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This is the travel hierarchy in Scotland’s National Transport Strategy: bit.ly/2yqzfjg. Walking/wheeling is at the top: not cycling, not buses, not taxis, not cars. Yet time and again, this isn’t followed through in practice. Time for change!
graphic showing walking and wheeling at the top (Figure 14)

ALT graphic showing walking and wheeling at the top (Figure 14)

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Road Policing officers are appealing for information following a crash in Dalkeith. Around 4.30pm on Friday, 16 October, 2026, a black Range Rover struck a pedestrian on Old Dalkeith Road, Danderhall. Read more: orlo.uk/vv3ne
Red Police Scotland graphic displaying the words ‘Can You Help?’, with abstract layered shapes in the background and the Police Scotland logo.

ALT Red Police Scotland graphic displaying the words ‘Can You Help?’, with abstract layered shapes in the background and the Police Scotland logo.

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createstreets@createstreetsOct 9
Martin Lewis has asked the public for simple, inexpensive and broadly uncontroversial changes that could make Britain work a little better. What better place to start than with putting an end to street scars? We can hold utility companies to account for scarring our streets with just a few changes to legislation that will: 🚧Make them put pavements back exactly as they found them and increase the fines for failing to do so. 🚧Require them to pay the full cost of restoring damaged pavements to the original standard. Find out more...
Martin Lewis
@MartinSLewisOct 8
Please submit your small ideas for fixing Britain to the Small-Ideas.org website. It’s a new charitable initiative I’ve set up to try and make sure life’s potholes don’t get ignored. Working with two charities and a cross party panel to turn your ideas into policy then try and make it happen. Please share.
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Still no news on when the George IV Bridge hotel works will end. We're also told that it's not possible to improve the pedestrian 'tunnel' to Lawnmarket. Councillors and council officers are all frustrated too but the Council unfortunately seems to have very limited influence.
pedestrians and cars on the road outside the hotel works

ALT pedestrians and cars on the road outside the hotel works

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Living Streets Edinburgh retweeted
Police Scotland Edinburgh@PSOSEdinburghOct 7
We've seen an increase in bicycles being used on pavements and being ridden in an erratic or unsafe manner. Please remember: 📣 Wear appropriate kit 📣 Be aware of your surroundings 📣 Follow the rules of the road 📣 Ride at a safe speed 📣 Stay focused 📣 Respect pedestrians
A police officer on a bicycle in a high-visibility jacket stands at a city intersection in Edinburgh.

ALT A police officer on a bicycle in a high-visibility jacket stands at a city intersection in Edinburgh.

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Brilliant to see such cross-party agreement at Council today on the importance of pavement maintenance: the most basic thing to help people walk (or wheel)...
Living Streets Edinburgh@LivingStreetsEdApr 3
Watch the Broomhouse Easy Walkers telling councillors about the effect of poor pavements on their lives and wellbeing (from 56 minutes): edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/p…. Also, our deputation (from 23 minutes) calling (unsuccessfully 😢) for more investment in pavement maintenance.
screenshot of council meeting with two members of the Easy Walkers group.

ALT screenshot of council meeting with two members of the Easy Walkers group.

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We're supporting residents of the Western Villages in their efforts to eliminate widespread illegal and antisocial parking. This surely isn't what a "Net Zero Carbon Development" is supposed to look like! 🙁
black car parked almost entirely on the pavement

ALT black car parked almost entirely on the pavement

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Utilities firms are wrecking our pavements*, with virtually no consequences. * and roads: a major cause of potholes!
createstreets@createstreetsSep 9
This is a Street Scar. They’re common across many British high streets & side streets, particularly visible when the street surface is stone or setts as here. They exist due to an error in legislation which has frozen the maximum fine on utility firms who don’t do their job….
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Powerful deputation from Craiglockhart Parent Council to tomorrow's Transport Committee on road safety, after years of delay and last year's protests on road safety and the need for pedestrian crossings
Protesters hold up signs on Ashley Terrace in protest at speeding and lack of crossings

ALT Protesters hold up signs on Ashley Terrace in protest at speeding and lack of crossings

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Do you remember when ‘A-boards’ clogged up Edinburgh’s pavements? We don’t want to see them return, as a petition to Thursday’s Transport and Environment Committee asks. We still have plenty of (perhaps even more!) pavement clutter!
A row of three A-boards on the Royal Mile, blocking half the pavement

ALT A row of three A-boards on the Royal Mile, blocking half the pavement

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See our deputation and objection here: bit.ly/4xKdVy0. By the way, it was often the biggest corporate businesses that had the biggest/worst pavement adverts, so the ban (largely well enforced by @Edinburgh_CC) probably helps smaller businesses.
Giant Costa Coffee cup on pavement

ALT Giant Costa Coffee cup on pavement

Pedestrians squeeze past a giant Sainsbury's advert on pavement

ALT Pedestrians squeeze past a giant Sainsbury's advert on pavement

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Major report on Princes Street at Wednesday’s Planning Committee; democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/i… We broadly favour Option 1 which officials call “Ambitious Pragmatism” with wider southern pavements. We’re especially keen to see early action to improve the chaos at Waverley Steps.
Pavement full of pedestrians at Waverley Steps. Buses and double-parked cars in the road

ALT Pavement full of pedestrians at Waverley Steps. Buses and double-parked cars in the road

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Good to see so many people back on Princes Street yesterday using the temporary footway extension. Hope the drainage has been well thought through?!
Lots of people walking on the new footway on Princes Street. Some large puddles are near the kerb.

ALT Lots of people walking on the new footway on Princes Street. Some large puddles are near the kerb.

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Living Streets Edinburgh retweeted
Broughton Spurtle@theSpurtleAug 27
POWDERHALL FOOTBRIDGE.—No replacement likely before 2028. Details at: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news… #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #transport
Powderhall Footbridge closed at St Mark's Park end.

ALT Powderhall Footbridge closed at St Mark's Park end.

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Summer Streets pedestrianised Cowgate. Another piece of Council legislation ignored by the drivers especially Ubers. Police Constable on Cowgate said “what do you expect me to do, stop cars?” “Well aye I do!”
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In-depth article about our concerns on pedestrian facilities and safety as the city fills up for the festival... How can Edinburgh manage streets better for everyone?
Edinburgh Evening News@edinburghpaperAug 23
'Dangerous and inadequate': Charity raises alarm over ignored Edinburgh road closures trib.al/CcibCzy

Edinburgh charity calls for council to ‘better manage and enforce’ road closures

Edinburgh charity calls for council to ‘better manage and enforce’ road closures in the city

edinburghnews.scotsman.com
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We've been in touch with the Council about multiple issues affecting pedestrians in the city centre as the streets get so busy. Disappointing to see no enforcement or stewarding of 'Summertime Streets' in the Cowgate!😐
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Thanks @bt_uk. We will be interested to see what action you take? All the phone boxes in these photos - and many more - have been in an appalling state for years.
close up view of GIVB phone box with broken glass, full of rubbish

ALT close up view of GIVB phone box with broken glass, full of rubbish

BT
@bt_ukAug 15
Replying to @john_auldtoon
Thank you, John. I have raised this with our team internally.
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South Bridge is currently a walking disaster!
Michael Traill@MTraillAug 10
Replying to @EdiDisgraces @edinhelp
5pm this evening and South Bridge is packed. Trip hazard and congestion enabler laying flat on pavement.
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Useless security barrier on the High Street finally deployed yesterday. Pedestrians first is supposed to be the Council mantra. All this barrier causes is potentially dangerous pedestrians crushes on an otherwise empty road. These barriers were temporarily in 2017.
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SMAG
@SmagSocialsAug 4
What happens when the fly-tipping van does visit? Well... 1. It parks right next to an office chair for several minutes then simply drives away. 2. Also ignores the, frankly impossible to miss, mattress and rotting bed base at two other hubs nearby. Response, @Edinburgh_CC?
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