space4cyclingEd

Fighting the fight to get real, quality space in Edinburgh for the humble, wonderful, liveable-city-making bicycle. #space4cyclingEd

[Martin McDonnell @116McD]

Trams to Newhaven drop-in sessions. Don’t seem to be public knowledge?

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

People are cycling in Toronto. This is good. (Air quality! Health! A faster commute!) But we have built *half* a cycling network. My dad drilled into my head as a kid: do it well or don't do it at all. Don't do things halfway. #MinimumGrid https://t.co/v712CJf8P7

[Edinburgh Bike Lanes @EdinBikeLanes]

Yes - Roseburn path lovely, Meadows path lovely, but cycling in between them is a shocking contrast of fast-moving cars, zig-zags and impossible turns, not to mention poor signage https://t.co/BxYXsxhwhS

[space4cyclingEd @s4cedinburgh]

@hank_chief @LitCors @DrumBraeNews @CorstorphineCC @CyclingEdin @SpokesLothian @Mr_Mark_Brown @harts_cyclery @acsedinburgh @MurrayfieldCC @mummycycle @CB_CommCouncil Not just bikes. Problems for mobility scooters, larger wheelchairs and visually impaired too.

[PidginPosting @PidginPosting]

#CleanAirday

[Cllr Lesley Macinnes @lmacinnessnp]

What a beautiful view of George St on Clean Air Day! People reclaiming a quiet spot in the sun.

[PidginPosting @PidginPosting]

Miles Briggs' vision for the City Bypass: if two lanes aren't enough then surely thirty will be?

[PidginPosting @PidginPosting]

If Edinburgh streets aren't wide enough for segregated cycle lanes then the Pentlands aren't wide enough for extra lanes on the bypass. Sorry. Thems the rules. https://t.co/P0jaTRAxt7

[PidginPosting @PidginPosting]

Nothing wrong with drooling over carbon-fibre racing machines, but it's great that people are loving this kind of bike. https://t.co/6EtBdqbzq1

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

In one clear image:
Urban transport modes, ranked by two footprints:
—Space in square meters needed per occupant
—CO2 emitted per km traveled
Car: 244 g
Bus: 18 g
Pedestrians/cyclists: 0 g (apart heavy breathing...)
#EarthDay2018 Chart from #Australia, h/t @pagaia

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

"The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created. Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon." —Bill Strickland

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

If you design your city for people instead of cars, your city will thrive
- in terms of business, safety, efficiency, people's mood, health & so much more

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

It certainly has taken some serious PR to convince so many people that this helps businesses...

[Stuart Hay @StreetWurrier]

High time @Edinburgh_CC stopped trying to “balance” things and applied its own policies and the globally accepted transport hierarchy. Place making is a critical element of any transport project bisecting a dense urban community @LivingStreetsEd @SpokesLothian https://t.co/o01XZm2QJ9

[Henry @hank_chief]

@CyclingEdin @SpokesLothian @StreetWurrier @Edinburgh_CC @LivingStreetsEd @edfoc @harts_cyclery @CyclingSurgeon @Cyclelaw1 @davidfkeySNP @lmacinnessnp @susan4leithwalk @lewisritchieIND @CllrChasBooth @adamrmcvey @GJMunro26 @allytibbitt @Daisynmurphy @CycleSheffield @thecockburn @theSpurtle @jomowat @sto_paul @HumzaYousaf @dvrh9 @AlastairDalton Here's a reminder why cycling round parked vehicles is a bad idea 👇

You're lulling inexperienced cyclists into a dangerous trap with some off road segregation but then unleashing the full risk of dealing with traffic

How many injuries are you planning?

https://t.co/1WVT55QBCq

[Henry @hank_chief]

@HumzaYousaf do you remember when you set up your task force and said this 👇

The flagship proposals for Leith Walk are really going to disappoint you & be very dangerous for any cyclist, whether they are new or not😳

Please step in before it is too late
https://t.co/40H5ZKnBIq

[space4cyclingEd @s4cedinburgh]

Wow. Has nothing been learned? https://t.co/EGgvKhfgmg

[Spokes CycleCampaign @SpokesLothian]

@StreetWurrier @Edinburgh_CC @LivingStreetsEd @CyclingEdin @edfoc @hank_chief @harts_cyclery @CyclingSurgeon @Cyclelaw1 @davidfkeySNP #LeithWalk #tramline Consultation drawings now on #TramsToNewhaven website HERE-->https://t.co/UeDSIJcdC4. Draft TRO drawings confirm non-segregated cycle lanes with loading (red) & parking (blue) in cycle lane, so 🚲forced out near rails. Astonishing. Shocking. @lmacinnessnp

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

Biking Copenhageners are not idealistic hippies.
They bike because it's an awesome way of getting around.
Good planning should underpin this.

[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

Old center of Firenze/Florence
vs.
Atlanta freeway interchange

(Same scale)