Noooo! It's a different word I have an issue with!

Ha - I have the same issue, except the word in question is half my job title, which is a bit awkward.

For the avoidance of doubt, I am not criticising you for a typo. I am terrible for them and it is the lowest form criticism possible. I just thought it a lovely turn of phrase.

Beautiful typo (I assume). From now on, I will think of the convenor of the Transport and Environment Committee as the "Traffic Conveyor". There is no better title for them. Unless they want to prove otherwise...

I'm assuming today is synthetic April the first.

Imagine the design meeting - "So, a bike is six foot long and three foot high", "Yep", "Okay, how about I design a bike cupboard that is three foot wide, and six foot high", "Er?", "Six foot, three foot - it'll fit. Plus room for another seat." "Sold!"

I could go on at length about this - but apparently not everyone appreciates that.

We haven't really had a true planning system since the early 1980s. The planning system is really a management process for private sector development - setting a series of hoops to be jumped through, in the hope of producing development that serves (or at least maintains) the public interest.

That is one bizzare image at the top of the article!

Pah, that's nothing - welcome to Edinburgh!

In the 2025 Report, Queensferry St to Orchard Brae active travel improvement scored 8 and was paused. A90: Queensferry to Queensferry Street bus priority measures scored 14 and is proceeding. Can't find anything specific to this junction though.

Claims of "common sense" are what people with no evidence use to justify an argument.

So, at least according to the Scottish Government's interpretation of the law, it is now impossible for a Scottish local authority to intrduce road user charging.

Those with a long(ish) memory may remember the Scottish Government telling local authorities that they could not implement road user charging schemes due to legislative defects - but not to worry, as it would all be sorted via a "regulatory check". Well, today that check was binned:

Did quite a bit of cycling around Hackney and Islington recently. While there are some great on-street segragated lanes, what really made it pleasent was the number of LTNs, modal filters, cut-thoroughs and snickets. No need to follow a single cycle-mega-route, just bimble where you want to go.

Brilliant!

I am officially branding bus lanes as "great". I look forward to reading about this in Tuesday's Evening News.

It's mad this attitude presists in Edinburgh local media. 10% of working age adults in the city cycle to work, 34% get the bus, 23% walk. Hell, 42% of Edinburgh residents aged 17+ don't have a driving licence. It's car dominance that should be seen as "controversial".

Be fair - there are now quite a few spots in Edinburgh with before...after....before (redux) . Meadows-George Street, George Street, Braid Estate, Cramond/Silverknowes etc. Beat THAT Glasgow!

Also, this all rather gazumps the pilot exercise - which I hope was intended to see whether a Scottish cap would deliver value for money, as well as social, economic and environmental benefits.