in solidarity for my wife, as she is away for the weekend. I hate when she comes home and gives me gory details of near misses with buses, male arseholes giving her grief and the general shitness of it all in Edinburgh. I don’t want my boys, or me to lose an amazing, beautiful mother & wife.❤️
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Andy's photos are always brilliant. Thank you so much for coming along and taking the photos.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Massive thanks to all the women and allies who came along tonight to call for safe infrastructure. More photos to follow but here's how we ended the evening. #OurStreetsOurNights #edinburgh #Cycling
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It was great having you along!
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Here! Today! 7.30pm! #OurStreetsOurNights ##NoExcuse
A coloured cycleway post with two posters.  One says Here! Today! 7.30pm!  The second says #NoExcuse.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our InfraSister Julie spoke at #SpokesMtg last night about how we were formed, how we campaign and how we can share and learn with other groups. www.youtube.com/live/j3FXi9Y... @spokeslothian.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @edi.bike
A red haired woman speaking at a lectern into a microphone.
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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Julia from @infrasisters.bsky.social on the need for safe, well-lit cycle infrastructure for women & girls. Next ride, next Friday (29th) 7.30pm at middle meadow work. If you support safe infrastructure for women & girls, you’re welcome to join.
Photo of Julia speaking to the Spokes public meeting, with four other speakers waiting to speak and two audience members in the foreground.
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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What a fantastic @spokeslothian.bsky.social public meeting this evening! Great presentations and discussion. Thanks to all speakers: @derekhalden.bsky.social @edi.bike @infrasisters.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social #Spokesmtg
A view from the audience of a panel of 5 people on a stage at a public meeting.
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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Our next campaign ride: 29th November at 7.30pm, starting from Middle Meadow Walk Edinburgh. #NoExcuse for unsafe infrastructure #NoExcuse for forcing us to choose between unsafe roads and unsafe cycle routes. #OurStreetsOurNights
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