Reposted by monaGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's always funny when people talk about cars being "regulated" because we know that massive amounts of death and injury still occur and also, there is so much more we could do to regulate cars yet if you propose those things you're called a fascist 1748
Reposted by monaMerchiston Districts Community Council @merchistoncc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🚗🚶🎒 10-year campaign for Ashley Terrace Zebra Crossing We support the Craiglockhart Parent and Carer's council call for safer crossings outside of Craiglockhart Primary School, after years of delays. Read their deputation to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social 👉 www.edinburghminute.com/r/f174200a?m... 1125
Reposted by monaToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"masked fascist paramilitary seizes port" just isn't the sort of thing the uk media would ever say, is it 34847289
Reposted by monaEdward Tissiman @edtiss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This comment from Reddit demonstrates why Edinburgh needs to tow vehicles rather than just ticket them. These are the vans blocking pedestrian crossings, cycle lanes, bus lanes, bus stops, disabled parking… Why do we allow such rampant rule breakers to negotiate a penalty? Tow them. 75218
Reposted by monaBlackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 01/09/2026Edinburgh council managed to find £1.6m to spend on a single rural junction (where a speed limit reduction would have sufficed) Yet can’t seem to build any active travel projects at all Eg Meadows to George St - TRO raised in 2024, after extensive consultation, today, still nada 51510
Reposted by monaCalder @calderwook.bsky.social · 26/08/2026FFS, this is just capitulation to those loud and obnoxious car brained minority that oppose such measures through legal and illegal means. It's not like they are removing the parking to make it attractive car free place to be! Being a car sewer is what kills a place, not how much it costs to park. 3174
Reposted by monaChas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is a direct result of council blunders and a shameful decision of Labour, Lib Dem & Tory councillors to rip these protections out. Kids and other vulnerable road users will be in more road danger as a result. Absolutely shameful. 23217
Reposted by monaSheena Nimmo @sheenanimmo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A week before removing the filters, the council finally released the data we’ve all been waiting for. Pre modal filters, weekday average traffic volume on Braid Avenue was 3,800 vehicles and 8am-9am traffic was 450 vehicles. That’s roughly a car every 8 seconds as the kids go to school. 1138
Reposted by monaDave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The same street during the festival FIVE YEARS AGO. Imagine if politicians put just a fraction of the effort they spent dismantling the Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route into protecting and improving the 2021 layout on George IV Bridge. 2207
Reposted by monarobyn @robynemz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026ANOTHER GENERATIONAL RIDE FROM KASIA NIEWIADOMA-PHINNEY AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AS SHE WINS ON MONT VENTOUX TO WEAR THE MAILLOT JAUNE !!! THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME !!! #TDFF2026 315812
Reposted by monaHelen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"we will once again invoke the ‘sustainable transport hierarchy’ here, though we think the Council may have stuck it on their office walls upside down" 🙃 The invaluable edi.bike weekly roundup. Always worth a read for Edinburgh cyclists, even if sometimes it's a bit depressing. 0104
Reposted by monaSW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 02/08/2026After lengthy repair, the 172m Porto’s Dom Luís I Bridge reopened to public transport, taxis, cyclists & pedestrians only. After lengthy repair, #Edinburgh’s 160m North Bridge reopened with a lane of hatching, no cycling provisions, without widening busy pavements and no traffic reduction measures. 24314
Reposted by monaCalder @calderwook.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The fact they put the dead space hatching and the pedestrian refuges back exactly as they were rather than widening the pavements and squeezing the lanes together at the bare minimum is absurd. 2185
Reposted by monaDave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Simply love the reopened North Bridge, where Edinburgh Council took advantage of eight years of works to put active travel and pedestrians first 68030
Reposted by monajohnrobson87.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social · 30/07/2026💦 Didn’t they foresee the splashing risk due to blocking drainage or is the puddle especially for cycles? The exit markings at Candlemaker Row MUST be realigned as the cycle markings lead directly into kerb & visibility for buses etc exiting is blocked 🙄 A primary cycle route downgrade yet again 🙁 0245
Reposted by monasbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social Can you tell us about the extra provisions you made for safe active travel across the city? Pop-up active travel lanes? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2641423...heraldscotland.comEdinburgh Festival performers and visitors told to 'prepare' for walking and cyclingCouncil chiefs say they will only reopen key thoroughfare 'when it is safe to do so'. 162
Reposted by monaNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Wildfires sweep Scotland, even the very centre of Edinburgh, yet political debate is dominated by calls for more oil and gas from the North Sea. It’s insanity - because more drilling won’t lower prices. That claim is a lie. We’re like Nero fiddling while Rome burns In @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.comDrill, baby, drill: We’re like Nero fiddling while Arthur’s Seat burnsWildfires sweep Scotland yet the political debate is all about extracting more oil and gas. It’s a total delusion, and believing it is an act of… 15211121
Reposted by monaAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 24/07/2026The classic Edinburgh red chips but no red tarmac approach, almost entirely invisible in the wet and dark (never mind daylight) to "define" cycling facilities, paired with painted markings that turning vehicle traffic will wear away in months. Might as well not have bothered. 42910
Reposted by monaSusan Poupard @susanpoupard.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Fascinating exhibition on North Bridge at City Art Centre #Edinburgh includes a 40-min film/artwork on the restoration of the bridge – and a display of terrifyingly large pieces of iron that fell off it. Some good views of North Bridge from the gallery stairwell too! sca-net.org/event/study-... 085
Reposted by monaDread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Anytime an ebike or an escooter user vaguely annoys someone, it's seen as grounds for banning them but this happens routinely & the answer is never to slow traffic or - god forbid! - encourage use of safer modes of transport instead; it's facilitating increased car use & encouraging higher speeds. 3195
Reposted by monaAndy Catlin @andycatlin.com · 30/05/2026All the active travel love / frustration / joy at today's brilliant @pedalonparliament.org as thousands of regular folk took to their wheels calling for a cycle-friendly Scotland with safer streets for all 👍🚲🛴👍🚶👍 Bumper photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/pedal-on-par... 55923
Reposted by monaScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 26/05/2026🚨 BREAKING! 🟢 Yes: 72 🔴 No: 55 Scotland must have the right to choose our own future. 16415171
Reposted by monaJon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This is bad economic policy, because it will cost the government billions in lost tax income.. ..bad progressive policy, because the richest 10% of households will benefit three times as much from the freeze as the poorest 10%.. ..and terrible climate policy: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fue...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: Fuel-duty freezes have increased UK CO2 emissions by up to 7% - Carbon BriefThe cuts and freezes in fuel duty since 2010 means the UK’s CO2 emissions are as much as 7% higher than they would have been. 58741
Reposted by monaNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 17/05/2026rip the whole M8 out and make it into a cyberpunk hyperspeed bike path. I want to see an UberEats fatbike going 250mph like Speed Racer and I’m not joking 1233130
Reposted by monaBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Calling protected bike-lanes “vanity projects” should be automatic evidence that a political candidate has no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to public safety, urban mobility and congestion, geometry and urban space, fiscal responsibility, or the successful positioning of cities. 18787186
Reposted by monaSW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 10/05/2026So many streets in #Edinburgh would be so much better if they had these improvements. 0143
Reposted by monaTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 08/05/2026“My name is Dr Q Manivannan, I am a transgender Tamil immigrant, my pronouns are they/them” “This is what diversity looks like in power.” - @qmanivannan.bsky.social 525764
Reposted by monaBallot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026I believe the Real Greens have just been IGV'd out of a second seat in Mid Scotland and Fife. Huge questions for Electoral Commission to answer after two elections of this. 29363161
Reposted by mona🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 08/05/2026Without a doubt, this MUST come back to the Transport Committee and not just be thrown away by TRO Sub. We cannot lose miles of safe route to paperwork incompetence. The south of the city has too little else for safe cycling. 22010
Reposted by monaGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation. 21846689
Reposted by monaMelissa @iammelissa.bsky.social · 04/05/2026“Is this Edinburgh’s ‘delivery’ phase we were promised - delivering nothing but disappointment and danger?” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Get it together, Edinburgh!! Thanks, Ben, for saying it how it is 0125
Reposted by monaQ Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Best part about seeing the #GreenWindaes around Edinburgh & Lothians East? The posters that locals have paired with them — for taxing the rich, solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 , with women’s autonomy over their bodies, trans solidarity 🏳️⚧️ On the 7th of May, we show up and fight back. 06423
Reposted by monadave cykl 🇺🇦 @davecykl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Free city bike hire from #Voi bikes to help people travel to polling stations for Scottish, Welsh (and English council) elections on Thursday 7 May. Helpful if you only have limited time to pop out to vote! #ScotParl #ScotParl2026 (Not well promoted as Voi only use cesspit social networks 😒🙄🤦♂️) 043
Reposted by monaDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Anyone who received their postal ballot today in the South of Scotland region, please be aware that "Independent Green Voice", which appears second on the list on the peach regional ballot paper, is NOT the Scottish Green Party. This is in fact a deliberate vote spoiling attempt by right-wingers. 27522364
Reposted by monaHelen Back @helenback1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @sw20.info Cycling along Princes St is dangerous for lots of reasons but the road surface where it meets tram lines is now the worst ever. It can’t remain like this *any longer* or someone will die under a bus 42011
Reposted by monaRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 27/02/2026@greenpartyhan.bsky.social 31367245
Reposted by monaThe Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A really good piece from #GCN here and especially the discussions at the end and the final point about needing some visions and plans - that really is the thing lacking in the UK. youtu.be/y4pO1vS0gkc?...youtu.beThis Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream OfYouTube video by Global Cycling Network 55320
Reposted by monaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I don't want self-driving cars. I want cars with speed governors and doors that won't open when cyclists are approaching. 1529536
Reposted by monaCornelius Beer & Wine @corneliusbeers.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Yay! Cycle lanes. 12111
Reposted by monaChris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Fill the city with bollards, or parking enforcement, or just ban private vehicles in the city centre. 053
Reposted by monaBlackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 07/01/2026Edinburgh council are proposing walking & cycling improvements to Dundee St & surrounds Transformative in enabling families, older, & less-confident people to walk & cycle, as well as reducing car dominance Be sure to have your say! Our thoughts: blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/jgps-travel-...blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukDundee Street and Fountainbridge active travel consultation - response - Blackford Safe RoutesConsultation response to the Dundee St and Fountainbridge active travel project - protected cycle lanes and pedestrian improvements 22712
Reposted by monaSimon Christie @thebonnieloon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Edinburgh Council yesterday. “Taxi drivers should be allowed to drive through red lights injuring pedestrians with out real consequences,“ Today “No way to cycling on Rose St. Pedestrians could get hurt“ 32114
Reposted by monaMerchiston Districts Community Council @merchistoncc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Merchiston Avenue junction improvements - share your views by 10 Jan. Do you walk, cycle, drive or wheel through Merchiston Ave at Merchiston Pl/ Rochester Terr? We want to propose changes to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Survey at: merchistoncc.org.uk/merchiston-a... 288
Reposted by monaAndy Catlin @andycatlin.com · 14/12/2025In 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 > 1157
Reposted by monaAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Every bit of this articles reads like the only important thing is what drivers think & feel. Speed limits are there to make roads safer, esp at 20 mph pedestrians & cyclists (including of course children). Just drive to the speed limit, regardless of what you feel or think. It’s not difficult.bbc.co.ukEvan Davis: Why so many people break 20mph speed limitsAfter receiving a speeding ticket, Evan Davis explores why so many people have broken 20mph limits across the country. 104216
Reposted by monaJoe Dick @whatjoewrote.bsky.social · 29/11/2025This road layout needs changed tomorrow. Better than that, it needs changed decades ago. We cannot afford consultation, dither, and delay. 073
Reposted by monaNigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future. 49013
Reposted by monaSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comRachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living 16248103
Reposted by monaNigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Some responses more grounded in reality than others. And a consultation is not a referendum. Even a 50/50 split would be 1% of Edinburgh’s population against another 1%. What we need is political, future-focused will from our elected representatives. Climate change won’t solve itself. We need trams. 081