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[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Save the date! 11 June, 6.00-7.30pm

Our annual public meeting and AGM (Friends Meeting House)

Join us to help make Edinburgh a better place for pedestrians. More details soon!

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Can anyone suggest what's supposed to be the purpose of this roadworks sign on one of Edinburgh's busiest streets (Royal Mile at George IV Bridge)?
@edinhelp can you arrange 'decluttering' please?

[Prof June Andrews @ProfJuneAndrews]

@LivingStreetsEd @edinburghpaper @streetscape33
Watch over the next few weeks👀We’ll post about our beautiful city 🫣Why not use tourist tax cash to fix the refuse and make it more in line with heritage & conservation? And a bit more sanitary🤢
Please share if you care 😳

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

This zebra, with no proper sightline from either side, is a big risk for cyclist/pedestrian conflict. How can this parking be permitted??

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Good to see the cycle lane at the Elm Row bus stops blocked at last - but still a recipe for conflict between bikes and pedestrians. Why’s it taking so long to sort this out?!

PS @edinhelp: can you get the empty road sign frame removed asap?

[Fountainbridge @fountainbridge]

The Forest Road Pedestrian obstacle course is now open for all. @thecockburn @LivingStreetsEd

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Good to see the cycle lane at the Elm Row bus stops blocked at last - but still a recipe for conflict between bikes and pedestrians. Why’s it taking so long to sort this out?!

PS @edinhelp: can you get the empty road sign frame removed asap?

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

@iamonabeach @Edinburgh_CC We spoke to the last Transport Committee, calling (unsuccessfully) for an increase in pavement maintenance (see https://t.co/mMox7heFxP from 23 minutes), and are in regular touch with all parties.

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

The grant for Picardy Place 'public realm' is, by the way, almost exactly the same as the annual budget for footway maintenance across the whole of the @Edinburgh_CC area (£3.5m - now frozen for four years).

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

For this, @Edinburgh_CC applied for - and got - £3.338 million from @scotgov 'active travel' funds (See Business Bulletin, March 2024: https://t.co/j6l1WDBZFV)

How many dreadful pavements could that have sorted?

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

For this, @Edinburgh_CC applied for - and got - £3.338 million from @scotgov 'active travel' funds (See Business Bulletin, March 2024: https://t.co/j6l1WDBZFV)

How many dreadful pavements could that have sorted?

[John Lamb @JohnfaeScotland]

Your welcome to Edinburgh as you step off the tram.

Picardy Place - the City's finest collection of weeds and dead trees.

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

If you think there's a fault with a pedestrian crossing @Edinburgh_CC tells us the best way to report suspected faults is by using this webform: https://t.co/SDQrh6cQbW (phone if urgent).

Good luck!

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

We’re continuing to press @Edinburgh_CC to improve pedestrian crossings, as we find even more which don’t respond ‘on demand’* as they should - like this one at South Gyle Access.

(* so long as 20 seconds has passed since the last red light.)

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

W Hotel now breaching promise to restrict vehicle access to "pedestrian" St James Square - surely to no one's surprise?

Two private hires/taxis max are allowed into the Square at any one time: multiple vehicles are now routinely being permitted access (photo from yesterday).🙁

[Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) @thecockburn]

The Transport and Environment Committee has rejected an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order to allow buses and taxis access outside the W hotel in St. James Square.

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

We’re supporting local efforts to improve road safety on Newhaven Road at Stewartfield. Multiple problems include:
* speeding
* narrow pavements
* inadequate road crossing
* pavement parking.
Email road safety concerns to: [email protected] - and copy us in!📷

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Another big ‘active travel’ scheme (Craigmillar) now out for public consultation: https://t.co/kuOcbzWrnS.

We’ll take a close look - meanwhile, please let us know your thoughts on what it would mean for everyday walking!

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Good to see the Muir Wood path coming along: it will connect Juniper Green and Currie much better for walking and cycling. More information here: https://t.co/P9WpOQoB7D

[Police Scotland Edinburgh @PSOSEdinburgh]

A man has died following a crash in Chesser Avenue, Edinburgh on Saturday, 11 April, 2026.

https://t.co/6AJvDsdsEy

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

It seems clear to us that both revenue and capital funding of signals is completely inadequate for the city. Investing in modern signals will better meet all of the city’s travel needs: not only for walking but for buses, cycling and indeed all traffic.

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Council officials are to develop a ‘strategic asset management plan’ for traffic signals, recognising how badly many work for pedestrians across the city.

We hope this will lead to the tangible improvements and more investment that we’ve asked for.

[Police Scotland Edinburgh @PSOSEdinburgh]

Around 12.21am on Saturday, 11, April, 2026, police received a report of a crash involving a blue MG HS and a male pedestrian, 49 on Chesser Avenue.

The pedestrian was taken to hospital having sustained life-threatening injuries.

Appeal: https://t.co/otJL7xA88s

[Living Streets Edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd]

Yes: @Edinburgh_CC should do much more to get developers to make 'Section 75' payments for pedestrian improvements.

(And make sure they then spend them!)

[Fountainbridge @fountainbridge]

This should have been done when they rebuilt the shop and added 3 floors of flats. Raised at the time but the planners bottled it. ROADS team didn't mention it. Active Travel team were MIA.