A night scene of a street, with tenements either side. It is wet. There are several temporary no-entry, road closed, pedestrian diversion sign and red traffic cones

With all that signage, just for cars, you’d think they’d be able to put one up saying that people on bikes can get through!

Why do Edinburgh council give so little thought to people on bikes?

Valleyfield St

#EdTravCyc
#TransportHierarchy

Not sure you could call that fixed. Nearly 2 minutes for pedestrians to cross a street really isn’t good enough
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

#TransportHierarchy

Amendment by the Green Group Transport and Environment Committee 13 November 2025 Item 7.4 - Bus Lanes and Bus Gates – Consideration of Permitting Access to Private Hire Vehicles Delete 1.1.2 onwards and replace with; 1.1.2 Note that work is needed to tackle increased journey times and prioritise public transport by way of, for example but not limited to, bus lanes, selective traffic signals, bus stop placement reviews and demand management. 1.1.3 Given the unknown trajectory of PHV numbers and the quantitative impact of allowing both PHV and Black taxis to access bus gates, requests a review on existing and proposed bus gates to consider access only once the Licensing Review on caps has taken place. 1.1.4 Further requests that any contemporary traffic modelling study using the updated City Model, and noting the City Centre Transformation Project development, happens after the Licensing Review on caps has taken place Moved by: Cllr Kinross-O'Neill

#EdinWebCast - #PHV in #BusLanes

Cllr Kinross-ONeill on #Greens amendt
No trial should be done until all current road/traffic uncertainties clearer

Cllr Macinnes agrees & refers to council strategies

Cllr @kevin-lang.bsky.social says 🚌 is above 🚘 in #TransportHierarchy so keep PHV out meantime

Cllr Lang

#PrincesStreet #Edinwebcast

Q: Cllr @kevin-lang.bsky.social asks why not more ambitious, given earlier criticism
Four traffic lanes wrong for Princes St, placemaking & #TransportHierarchy

A: Public response to consultn v positive. Some traffic measures under Future STreets policy. More in future

Intro to Spokes article... Princes Street: think again, Edinburgh! Princes Street, Scotland’s internationally renowned premier street, is unique, but has suffered in recent years. The opportunity to transform it, now under Council consideration, must not be squandered. New drawings by Richard Murphy architects suggest an imaginative way forward, catering for tram, bus, cycling and large numbers of pedestrians, whilst reducing vehicle dominance. This is the type of approach that the Council should be developing, rather than its current proposals – which its own report admits could be ‘more aspirational’ !

Section of Princes Street from Richard Murphy drawings, showing wider pedestrian space and onroad cycle lane separated from traffic except at bus bays

Spokes table comparing different Princes STreet options

Historic photos! 1996: Labour transport convener Cllr David Begg opens Princes Street bike lanes (removed by a later council). it was also Cllr Begg who banned private cars from Princes Street - no one would reverse that now! 2011: Princes Street was entirely free of all vehicles for the whole of December. The Evening News reported that shopping had thrived!

#PrincesStreet

🙋 Think again, Edinburgh!
-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/07/prin...

🤔 Even the Council's own report says it could be "more aspirational"

👍 New #RichardMurphy plans show how Council could reduce vehicle dominance and cater for 🚶👩‍🦼🚲🚌🚋 as in the #TransportHierarchy and other European cities