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May 31st marked 5 years exactly since the tragic death of student Zhi Min Soh, run over by a Rabbie’s bus after falling on the tramlines at the West End. @Infrasisters marked the event with a moving tribute attended by over 100 people, at the site of Zhi Min’s ghost bike. It was also […] The Council has outlined its phased programme to improve cyclist tramline safety, with phase 1 being implemented in the immediate future… […] Plans are underway to try and improve the safety of Edinburgh’s tramline system for people travelling by bike… […] Clickable Edinburgh crash heatmap & graphs by Edward Tissiman Clickable crashmap by crashmap.co.uk – up-to-date, but payment for detailed reports of individual crashes Clickable crashmap by Sanjay Rana – up-to-date, downloadable data as well as map, with option of crash markers or heat map Clickable crashmap by BBC – detail on each crash, but data […] Speaking at our public meeting on Edinburgh’s new transport policies, London-based environment and cycling journalist Laura Laker said that Edinburgh now appeared to be on the way to a less car-dominated city and a more coherent approach to transport policy, with public transport, walking and cycling at its heart. On cycling in particular, on […] On February 1st the Transport Committee approved the ‘Future Streets’ policy, which incorporates the Circulation Plan (deciding which transport modes will have priority on which roads), the Active Travel Action Plan (ATAP), and the City Centre Transformation (to free the City Centre from through motor traffic). Although much detail is still to come, and […] There is much controversy over the Granton-Roseburn section of the proposed tramline from Granton to Bioquarter. In particular, will it be onroad or on the Roseburn path? In both cases, what provision will there be for cycling? What is the Spokes position? […] The February 1st Transport Committee has several massive reports on the future of transport and getting about in Edinburgh, much of which we strongly endorse. There’s a great twitter thread about them here. However they are accompanied by a wholly unexpected proposal to remove cycling from a 2km Roseburn section of the North […] A Bike Bus is a group of children who cycle together to school, or other destination, with the assistance/ protection of adults. There are increasing numbers of bike buses in Edinburgh, in Scotland, and around the world. An international study, A Global Survey of BikeBus Initiatives* published in January 2024 said… “There is a […] What can we expect locally for bike use and wider sustainable transport? What will Spokes – and you! – need to support, oppose, provide, improve or highlight in order to speed up the move towards more sustainable and healthy places to live and get about? This article outlines a few of the topics which […] |
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