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Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign: fights for better conditions for everyday journeys by bike, particularly Edinburgh & Lothian. Also lobby Scot Gov. We also encourage more councils, govt depts, politicians, professionals etc to move to bsky!

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SpokesLothian@spokes· 3d

We didn't know about it ... is this it ? --> www.facebook.com/groups/11485... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @kaykinoneill.bsky.social @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social @benmacpherson.bsky.social @nialla.bsky.social @euanbaxter.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social

Facebook page with pictures of the cycleroute being affected...

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New access road to break through Forthquarter Park cycle path | Edinburgh, Scotland
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13 06 26. At the west end of Forthquarter Park, a new access road is to be created to service the new housing developments. This will involve breaking through the recently completed pedestrian/cycle path.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 5d

If you live in #Midlothian... #ActiveTravel Forum, open to all, Aug 26 [see attached] Local info.. 1. www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/200279/... 2. www.midlothian.gov.uk/news/article... @edi.bike @sw20.info @chdot.bsky.social @plandillon.bsky.social @debbimccall.bsky.social @midlothiancan.bsky.social

Midlothian Active Travel forum , next meeting...

From: Thomas Quayle <Thomas.Quayle@midlothian.gov.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 at 17:00
Subject: Active Travel Forum - Wednesday 26th August, Lasswade Library
To:

Dear all.

I am pleased to invite you all to the next Midlothian Active Travel Forum meeting which will be held at Lasswade library on Wednesday 26th August, 6-8PM.

Please do let me know if you think you will be able to make it, so I have a rough idea of numbers for teas and coffees. I've attached a provisional agenda but if anyone would like to add anything, please do get in touch no later than Monday 24th August.

Thank you for your time and I hope to see you in 3 weeks.

Regards,

Tom Quayle

Active Travel Marketing Officer

Midlothian Council | Dalkeith | Fairfield House

Road Safety and Policy | 07918 621800

SpokesLothian@spokes· 5d

#SpokesComp 2026 Great Prizelist - now official! --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok... includes.. 🤩 @cameraobscura.bsky.social 🤩 #ScottishRailways museum 🤩 @laidbackbikes.bsky.social #recumbent tour 🤩 £200 towards an #ebike 🤩 £2000 towards a #cargobike 🤩 @edfoc.bsky.social #cargobike hire & more

Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp

In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years.

Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride
Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century!
Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world
Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter!

Ticket prizes include family annual pass to the Scottish Railway Museum. Also a separate prizes of a family ticket for a ride on Bo'ness Railway.

Recumbant bike tour prize, by Laidback Bikes

Tours £30
At Silverknowes
£30 Tours operate from Laid Back Bikes, 13 St Peter’s Place, Edinburgh EH3 9PH • 7 days a week
Bookings require notice.
Please email: laidbackscotland@googlemail.com
Text / phone: 07981 430159

Parties of up to 3 people can be taken. Initial test rides are done on quiet neighbouring streets. Tours do involve some riding on quieter roads once experience has been gained. Can combine easier trike riding wit ha chance to ride on a two wheeled recumbent. Our electric ICE trike allows people of all abilities to do a tour - latest version has automatic gearing.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 6d

#GreyfriarsBobby 👍 'No Overtaking 🚲' at temporary pinch point Big improvement! Thanks - @cllrcmiller.bsky.social for supporting our email - you if you emailed cllrs! But should be the norm! @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @rossdotcodotuk.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

photo of sign saying 'Cyclists on Road, No overtaking' at the temporary footway extension

SpokesLothian@spokes· 10d

Congrats @ateramura.bsky.social 🤩 You are our 1700th follower

SpokesLothian@spokes· 12d

🙋 #job with #ParentsForFuture --> goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP... - deliver our #ActiveTravel & #CleanAir project in 10 #Edinburgh schools - increase active/sustainable travel; set up #WalkingBus & #BikeBus - deliver #AirPollution awareness @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social

Air Pollution Project Manager (self-employed) - Edinburgh

Parents For Future Scotland

Part time or Other
Sessional

Hybrid: Edinburgh
Closing 5th August 2026

Advertised from 28th July 2026
3 days per week on a self-employed basis at £200 per day for 28 weeks (term-time) from August - 31st March (£16,800 in total)

Role

Are you experienced in building community power or supporting communities to get active through walking or cycling schemes?

Are you experienced in building community power and running projects which support communities facing barriers to build their efficacy?

Are you passionate about raising the voices of communities that are most affected by climate but which are least often heard? If so we’d love to hear from you!

We are particularly keen to hear from people who experience marginalisation and minoritisation or who are often excluded from decision-making processes. For example, people of colour; people from working-class backgrounds; people from LGBTQ and migrant communities; care-experienced young people and people with disabilities.

About us

Parents for Future Scotland became a charity two years ago as a result of grassroots parent organising and is now a small self-employed staff team with a growing network of activists. We seek to make climate action the norm among all parents in Scotland. We are in the midst of a big step change, increasing our influence and reach across the country, and we need you to help us in doing so. This post will be the first of its kind within the organisation.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 12d

#GreyfriarsBobby footway widening Yes, it is temporary, until 7 September, but presents serious 🚲 hazards till then See the Council's #SummertimeStreets programme --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roads-travel... The new kerbing is just stuck down on the existing surface, for easy removal @edi.bike

Extract from Summertime Streets initiatives...

Candlemaker Row / George IV Bridge Junction

24 July - 7 September

Additional pedestrian provision provided around Greyfriar's Bobby statute

SpokesLothian@spokes· 13d

Sat 2 Aug 🚲🚲🚲 #Livingston #20Milers casual #bikeride #LocalHistory Info--> livi20milers.blogspot.com [nearest 🚆 #LivingstonNorth] @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @mininglandscapes.bsky.social @gregorpoynton.bsky.social @angelaconstance.bsky.social @neilginscotland.bsky.social @jocelock.bsky.social

map showing route of Saturday ride...

Livingston 20 Milers

Bike ride at a relaxed sociable pace, occasional and less experienced cyclists, to encourage cycling for active travel and leisure.

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Monday, 20 July 2026
SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST: Ratho Climbing Arena, Surf Resort, Union Canal & Almondell Park

A casual social ride of 16 miles using a mix of some of the 144 miles of the Livingston path network, Route 75 of Sustrans National Cycle Network, quiet country road and surfaced track, maybe a bit of Local History, bits the Shale Trail, and Howden Rock Ramp, the UKs biggest rock ramp.

Ride details, including station if coming from Edinburgh...

MEET: By 10:30, at the seats outside the café at Howden Park Centre, Livingston.

PARKING: Please use the overflow car park east of the original Howden House.

TRAIN : The nearest station is Livingston North.

ROUTE: Take the Livingston Path Network along the Loan Path through Ladywell turning east onto the Harrysmuir Path to Pumpherston. A short section along Drumshoreland Road and onto the Uphall to East Calder track, formerly a rail link now part of the Shale Trail to Pumpherston Oil Works crossing the Camps Viaduct high above Almondell Park to East Calder.

Anyone from East Calder could arrange to meet us at the CALDERWOOD CAFE We will likely be there no earlier than 11:15 or shortly after.

Continue through the Calderwood housing development onto Clifton Road and minor road to the path beside Clifton Hall Road to the EICA, the worlds biggest indoor climbing centre.

Refreshments 🍴 There is a café down stairs or bring something to eat.

With a visit next door to the NEW SURF RESORT

Back out to the footpath by the road, downhill to Wilkies Basin onto the surfaced mud free Union Canal tow path (NCN754) and across Lins Mill Aqueduct to Muirend, by quiet road to go along route 75 of Sustrans National Cycle Network, through Almondell Country Park. Look out for the Kingfisher that flies between the two weirs at the east end of the park, also otter has been seen.

Returning to the HPC by the river Almond, stopping at Howden rock ramp, the UKs largest rock ramp, Almond Park.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 13d

👍 #GreyfriarsBobby footway widening 🤔 We trust #cycling safety will be included, or will be very nasty pinchpoint on busy 🚲route .. we have asked @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edoldtowncoco.bsky.social

photo showing kerbs being installed for wider footway

SpokesLothian@spokes· 14d

"highly visible example of #e-cargobikes for professional & practical use beyond urban deliveries" .. #MarkusStitz of #BikePacking Scotland on his @ternbicycles.com .. thanks to Spokes #cargobike grant -> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/ad... @edi.bike @thegravelcyclist.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Markus's bike with spokes website credit..

screenshot from a video of the Tern bike used in a trail-building project

Start of Markus's report

Grant Report: Tern Orox Electric Cargo Bike
Grant recipient: Markus Stitz Grant received: £2,000 in July 2024 Purpose: Contribution towards the purchase of a Tern Orox S12 electric cargo bike Reporting period: July 2024 – July 2026 Mileage cycled: 4,303 miles
Overview
The £2,000 grant enabled me to purchase a Tern Orox electric cargo bike for use in my work as a writer, filmmaker, photographer, cycling guide, route designer and event organiser.
Since July 2024, the bike has become an important working vehicle. It has been used to transport books, professional camera equipment, tools and event supplies throughout Scotland. Its large carrying capacity, electric assistance and extreme off-road capability allowed me to use it to replace a car or van on journeys that would be difficult to complete with a conventional bicycle, or a 4-wheeler for more difficult off-road terrain.
The bike has supported commercial work, community projects, cycling events, tourism development and local deliveries. It has also provided a highly visible example of how electric cargo bikes can be used for professional and practical purposes beyond urban deliveries.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 14d

#Ebike safety+legality 👍 MP @fabianhamilton.bsky.social urges #BBC & other media to stop conflating #Ebikes with unsafe & illegal machines -> www.cyclingelectric.com/news/end-dam... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @sw20.info @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @marksuttonbike.bsky.social @appgcw.bsky.social

SpokesLothian@spokes· 16d

🙋 Spokes Action-Update members' email -> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... includes.. 🙋 #Competition 2026 🙋 #Ebike compliance 🙋 #Powderhall path 🙋 #SUV charging @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @tracygriffen.bsky.social @edi.bike

Join spokes to get on the mailing list for Action Update circulars...
http://www.spokes.org.uk/membership/

1. ‘Spokes & Me’ – our 2026 summer competition – please enter!!
Spokes will be 50 in 2027! So, for our 2026 summer competition we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years
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Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride
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Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century!
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Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world
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Whatever your connection, big or small, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter!
For full details and how to enter, see the Spokes website 8 July 2026 blog
PRIZES – Note that this is the 2025 prizelist. The new 2026 list, with a few differences, will be published soon
Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff
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Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum
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Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip
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Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher + Blue/white no-plastic Africap from Sierra Leone
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Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire
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Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire
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Edinburgh Bicycle £50 voucher Rosebean cafe or Dower House cafe £10 voucher
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Camera Obscura Family ticket Cameo Picturehouse Tickets for 2
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Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hireSpokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps
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Spokes £1000 voucher* towards a cargo-bikeSpokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase

Pictures from spokes history, including Meadows cycleway opening, cargobike grant, spokes stall, etc.

Powderhall railway path campaign..

3.3 Powderhall railway path ?
A campaign has been launched to put new momentum behind plans to convert the disused Powderhall rail line into a walk/ wheel/ cycle path between Lochend Park and St Marks Park, linking East Edinburgh into the North Edinburgh network.
At the Holyrood election, surprisingly, the SNP put support for this very local scheme into their Scotland manifesto. However, although local SNP MSP Ben Macpherson has expressed support for the scheme, and for the new campaign, there is no sign of new government funding. Council funding is probably unlikely in the near term, as the path would be competing with other active travel projects. There is also the slight possibility of volunteer work to do a basic (non-tarmac) initial conversion – as Spokes did long ago for the 1km ‘Pilton Path.’
The other holdup is ownership – Network Rail owns the land. However, they have confirmed in a FOI response to the new campaign that there are no intentions to reinstate rail use, and that they are “in discussion with Edinburgh Council about a sale for an Active travel project.”
If you live in Ben Macpherson’s constituency [Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith] please contact him to ask what he is doing to ensure the negotiations are completed soon, and that government funding will be available, given support for the project in the SNP Holyrood manifesto. Note: Ben is only likely to follow up if you are a constituent.
If you live elsewhere, but would use the route, do email your own MSPs.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 16d

#Rail accessibility projects #Edinburgh & #Borders by @networkrailscot.bsky.social July updates at #Dunbar #Brunstane #Shawfair Report & Queries: john.lauder@networkrail.co.uk @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social @alexstaniforth.bsky.social

Rail accessibility plans in Edinburgh area, by Network Rail

Dunbar station developments
A new pedestrian and wheeling route from Deer Park housing estate and Spott Road to Platform 1 and station house has
been through detailed design.
Bathgate
Potential to improve Pillar1 with a walking/wheeling link. Possibility of funding for a feasibility study. With support from SRT
colleagues. Further discussion with West Lothian Council.
Longniddry
Positive discussions with East Lothian Council, land agent and housing developer on potential improvement to Pillar1 with
walking/wheeling link to new housing and to the existing village. NRS Sponsor liaising with East Lothian Council. With
support from SRT colleagues.
Brunstane Station Bridge
Positive meeting to review of this bridge, which carries National Cycle Network route 1, being led by Walk, Wheel, Cycling
Trust (WWCT formerly Sustrans).
Shawfair
Positive discussions r.e. new entrance to Shawfair.
Curriehill
New cycle parking being provided by City of Edinburgh Council.
Winchburgh
Proposal for new station submitted for planning permission by Network Rail Scotland. Liaison with planning team for an
accessible station meeting Railway for Everyone recommendations.
Borders Line: future investment opportunities
Liaison with Network Rail sponsors team reviewing opportunities for improving accessibility as an output of future
investment opportunities: particular focus on stations at Newcraighall, Shawfair, Galashiels and Tweedbank.
Falkirk Grahamston – AfA and public realm
Station selected for Access for All (AfA) feasibility study funding. AfA is led by NRS Sponsor

SpokesLothian@spokes· 19d

☹️ "I was completely reliant on my car ..." 😍 #Puppeteer Elspeth is now super-happy with her @ternbicycles.com thanks to a Spokes #cargobike grant Info--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/ad... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @tragiccarpet.bsky.social @thomdibdin.bsky.social

Picture of puppeteer Elspeth on her Tern Quick-Haul bike, purchased with 50% Spokes grant

Elspeth's report [+ pics of the bike and of her on the bike]

In Spring 2026, Spokes granted me £1822.50 towards the purchase of a Tern Quick Haul and accessories from Soul Cycles.
I am an art therapist, puppeteer and group facilitator based in Edinburgh and I have been self-employed since 2016. My practice revolves around working with children and young people with a focus on creativity and wellbeing. In my current working pattern, I am in a different school or community venue everyday and was completely relying on my car to get me to these places. I usually have kit with me, such as art materials, and this was too heavy to carry on a bus. Recently, I have noticed more cargo bikes in the city and know a couple of people who have them so I started thinking about whether this would work for me. Staff at Soul Cycles told me about the Spokes Cargobike fund and I was elated to find out that I could get financial help to make this idea a reality.
My Tern Quick-Haul (Meryl Steep) has made my commute to work so much more enjoyable and with the Clubhouse Mini and Storm Box Mini accessories, it has the perfect carrying abilities for my kit. Parking a bike has been much easier than finding parking for a car and I feel better about the environmental impact of my travel. The bike, especially when fully loaded, is very heavy and it took some getting used to riding it and navigating it into my hallway in the evening. However, I am getting better at loading the weight evenly and more practised at steering it into awkward spaces. I found the gears a bit crunchy at first, but took the bike for its one month courtesy tune-up at Soul Cycles and they sorted it out. Now the Quick Haul is riding very smoothly and helping me get some vitamin D and fresh air on my way to work.

Having just been on holiday to Sweden and Norway, I am envious of their cycling infrastructure and how cycling is much more normalised in Scandinavia. I used to think Edinburgh was too hilly for me to cycle, but ha…

SpokesLothian@spokes· 19d

#HolyroodPark #wildfires 📈 "a disturbing pattern that lines up with what the #ClimateEmergency warned us about all those years ago" By @thecockburn.bsky.social, reported in @edinburghminute.com @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social

🔥 Heritage group The Cockburn Association says three major fires on Holyrood Park's hills within a year 'is becoming a disturbing pattern'. They wrote:

"Edinburgh declared a climate emergency back in 2019, and fires like this one are a reminder of what that declaration was responding to: drier, hotter summers create the kind of gorse and grassland that catches fire easily, leaving parkland increasingly vulnerable to this kind of damage. What could perhaps be written off as a series of unfortunate one-offs is becoming a disturbing pattern, and one that lines up all too well with what the climate emergency warned us about all those years ago."

Picture of latest Arthur's Seat fire, from Adam Johnson video in Edinburgh Minute

SpokesLothian@spokes· 21d

#CityPlan2040 Submit your 'IDEAS' local or city-wide policy or place -> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/cityplan... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @bjpaddy.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @edtiss.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social

Start of the consultation page...

City Plan 2040 - Call for Ideas
Overview

This choice is for you if you are a community group, stakeholder, third sector organisation or individual.

You do not have to own the building, site or land to share an idea about it.
Questions

The questions will ask:

What your idea is
Where it relates to
Why you are putting it forward
If there has been any engagement

You can see the questions in advance in PDF format below. Please note the questions are not in strict numerical order.

You can submit ideas about particular PLACES

The QA then asks where it is, and what is your idea for it

You can submit ideas about particular POLICIES that you would like to see

The QA then asks if your policy would be for the whole city or just part of it, and if you know what consideration if any it has already received

West Lothian Council has already carried out this 'Ideas' consultation for their area.

This screenshot is an example PLACE IDEA which one of our members submitted to West LOthian's consultation, and which might give you ideas for your own submissions to the Edinburgh Council consultation...

27.5.25

Address of your idea:
Linlithgow High Street

Please summarise your idea for the site:
I would like the High Street made much more user-friendly for people on foot and cycling, with car dominance greatly reduced.

Please summarise your justification and reasons to support your idea for the site:

It is difficult to cross the road at some times of day, and unpleasant to cycle along it. This makes it a less attractive place to visit and to shop.
Having pavement parking legalised is completely outdated and makes the High Street looks like it is a free-for-all for motor traffic. It's particularly bad and the east end, where sometimes it's even difficult to get along the footway with a buggy or pushing ones bike.

Please provide any other information that you think is relevant to your idea.
These are some of the measures I'd like to see, to reduce car dominance and vastly improve conditions for walking and cycling. Incidentally, I certainly don't think the 4-way junction would be a panacea, as local traffic would build up further unless the High STreet was closed off (with a bus/taxi gate) on the same day the junction opened.

High Street ideas...
1. Speed limit reduced to 15mph
2. Parking removed entirely on the north side
3. Bidirectional cycleroute installed on the north side
4. Continuous footways at all side-road junctions with the High Street
5. Frequent crossing points, as in many French towns, without Belisha beacons or light-control.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 22d

#PrincesStreet fire 👍 #Voi bikes to the rescue! 👍 Most flexible form of transport in an emergency --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @moh-kohn.eurosky.social @keithirving.bsky.social

From council press release...

Trams are currently only able to operate between the Airport and Shandwick Place but all options are being explored to re-establish operations along the full route as soon as possible.

Officers are working closely with Voi Bikes to provide additional capacity, particularly in and around Leith, and will be expanding the fleet from 800 to 1000 bikes by the end of next week. Additional bike parking infrastructure is being arranged in the city centre to accommodate those travelling into the city from Leith and Newhaven.

Complex and time-consuming work is ongoing to make the fire-damaged building safe, alongside preserving as much of its heritage value as possible.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 26d

#CityPlan2040 🙋 Phenomenal amount of info in the new @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @planningedin.bsky.social 'Evidence Report' --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/local-develo... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @sw20.info

Start of Council web page on the city plan...

City Plan 2040
In this section…

You are here:
City Plan 2040
Engagement

We have started work on City Plan 2040 which will be our next local development plan after City Plan 2030.

There are several stages that we need to go through as we prepare City Plan 2040.
Evidence Report

The Evidence Report is the first stage of the City Plan 2040 process. We have completed our Evidence Report and it was approved by Planning Committee on 3 June 2026 and agreed by Council on 25 June 2026. It will be submitted to the Scottish Government for ‘Gate Check’ who will decide whether we have sufficient evidence to start to prepare the Proposed Plan.

The Evidence Report contains 26 topic papers on a range of subjects and 17 Place Profiles for the different wards within the city. It sets out implications for the evidence that need to be considered for the Proposed Plan.

You will be able to view the Evidence Report here shortly. In the meantime, you can see it via the Planning Committee papers here

The Evidence Report includes extensive data on each city ward, including active travel maps for each ward - this is the Leith one

Bar chart from the Evidence Report, showing how people travel to stations in Edinburgh & surrounding

The Evidence Report includes main points from all relevant council strategies, include this one on climate...

2030 Climate Strategy
Edinburgh’s 2030 Climate Strategy was approved in 2021. It sets out the steps that
Edinburgh will take to tackle the challenge of climate change and achieve the aim of
becoming a net zero city by 2030. The Strategy is guided by seven core principles:
• Just transition
• Progressive policy
• Adapting to unavoidable climate change and preventing future emissions
• Reducing our global footprint
• Fabric first
• Electrification first
• Creating 20-minute neighbourhoods.
Topic Papers 79
One of the Strategy’s visions is that it will create resilient places and spaces for low-
carbon living, underpinned by putting in place new planning policies that enable net
zero, climate resilient growth through a new local development plan.
To achieve its aims of tackling climate change and achieving net zero by 2030, the
Climate Strategy includes seven priority actions and a series of wider actions. These
actions include measures that encourage increased net zero emission transport by:
• Investing in active travel
• Developing integrated public transport
• Decarbonising buses
• Improving local air quality
• Better management of the city centre
• Supporting public sector transition to electric vehicles
• Delivering electric vehicle infrastructure
• Engaging with citizens.

SpokesLothian@spokes· 28d

it's #ScottishPower 🤔 Big qn is how long ago they knew the work was needed? i.e. could/did they liaise with @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social in time, to do it before the resurfacing? @edi.bike @robbieainsworth.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @tollcross-cc-edin.bsky.social

picture showing road markings indicating road is to be dug up, Gilmore Place

table showing basic info about the roadworks - "trial holes" by Scottish Power.

Table via Edinburgh Reporter

SpokesLothian@spokes· Jul 12

#ActiveTravel #Mountfleurie bridge in @fifecouncil.bsky.social #Levenmouth Connecting Communities -> www.theleven.org/projects/lev... -> www.fife.gov.uk/news/2026/co... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @wendychambld.bsky.social @mininglandscapes.bsky.social

Picture of the new bridge

Communities connected as new Mountfleurie Bridge opens to public

Published Date: Feb 27th, 2026

Mountfleurie Bridge

Fife Council is marking another major milestone for the Levenmouth Connectivity Project as the new Mountfleurie Bridge officially opens to the public.

The £5.8 million active travel crossing, which stretches over the Levenmouth Rail Link between Kirkland and Mountfleurie, provides residents with a safe, fully accessible route for walking, wheeling and cycling.

The 100‑metre structure reconnects communities, schools and services on either side of the railway - restoring an important local link that has been unavailable during rail reinstatement works.

The project...

The Levenmouth Connectivity Project is the Leven Programme’s flagship project. It looks to transform walking, wheeling and cycling in the Levenmouth area.

The wider ambition of the project is to connect Loch Leven to the Firth of Forth through a world-class active travel network alongside the River Leven and surrounding communities, enabling local people and visitors to travel sustainably along the entire 26km length of the river with connections to public transport hubs, residential areas, schools, shops and places of work.

The first stage of our vision, which focusses on the Levenmouth area and a 5km stretch of the river from Cameron Bridge to where it meets the Firth of Forth at Leven. has been delivered by Fife Council and Green Action Trust, funded by Places for Everyone (an active travel infrastructure programme backed by Transport Scotland and administered by Sustrans) and the Levelling Up Fund.

We opened consultation with local people in 2022 regarding finalising the routes as we entered the detailed design phase. In the Community Involvement section at the bottom of this page you'll find the feedback we received and how this has informed design.

Construction of Phase 1 of the Active Travel Network, providing links to the railway stations at Leven and Cameron Bridge, commenced in 2025 and the path is now in place. The planting and seating is set to be completed in March 2026.

Read this article on the Fife Council website about the plans

The bridge - council news release...

Fife Council is marking another major milestone for the Levenmouth Connectivity Project as the new Mountfleurie Bridge officially opens to the public.

The £5.8 million active travel crossing, which stretches over the Levenmouth Rail Link between Kirkland and Mountfleurie, provides residents with a safe, fully accessible route for walking, wheeling and cycling.

The 100‑metre structure reconnects communities, schools and services on either side of the railway - restoring an important local link that has been unavailable during rail reinstatement works.

Developed and delivered by Fife Council’s Roads and Transportation Services with funding from the UK Government, the bridge has been constructed by Network Rail and its contractor following extensive planning, engineering and installation activity.

Councillor Alistair Suttie, Convener of the Levenmouth Area Committee, welcomed the opening: “It’s fantastic to see this much‑needed connection open for the people of Levenmouth and it’s a real step forward.

“A great deal of effort has gone into delivering this bridge, and I’m delighted residents will be able to use it from this weekend.”

Final installation and finishing works have been underway since the bridge was successfully lifted into place late last year.

Contractors have since completed surfacing, safety features and landscaping to ready the structure for public use.

John Mitchell, Head of Fife Council’s Roads and Transportation Services, added: “Seeing the Mountfleurie Bridge fully completed is a proud moment for everyone involved.

“It provides a vital link over the rail line and forms a key part of the wider network of active travel routes connecting into Leven and Cameron Bridge stations.

“This opening marks another important step in making it easier for people to move around Levenmouth safely and sustainably.”

The bridge forms a central element of the ongoing Levenmouth Connectivity Project, which aims to expand …

Map of the proposed AT network showing location of the new bridge

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