@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends
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@carfreeroutes.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukWhat will make us Safer is having car free routes So that Wall and Cyclists do not meet cars while they’re travelling from Place to Place
@ellaird.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukAccompanying NTS panel suggests a date of possibly before 3000 BC!
@urbantruth.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk“Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, air pollution, social isolation — and less space for everything…” @grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social in @usa.streetsblog.org. #1HourCityConspiracy
@americanfietser.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukIt's as if it's an incredibly great use of tax dollars to build family friendly infrastructure in the heart of a city along active mobility pathways.
@srd.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukImagine this in Edinburgh…
@deleriad.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukClassic case of timidity. Angers everyone helps almost no one. I mean the council knows what is needed but seems to think that if they stick to tiny, incremental steps that no one will complain. Sometimes though you have to rip off the plaster.
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukIt isn’t democracy for a handful of people to veto change That’s why we elect leaders to take the right decisions, based on the evidence
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukDrivers asking for a “consultation”, when what they really want is a veto Why not be honest?
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukWe asked 3 self-selecting drivers what they thought about bus lanes We didn’t bother to quote any studies or ask any professionals False balance from junk media
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukDon’t believe that autonomous vehicles will make us safer until we first have geo-fenced vehicles that obey the speed limit and have drug-drink interlocks The tech already exists
@darrenhayes.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukOur car was knackered, so i thought outside the box.
The guy at the shop thought i was mad. 8km but got home no issues.
#Cargobike
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukIncredible to think it has been there for 1000s of years
@ellaird.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukAn early #StandingStoneSunday from this afternoon. The Caiy Stane, high above Edinburgh on a residential street. It's over 9 feet tall and has a row of six cup marks on its reverse face.
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukAn East - West line connecting the East Coast Mainline, Tweedbank, Peebles, the West Coast Mainline, and many Borders towns in between, would be amazing. A lot of the rail bed is already there Add cycle lanes when rebuilding, for the “last few miles” and it could serve a huge percentage
@little-mice-in-sky.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukBiggar* and Peebles, especially the former. It would be a game changer**. * A train line stopping along the Pentland and the 702's villages would take almost all the commuter traffic as well as increase leisure and outdoor activities. **Saying it's a game changer guarantee it will never be done
@jestermouse.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukOMG it looks like the cycle button (to the left of the red light next to the cycle lane in the photo) and corresponding 🚲 🚦 is FINALY in operation at Haymarket! #EdTravCyc
@foescot.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukScotland chooses cars over children's safety and the climate
Important piece from @amandafgrimm.bsky.social of @sccscot.bsky.social
@willnorman.co.ukReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukHarry Webb was cycling home when he was killed by a driver using nitrous oxide.
His tragic death shows the devastating consequences of people taking drugs & driving.
I hope that the seriousness of this judgement will deter other offenders in the future.
@carolinerussell.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukThinking about Harry Webbe’s family and friends as they process this latest post-crash news.
Geofencing and speed-limiting hired e-bikes is widely accepted, tech is developing fast, so should we apply the same danger reduction logic to driving cars?
@hackneycyclist.bsky.socialReposted by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.ukDutch cycling infrastructure during the school run, showing why safe infrastructure is vital if we want children to cycle to school. From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
