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Promoting Everyday Walking in Edinburgh. Contact us at:- edinburghgroup@livingstreets.org.uk If you’d like to sign up for our occasional email newsletter you can subscribe here: www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/c…

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Merchiston Districts Community Council @merchistoncc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
📞 👋 Bye-bye phone box! Delighted to share that the smelly, graffiti-ridden phone box outside the Margiotta's on Polwarth Gardens will finally be removed in the next 6-9 months. Grateful to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Council Officers for negotiating with BT. @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
Image of a phone box next to a shop. On one side of the box is an advertising image of a person eating a burger, and there is graffiti painted on the glass to the side.
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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Delighted my motion on side road zebra crossings 🦓 was unanimously agreed at #edincouncil today. Grateful to Cllr Neil Ross (LD) for collaboration & @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social for their support.
Screenshot of page 1 of a Green & Lib Dem motion on side road zebra crossings.
Screenshot of page 2 of a Green & Lib Dem motion on side road zebra crossings.Written deputation from Living Streets Edinburgh on side road zebra crossings.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
warning.
WARNING
Pushing this device through a city will radicalize you.
The total imbalance that we have normalized on our streets prioritizing the automobile will become crystal clear.
You will never be the same again after this experience.
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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Lives Saved - This is my motion to parliament marking 10 years since the 20mph rollout began in Edinburgh. BBC coverage from July 2016: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot... @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fountainbridge raise a valid concern below about pavement access. Living Streets Edinburgh Group would be interested to hear of any similar problems that anyone else has encountered.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Pedestrianizing a main street spine in central Reykjavík was controversial with businesses when it was first done, so they made it a summer pilot. They kept it that way, a pilot, for over a decade, and then went ahead and made it year-round and permanent. No big deal. No controversy. People like it.
Sign in Icelandic saying “Hi! this is a pedestrian zone.”

Notice it didn’t say “road closed” like we do in North America? Because it’s not closed. It’s open.People walking along the pedestrian street in central Reykjavik, Iceland.More people walking on the transformed pedestrian street Pedestrian street with rainbow paint on the street, and the iconic church terminating the street view.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Our volunteers are overjoyed every time we get a new sign-up for our mailing list!
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
LSEG were delighted to meet so many people at the Canal Festival today. Lots of comments about their own experience as walkers and wheelers. Visitors to our stand took the opportunity to sign-up to our occasional newsletter. You can sign-up by clicking on the link: tinyurl.com/LSEGLetter
A lady in a pink t-shirt is under a gazebo pointing at a display board.  All the material is about Living Streets Edinburgh Group.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What streets or areas of Edinburgh would u like to see looking like the photo ?
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Nicola Stratton @nicolastratton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ridiculous parking on Warriston Road this evening. This high lift is parked across the only pavement! I have reported to council but will anything be done on a Friday night / Saturday? It doesn't even have a registration plate! @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
Blue and grey high lift parked half on pavement, half on road, alongside a wall. Blue and grey high lift parked half on pavement, half on road, alongside a wall. Image of feet and legs beside the wheel of the highlift to show how little space is left.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If like @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk you are frustrated by long waits to cross the road at Edinburgh junctions then come along to our meeting at 6pm on Thursday 11/6 in the Friends Meeting House,Victoria Terrace, & Help Shape the future of walking in Edinburgh. Click for details: tinyurl.com/EDI1106
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Help Shape the future of walking in Edinburgh. Click on the Edinburgh Evening News link to read about Living Streets Edinburgh Group Public Meeting on Thursday 11th June. tinyurl.com/LSEGPubEDI
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Edinburgh residents invited to shape the future of walking in the Capital
Edinburgh residents invited to shape the future of walking in the Capital
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Karen...Sounds like your husband would enjoy Living Streets Edinburgh Group public meeting next week. We campaign on these topics all year round. Thursday 11th June, 6pm, Friends Meeting House, Victoria Street, Edinburgh. Click Here for details:- www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/category/pub...
Map of Centre of Edinburgh with red arrows showing the route to the Friends Meeting House near Victoria Street.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Living Streets Edinburgh Group are having a public meeting on Thursday 11 June, 6.00pm at the Friends Meeting House, Victoria Terrace. Come along and hear not one but two excellent speakers: Malcolm Fraser, Fraser Livingstone Architects Helga Rhein, retired GP, "Broomhouse Easy Walkers"
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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The Welsh 20mph default is arguably the most successful road safety initiative this century. Winning international road safety awards, reducing casualties by 26% and insurance premiums. Yes, more should have been spent on engagement, but its a winning policy. www.20splenty.org/wales-pma-20mph
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Welsh Government win Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for default 20mph
Welsh Government win Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for default 20mph
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
People: it's outrageous that my local council can't fix all the potholes. Also people: I'm driving around in a very heavy SUV, parking on pavements and I want to pay less tax, not more.
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Walk to the polls! 🚶‍➡️🚶‍♀️‍➡️✅ With elections today in Wales and Scotland and local elections in some areas of England, take to your feet and vote for whoever best represents your views.
A child poses in front of a polling station. A sign reads: Gorsaf Bleidleisio Polling Station A small child stands in front of a polling station sign, in front of a historic building. The child is facing away from the camera.  Twin babies in a pushchair in front of a Polling Station.
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
“Everyone should have the opportunity to walk for their own wellbeing, but this research shows too many women are missing out.” Minister for Local Transport, Lilian Greenwood on our latest #NationalWalkingMonth research. livingstreets.org.uk/NWMpoll26
A green graphic with a photo of Lilian Greenwood and a quote that reads: Minister for Local Transport, Lilian Greenwood, said: 

 

“Everyone should have the opportunity to walk for their own wellbeing, but this research shows too many women are missing out. 

“We know that feeling safe and having accessible, well-designed streets makes a real difference. That’s why we’re supporting councils with new guidance to create safer, more inclusive walking environments for women and girls."
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
W hotel, Edinburgh. Interesting question given comments there is vehicular access to a basement car park.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
LSEG believe W Hotel is breaching promises to restrict vehicle access to St James Square, Edinburgh. Councillors agreed in January to permit a maximum of 2 private hires or taxis into the Square at any one time: but multiple vehicles are now routinely being permitted to access it (photo from 29/4)
Outside of W Hotel Edinburgh.  3 Cars are pictured in front of the hotel entrance.
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johnrobson87.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Some (seemingly ineffective) “cycle hire only” markings have been added to the Greenhill Gardens dock. Progress… but surely appropriate for on road not pavement?! @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike FYI - @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Literally, a Living Street.... Quelle magnifique ?
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 02/04/2026
#Edinwebcast @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social deputn says footway maintenance cash frozen since 23/24, but road maint cash doubled Cllr @chasbooth.bsky.social asks if maintenance priorities correct? A: No! Cllr @kevin-lang.bsky.social asks what to cut to get the cash? A: Decision is for councillors!
Living streets deputation

The report on the Capital Investment Programme to Committee today (Item 7.1) proposes
yet another freeze in the footway maintenance budget - at £3.5 million for the fourth
consecutive year. At the same time, spending on carriageway maintenance has more than
doubled. Our calculation is that, allowing for inflation, the footway maintenance budget has
risen just under 10% since the administration came in - well below the 25% promised in the
Labour Party manifesto. So an increase of half a million ££ (up to £4 million) in the
footway maintenance budget would be required now, just to deliver that commitment.
We’ve also been told that there are:
• 17,000 missing or substandard dropped kerbs.
• 71 traffic signalled junctions with no ‘green man’ pedestrian facilities at one or more road.
• 40% of roads in the city with pavements narrower than the 2 metres minimum set out in
both national and local guidance (Sustrans WACI 2023).
To be fair, there is some progress in all of these areas, and we understand some TVL money
will go on fixing the pavements, but this change is incremental at best.
Investing more in better pavements and pedestrian crossings would benefit residents in
every ward in the city and would receive wide public support. Local street improvements can
also help deliver other transport priorities including buses and cycling. Far more so than the
expensive and often over-engineered projects which occupy so much of councillors and
officers time, perhaps exemplified by George Street.
When this Committee agreed project priorities for capital funding last May, there was one
programme which did focus on improving local streets: this was branded “Liveable
Neighbourhoods”. But it was ranked 71st in the list of priorities, so didn’t proceed. There are
two petitions before the Committee today - in Broomhouse and Portobello - whose concerns
would be directly addressed by this programme: are there really 70 other active travel and
public transport…screenshot of Living Streets deputn David HunterCllr booth picCllr Lang
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Like Broomhouse residents, Living Streets Edinburgh Group also urges Edinburgh Council to improve pavements! We're calling for an immediate £500k uplift in the footway maintenance budget - which has been frozen since 2023 tinyurl.com/stvpavements
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'Forced onto the road': Residents plead for repairs to unsafe pavements
Sloped surfaces, uneven patchwork repairs and missing dropped kerbs are leaving routes unsafe for vulnerable locals, campaigners warn
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We’re trying to help residents in Slateford get unauthorised trade waste removed from the pavement. Edinburgh Council seems very reluctant to enforce its own ‘Right Time Right Place’ policy: bit.ly/40VAQaO What is the situation with trade waste on the pavements near where you live, travel or work ?
A pavement in Edinburgh with multiple hazards to progress...a blue bin, then a larger red bin, then a traffic diverted sign
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Living Streets Edinburgh Group are delighted that Edinburgh Council will reduce wait times for the ‘green man’ at 24 pedestrian crossings. This follows our on-street research of reality vs. council policy and subsequent call for a review. Join us at:- www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/contacts/
Two pedestrians stand at a pedestrian crossing with backs to the camera.
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One of the most important sociological studies of our time: documenting the cat ladders of Switzerland brigitteschuster.com/swiss-cat-la...
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Living Streets - and living green spaces! Friends of Brunstane Burn have launched this petition to stop housing developer Dandara cleaning up its (as of yet unsold) land and decimating possibly one of the city's last Skylark nesting sites. www.change.org/p/protect-th...
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Sign the Petition
Protect the wildlife at Brunstane from developers Dandara
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Do you live in Southside? Please share your views on the future of the neighbourhood! The community council is hosting workshops, an online survey, and an interactive map. All the information is at sccedinburgh.org.uk/lpp #localplaceplans
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Local Place Plan — Southside Community Council
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“Ever found yourself driving to the grocery store or coffee shop even tho it’s a 10-minute walk & perfectly nice day? New research suggests the reason isn’t just distance—it’s how the walk feels…it’s the sights, street life & amenities along the way that strongly shape whether people decide to walk”
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Why walkable neighborhoods aren’t just about distance
New research finds that the experience of a walk plays a major role in whether people leave their cars behind.
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Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Simon O'Brien has taken to the streets of our UK Walking Summit host city to invite you to join him in Liverpool next week. Tempted? Get your UK #WalkingSummit tickets today!
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Do you live in, or visit, Broomhouse, Edinburgh and want to support residents’ efforts to get better pavements? Then please add your name to this petition to Edinburgh council. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/xfp/form/403
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side road zebras to streets across the UK – we all deserve to cross side streets safely! @livingstreets.bsky.social act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/188243/...
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Let us cross!
Councils in Wales have been given new powers to install side road zebra crossings at junctions – giving pedestrians clearer priority at side road junctions. Join Living Streets campaign to bring side...
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Women and girls walk more than men and boys at all ages. If we want to improve gender equality in travel, the best way is to spend more on pedestrians. bit.ly/4cuYRwl #InternationalWomensDay
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EIT Urban Mobility @eiturbanmobility.eu · 06/03/2026
Less than 2% of older pedestrians with #mobility limitations can cross the street within the time many crossings allow!🚶‍♀️ A small design assumption with big consequences for safety and accessibility. Great read by @lauriewinkless.bsky.social for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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Fewer Than 2% Of Older Pedestrians Can Cross The Street In Time
The length of the green signal on pedestrian crossings assumes that people can walk at a speed of 1.2 m/s. Scientists find that very few older people can walk that fast.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Liberton, Edinburgh....
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Below a post about EV charging cables crossing pavements in Edinburgh. What's your experience of this in Edinburgh ?
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
How can we make sure our ideas for our communities are in the City Plan 2040? See the video and the slides on Local Place Plans from our recent webinar here, and thanks again to our great speakers! www.livingstreetsedinburgh.org.uk/2026/03/02/l...
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Local Place Plans webinar – Video and Slides | Living Streets Edinburgh
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I am guessing that the author of the below post is not writing about Edinburgh. What's your view on the situation in Edinburgh ? Anyone seen any cross pavement EV charging ? @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
LSEG are supporting calls by the Liberton community for pedestrian facilities to be introduced at the Liberton Road/Brae junction. The lack of safe crossings has been a problem for years - or rather decades!
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Join us tomorrow at 3pm for our webinar on Local Place Plans, with two great speakers. Find out how you can ensure your views on your area are reflected in the City Plan 2040! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Local Place Plans - from a pedestrian's point of view. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Local Place Plans - from a pedestrian's point of view. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A great chance to ask politicians about our goals: engine idling, zebra crossings, wider pavements, and more!
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The first litter pick with Edinburgh Trash Club (@gmail.com) went well, and they got some coverage about the lack of clarity on who owns the land and therefore who should clean it up! www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2586...
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Who should be responsible for clearing litter from our land?
A new group is tackling the problem of rubbish in Edinburgh. I joined them for a pick at Seafield, where they are calling for the landowners to…
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A great chance to ask politicians about our goals: engine idling, zebra crossings, wider pavements, and more!
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Want wider pavements, better crossings, a safer neighbourhood? == Our webinar on Local Place Plans will be at 3pm on Monday (23rd). Sign up via zoom! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Local Place Plans - from a pedestrian's point of view. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Local Place Plans - from a pedestrian's point of view. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
A portion of the Strøget pedestrian street in Copenhagen that widens into a grand people-place.
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Fountainbridge @fountainbridge1.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Quartermile. Enough room for parked cars, not enough room for a pavement that meets the councils absolute minimum pavement width. No idea why this was allowed by city planners or city ROADS team. Reasonably new development.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Another pertinent entry in our Edinburgh narrow pavements competition; and close to a busy place of interest.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This pavement in Edinburgh is really narrow....it doesn't exist. LSEG are hoping for more money to improve more pavements in next financial year's budget.
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Living Streets Edinburgh @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
We asked you to nominate Edinburgh pavements that need widening. Here's a classic..
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