This cycle lane, which:

😬 shoves cyclists out into passing general traffic at a pinch point
😬 gives up at junctions
🚶could be loads better for pedestrians
🤦isn’t connected to a network

…is a good example of the problems we need to solve to help make them better used.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 38 | 29th Apr '24

Ed Festival Cycling 2024 programme launches, Pedal Power exhibition opens, Transport & Environment Committee roundup, why we need cycling communities by Douglas Rogers and more:

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Now open! 'Pedal Power: Cycling and Activism in Edinburgh', an exhibition we've co-curated with InfraSisters, Spokes CycleCampaign, Bikes Buses and Edinburgh Museums!

Please check it out at the Museum of Edinburgh on Canongate 🎉

Critical Mass Edinburgh InfraSisters Blackford Safe Routes Edinburgh Museums 🙋‍♀️Today, Sat 27 Apr, 2pm

👍Delighted to be one of the groups creating the exhibition

👍With luck #SpokesMaps on sale at museum shop [not sure if yet delivered]

👍 #SpokesBulletin (summer 2024) free to pick up
->twitter.com/i/bookmarks?po…

Exhibition->edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/pedal…

Next ride is a very exciting one! We'll do a short route, finish at the Parliament...

...then we'll go to the opening of 'Pedal Power: Cycling and Activism in Edinburgh', an exhibition we've co-curated with Edinburgh Museums InfraSisters Spokes CycleCampaign BikeBusEdin

Sat 27th 2pm!

Great to see a stretch of quality segregated cycle infrastructure here, and a few of our InfraSisters in the video. More please!

Time for the third and final part of our guide to choosing accessible cycles - this time e-cycles, which are a game-changer for many #Disabled #Cyclists .

We'll be releasing more detailed info on e-cycles soon- follow us for more on inclusive cycling!

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The Community Grants Fund returns! Apply for up to £5,000 for your community project until the May 20 deadline 💷

Find out more about the scheme and how to apply here: edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/1…

Serious injuries and deaths on our roads are unacceptable and preventable. We need urgent and long lasting change to create safer roads for everyone and reach #VisionZero .

Read more: orlo.uk/StlFi

🚲 edi.bike | issue 33 | 25th Mar ‘24

Your weekly cycling digest. This week: CCWEL Opening, Victim and Vehicle Blaming, Critical Mass news and more;

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The Critical Mass Edinburgh ride today visited part of the Quiet Route which the council is dismantling. Read more here theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/03/critic…

Share your favourite thing about cycling below 👇

We love the rush of feel good hormones you get from being active. It’s so great for your mental wellbeing!

InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh What about you? + tag a friend and get them to share their favourite thing about cycling!

#EdinburghParkArena

👍Hugely welcome & good location
🙄BUT *wholly inadequate*🚲routes to & past the site

🤔Will The City of Edinburgh Council insist on proper🚲infrastructure?

1. Please comment
->citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/app…
2. Spokes draft
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Euan Hyslop Cllr James Dalgleish

Pedal Power - Cycling and Activism exhibition coming to the Museum of Edinburgh featuring @infrasisters Critical Mass Edinburgh Spokes CycleCampaign and Bike Buses. Kicks off on 27 April. Do get along if you can! edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/pedal…

This month we'll ride close to the Braid, where councillors recently voted to remove modal filters, just days after the tragic death of a young boy cycling to School in Cramond.

Everyone is welcome on our big, fun, community ride, Saturday March 30th, 2pm at Middle Meadow Walk.

Important points in here in a month we’ve lost two more cyclists to HGVs. 1) Educate and prosecute encroachments on ASLs. 2) Employers must make HGVs safe and legal. Every chance Emma would still be with us if this had been the case at the time of her death #SafeStreetsForAll

The lorry driver who killed a French cyclist in Glasgow last year has been spared jail.

69-year-old Paul Mowat hit Emma Burke Newman, who was 22, in the city centre last January.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court today, he was ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and has been…

Join our group bike ride tomorrow to celebrate the launch of City Centre West East Link! Sustrans Scotland

The ride will begin at Old Coat Bridge, around 12:30pm with pupils from local primary schools and finish at Haymarket Terrace to join the celebrations – everyone is welcome!

The City of Edinburgh Council Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Cllr Christopher Cowdy Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Chas Booth 🇪🇺🇺🇦 SW20 Ed Festival Cycling Cycling Edinburgh Jim Densham Edinburgh Reporter Spokes Porty Helen Todd Rupe Nash InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) Rosanna Rabaeijs David Gardiner SHRUB Coop Fresh Start Cargo Bike Movement Cyclelogistics International Cargo Bike Festival Cargobike Collective Terry O'Floinn Cargobikestar Michael - Cargo Bike Dad 💉 💉 💉 💉💉 farroutdeliveries ZedifyEDI Carlton Reid The Edinburgh Minute SSC Edinburgh edi.bike | weekly news digest Cyclehoop Paul Lawrence Irene Beautyman Laura Laker UoE Sustainability Edinburgh University Students' Association Edinburgh Napier Environmental Sustainability Derek Grieve CBE 👍Top prizewinner from our #BikeStorage 2023 comp

Karen chose the £200 voucher towards her Specialized Bicycles #ebike (& quality lock!)

'I finally got my bike - love it! It has given my cycling a new lease of life- like a small girl with my first scooter'

🙋‍♀️2024 comp coming soon!

We’d like to thank cllrs who came along on our #InternationalWomensDay ride campaigning for nighttime 🚲 infrastructure that’s safe for women and girls. X-party political support is so important. Here’s a few of the riders arriving at The Causey - sound on for the loud cheers!