We're working with @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to make local journeys easier in Leith 👇
Recent improvements through the Leith Connections project mean safer, more accessible and enjoyable ways for Leithers and visitors to get around 🚶♀️👨🦽🚴♀️
#PlacesForEveryone #ActiveTravel
Photo of two children, a boy and a girl, cycling on a traffic-free path. Text reads: Active travel infrastructure really does have the power to save lives.
Urban A roads saw the largest decrease, with 17 fewer casualties.
Meanwhile, #PlacesForEveryone projects prevented 5 casualties on rural A roads, and 6 on urban minor roads.
Find out more and read the full report 🔗 buff.ly/tXN5AZQ
#ActiveTravel
Photo of a person walking on a pavement on a suburban road. Stirling Castle is in the background. Text reads: Our Places for Everyone infrastructure projects in Scotland have prevented 28 road casualties.
When we improve #ActiveTravel routes, we make our streets safer for everyone 💪
Our latest research shows almost 30 road casualties have been prevented by improvements to walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure🚶♀️👩🦽🚴♀️
#PlacesForEveryone
A group of young girls leaning against a viewpoint, looking over the Leith Shore in Edinburgh.
Two mothers pushing prams and walking a dog over the newly pedestrianised bridge at Sandport Place in Leith, Edinburgh. Other walkers and a cyclist are in the background.
A female cyclist using the new segregated cycling route between the Leith Shore and the Foot of the Walk. People walking and and pushing a pram are in the background.
The street along the Shore at Leith, with the buildings reflecting beautifully on the water.
Make your way down to Leith ⚓️
The next phase of @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social's Leith Connections is officially open 🎉
We supported the design of cycle paths & pavement improvements, as well as seating & planting 🌱
Read more: buff.ly/DRFORiw
#PlacesForEveryone
Sunshine on Leith 🌞
Fantastic to launch this new #ActiveTravel route today in Edinburgh 🚶♀️👨🦽🚴♀️
Leith Connections is giving people real transport choice, whilst making the area much more accessible and welcoming for residents, visitors and businesses 🎉
#PlacesForEveryone
Photo of a man locking up his cargo bike outside a train station. Text reads: 340,000 fewer car journeys are made each year.
Our #PlacesForEveryone projects are taking cars off the road.
Thanks to the increase in walking, wheeling and cycling at project sites, there are an estimated 340,000 fewer car trips per year 🤩
This has resulted in one million fewer road kilometres being driven in Scotland 📉
Photo of a women cycling on a segregated cycle lane along a beach esplanade. Text reads: Our Places for Everyone infrastructure projects in Scotland are tackling transport emissions.
Fewer cars = less carbon 🌍
By making it possible for more people to choose walking, wheeling and cycling, we make an even bigger impact on the world around us.
Here's how our #PlacesForEveryone infrastructure projects are supporting Net Zero 👇
#LetsDoNetZero
Photo of a women cycling and smiling on a segregated cycle path in a suburban area. Text reads: 10% of the Scottish population now live within 500m of one of our high-quality cycle routes.
Photo of a person walking with a stick, on a path by a canal. Text reads: And perceptions of safety in these areas are up by 12%.
This is what a decade of work looks like 👇
Our #PlacesForEveryone programme has built 190km of safe #ActiveTravel routes across Scotland 🚶♀️👩🦽🚴♀️
Making it possible for more people to make healthy, affordable everyday journeys 💚
Find out more: buff.ly/UidAIcA
Photo of parents holding the hands of their daughter swinging her into the air, on a pedestrianised street with planters and colourful painting on the road.
Safe routes make a big difference 💯
More people are choosing to walk, wheel and cycle, thanks to our #PlacesForEveryone infrastructure projects 📈
Our latest report shows almost 1 million more active journeys are made each year 🔗 buff.ly/tXN5AZQ
A man in a red coat walking on a path, with two cyclists on a segregated cycle path in the background.
A cyclist riding a cargo bike on a segregated cycle path.
Cyclists using a segregated cycle path, with sustainable drainage features in the foreground.
A close up of a man wearing a tracksuit walking across a zebra crossing on a cycleway.
We're helping integrate active travel into a major new development in the North of Edinburgh 🚶♂️👩🦽🚴♀️
Last week we opened a new route with @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social as part of Granton Waterfront's regeneration 👇
Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/v3ErVTR
#PlacesForEveryone
Two long lines of school pupils in hi-vis vests and helmets, smiling and riding bikes on the Roseburn to Union Canal path in Edinburgh. Image Credit: City of Edinburgh Council.
We won a National Transport Award! 🥳
Roseburn to Union Canal, our #PlacesForEveryone project with @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social, scooped the award for Exemplary Approach to Active Travel & Public Space at last week's ceremony 🏆
More 👉 walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/r2uc
#UKNTAs25
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Honorary Provost of Hawick and other partners and community members gather to cut the ribbon on the new scheme.
The Hawick Active Travel Network was developed in partnership with Scottish Borders Council through our #PlacesForEveryone programme, with funding via Transport Scotland 🤝
Read more about the improvements that are connecting the Borders town like never before 👀https://buff.ly/NqpEgeF
Our new Sustrans Director for Scotland, Cymru and Northern Ireland, Fiona MacLeod, joined Councillor Angus Miller and Cabinet Secretary for Transport @fionahyslop.bsky.social at a site visit this week 🤝
Avenues Plus is funded by the Scottish Government through our #PlacesForEveryone programme ✨
If we’re serious about tackling the housing crisis, we need to move beyond populist soundbites and have an honest debate about how planning, investment, and service provision actually work. /End
#UrbanPlanning #PlacesForEveryone #Oldham #HousingCrisis #PlanningReform
It's been an exciting year for active travel construction! 🍾✨
Through #PlacesForEveryone, we've helped deliver more walking, wheeling and cycling routes than ever across Scotland!
Here are some of our key highlights below 🧵
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