@LiveableLeith

Pro walking, pro cycling, pro access. Representing Liveable Leith, a formally constituted group of local residents

 Leith, Edinburgh
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@forthports Can you please clean up your land at Marine Esplanade in Leith?
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See the entire length of Marine Esplanade, covered in fly tipping. #litter @forthports
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This is Marine Esplanade, this week. With news of uncontrolled fly tipping in the news, can @Edinburgh_CC get on top of this now, before it all ends in the sea? (200 yards from NWH waste management group, by the way.) #flytipping
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#litter @edinhelp If our council can't clean this up, we'll do this ourselves in January. TBC
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@CllrChasBooth @KatrinaFaccenda @adamnolsmcvey
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The public realm.
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The public realm. Do residents here not deserve better?
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Continual rubbish alongside Laurie Street. @edinhelp
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And to see the Council's proposals and public consultation (running until 12 January 2026) please see here: bit.ly/4qaKdin
Living Streets Edinburgh@LivingStreetsEd25 Oct 2025
We're pleased to host an online meeting to hear about what @Edinburgh_CC's Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel scheme means for walking and wheeling! Join us at 2.00pm, Monday, 3 November on Zoom- book your place here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
image from council website showing a cyclist, a car and two pedestrians approaching new signals at Henderson Terrace

ALT image from council website showing a cyclist, a car and two pedestrians approaching new signals at Henderson Terrace

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Why has this site (on Constitution Street by the tram) been a dump for 2 years now? @edinhelp
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- 82% are concerned about the impact of SUVs on traffic and safety - 73% said SUVs are bought as status symbols - Only 4% think SUVs are necessary for city living 🗣️Join the conversation online using #carspreading
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I love the fringe. But we need a serious conversation the monumental amount of waste - and what about the plastic cable ties for every single poster? @edfringe
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Venues are not recycling. The only venue that provided reusable plastic cups was @traversetheatre - and I saw several folk put theirs in the bin!
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⁦@edfringe⁩ despite Fringe promises that they’d replace these bins with ones with a hatch as in previous years they haven’t done it. Virtually zero recycling as many of the visitors don’t have English as first language no international recycling ♻️ symbols.
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Compare what Paris has done to its city Hall Square to plans for George Street, Edinburgh. Four trees. Why do our council leaders and officers suffer from such a lack of imagination?
Massimo
@Rainmaker197320 Aug 2025
Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest.
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Simple zebra crossings are an easy and low-cost means of giving pedestrians priority. @Sustrans latest report backs their wider use 👇 sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/new… We now need UK Gov to give councils the power to make them commonplace.

Five fixes to make our streets work for disabled people

Disabled people risk being left behind if future transport changes don’t involve them or meet their needs.

walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk
Transport for All@TransportForAll8 Jul 2025
Disabled people are more likely to be injured by cars when we're walking or wheeling. Our new research with @Sustrans shows that adding zebra crossings to side streets makes drivers more like to stop for us. Read more: transportforall.org.uk/news/…

Transforming Mobility research calls for new zebra crossings - Transport for All

The Transforming Mobility report says introducing zebra crossings on side roads will increase disabled pedestrian’s safety

transportforall.org.uk
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Note for Edinburgh Council. More LTNs and quiet streets mean we don't always need to build (very expensive) cycle lanes on every road...
Will Norman@willnorman9 Jul 2025
Everyone should watch this! It's a delightful & joyous celebration of how we're transforming London into a cycling city. Brilliant to see ... but there's much more hard work to do. #LondonLovesCycling 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲 youtube.com/watch?v=OunBRdTI…
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Absolutely. app.edinburghnews.scotsman.c…

Why are heavily polluting buses still allowed on city streets

One of the things I find difficult to understand in a city with low emission zones is why we allow some of the most heavily polluting vehicles onto our city centre.

app.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
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Stop demolishing buildings in a climate emergency just to build student blocks that bring a high return to developers and investors rather than students or residents.
Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust)@thecockburn25 Jun 2025
Locals encouraged to share thoughts on another new student accommodation proposal as council votes to explore ban on allowing more  deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/06/2… via @deadlinenews

Locals encouraged to share thoughts on new proposal

Edinburgh residents can now offer their thoughts on another planning application to build new student accommodation.

deadlinenews.co.uk
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