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robbieainsworth.bsky.social
If you can get to Inverleith Park, quietroute 20 may be a better option. Otherwise, there are few safe alternatives.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
robbieainsworth.bsky.social
Greenbank - Meadows quietroute closed unexpectedly at Strathearn Place. #EdTravCyc @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edi.bike @spokes.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
spokes.org.uk
Transport Cttee (TEC) 2..4.26

Papers--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Watch--> edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/...

includes:
- #QuietRoute #trafficfilters
- Coordinating #roadworks, impact on 🚲🚶👩‍🦼
- Road resurfacing projects

@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk
April 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
robbieainsworth.bsky.social
Greenbank to Meadows QuietRoute closure of Whitehouse Loan DELAYED until 18th August. Will last up to 5 weeks, extending to end of September, affecting term time and JGPS bike bus. @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk #EdTravCyc
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
🚶🚴‍♀️⛔ST MARK'S PATH CLOSURE

Been notified of works starting on Powderhall bowling green to build nursery, 27 homes & widen path (hooray!) to St Mark's meaning closure from Mon 17th Nov 'til 12/1/26

Have asked CEC to look to minimise closure on QuietRoute 20.

CCG update: c-c-g.co.uk/community/si...
CCG Site News | Edinburgh | CCG
www.c-c-g.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
spokes.org.uk
Transport Cttee (TEC) 18.6.26

Papers--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Watch--> edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/...

Includes
- #QuietRoute #trafficfilters
- #tramline #Granton-#Bioquarter
- #Sheriffhall #roundabout (or #throughabout?)

@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social
Transport and Environment Committee - Thursday, 18th June, 2026 10.00 am
June 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
robbieainsworth.bsky.social
QuietRoute 20 closed on Albion Rd at Easter Rd following a collapsed sewer. Crawford Bridge may offer an alternate route. #EdTravCyc www.threads.com/@edinburghtr...
August 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast

#Greenbank-#Meadows #QuietRoute future

🤔 Sadly I'm finding this very echoey, so can't provide reliable concurrent posts unless improves, but will try to get outcomes

Not sure if it's the room or a glitch here

👍 Doubtless @edi.bike & @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk will do full reports!
May 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast
#QuietRoute ctd

Cllr @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social says process has lasted 5 years, and clarity now needed, not another experiment

Vote:
Lab/Green/SNP - 7 for Option C
LibDem+Con - 4 for combined LD/Con motion

So now goes to TransportSubcttee for final decision on the #TrafficFilters
April 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
spokes.org.uk
TROSubcttee 12 May 2pm

🙋 #Greenbank-#Meadows #QuietRoute future

Papers-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Watch-> edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/...

@edi.bike map of issues
-> edi.bike/files/2026/0...

History by @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
-> blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate...
This is the edi.bike drawing, not readable at this scale. To see it at full size use the website link https://edi.bike/files/2026/05-G2M-Map-Update/G2M-Map-Update-2026.pdf
May 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast #QuietRoute

Deputns pro/anti #trafficfilters
-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...

p15-17
Parent councils
@canaanlaneprimary.bsky.social
#StPeter’sRC
#SouthMorningside
#Bruntsfield
#JamesGillespie
seek retention for child safety

@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
Parents from St Peters Primary present their deputation, emphasising child safety P1 of deputation. Unfortunately cannot extract the text. The deputation is p15-17 here https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/b28188/Deputations%2018th-Jun-2026%2010.00%20Transport%20and%20Environment%20Committee.pdf?T=9 p2 of deputation p3 of deputn
June 19, 2026 at 11:10 AM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast

#Greenbank-#Meadows #QuietRoute future

*If* I heard that right [@edi.bike pls correct me!]

🙄Legally, cllrs could not make the filters at BraidAv, CanaanLane, HermitageGdns permanent
🤔This will now go back to TEC Cttee

👍But voted to keep BraidAv filter, despite recommendn to remove
May 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
spokes.org.uk
🙋 Keep the #TrafficFilters

#BraidsEstate #QuietRoute, Spokes deputation to #TransportCommittee

--> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u...

@edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social
Start of Spokes deputation... The Lothian Cycle Campaign Postal address [we have no staff]: St. Martins Community Resource Centre, 232 Dalry Road, Edinburgh EH11 2JG Website: www.spokes.org.uk Email: spokes@spokes.org.uk Bluesky: @spokes.org.uk Answerphone: 0131 313 2114 Transport & Environment Committee 02.04.2026 Spokes Lothian Planning Group Deputation - 31.03.2026 Implications of Standards Commission decision for Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route - Late Report and 9.2 Motion by Cllr Booth Spokes Planning Group writes to support the proposal noted within the Late Report to TEC as "Option C - Refer objections to the current trial scheme to TRO Sub-Committee". ‘Option C’ is the best and safest solution of those shared in the Late Report. We also note that it will bring to an end the tortuous process which has caused such protraction and confusion for all parties, let alone the huge amount of (valuable) time which officers have had to expend rather than working on other projects, and which would continue extensively should ‘Option B’ be selected. A key concern of Spokes Lothian is the safety and encouragement of existing and potential cycle users of all ages and abilities. We strongly support retention of a Quiet Route from Greenbank to the Meadows given the clear benefits to cycle users in an area poorly served by cycle infrastructure, with heavily congested and dangerous arterial streets such as Morningside Road, and residential areas formerly plagued by rat-running. Remainder of deputation text... Spokes therefore urges Councillors on TEC and TRO Sub to make the current filters in TRO/21/29D legally permanent, as in Option C, given the clear safety benefits for cycling (of all ages & abilities). We understand that the physical measures themselves will then be upgraded to permanent materials in due course as part of the rolling programme. Although north-south quiet-route travel is the main intention of the scheme, we also highlight that the Order has an important further positive side-effect in making east-west cycling much safer and pleasanter, thanks to the filters. also making journeys to and from South Morningside Primary School safer for children. We also emphasise that "Option A - Abandon TRO/21/29D" is intolerable given the use of the route as a safe active travel route for journeys to and from five City of Edinburgh Council schools at South Morningside, Canaan Lane, James Gillespies Primary / High and Bruntsfield Primary; as well as the independent Royal Blind School and St Peter’s Primary. p1 Finally, we note that the filters on this route have now been in place for several years (over half a decade). They are now a known and understood part of the streetscape. During those years, traffic patterns have adapted with the safer and quieter conditions now relied on by many residents and people passing safely and quietly through by bike, foot or wheeling. This shift has embedded and yet still retains motor vehicle access to all properties (albeit by different routes) for those that need it. Graphics.. 1. Crashmap extract showing crash locations on Morningside Rd 2. Two photos of cyclists (including children) using the existing quiet route Text.. Extract of Crashmap.co.uk data of road casualty data along the A702 Morningside Road which the Quiet Route parallels and 2 images of the Meadows to Greenbank Quiet Route in use by cyclists of all ages and abilities which indicates the route is a safe haven compared to the hostile A702 corridor it parallels.
March 31, 2026 at 10:40 AM
spokes.org.uk
#QuietRoute

Green/snp: keep #trafficfilters
Lab/LibDem: remove & reassess after 1yr monitoring
Con: remove

🤔 Issue: Child safety v. legal challenge in litigious #Edinburgh due to TRO errors

🙄 Vote 6:5 to remove

@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
Morningside councillor pic; urging support for the 5 primary school parent councils to retain the filters. The route as a whole matters, so removing 2 filters damages the entire route. Cllr Lang (Lib Dem) emphasises the legal issues and the likely danger of legal challenges due to the TRO errors, though he sees value of the filters. The law is complex here. Cllr Parker says this must be balanced against child safety. Cllr Macinnes (SNP) asks re reputational risk to the council of removing measures which have been shown to improve safety (e.g. traffic speeds & levels down substantially, wlaking, cycling up) and supported by 5 primary school parent councils. Cllr Parker: yes, huge reputational risk Cllr Jenkinson says Committee has arrived at very difficult position, balancing very important parent council arguments against legal advice on the faulty TROs. If filters removed, officers will monitor traffic speeds and levels, etc, etc, over the next year, then assess what measures needed
June 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
spokes.org.uk
🙋 Weds 20 Aug 5.30-7.30

#MarionvilleRoad/#SmokeyBrae 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 drop-in/slides

Info & consultation link --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walk...

@edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social @robbieainsworth.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
These improvements will better connect local communities to the wider walking, wheeling and cycling network with a safer and easier routes for people choosing to travel actively. They have been designed to complement the Smokey Brae proposals and will extend QuietRoute 20 from Marionville Road at Lochend Park to Restalrig Avenue at Craigentinny Avenue. We would like to hear your views on the Marionville Road proposals. Take part in our online consultation. We're also hosting a community engagement event on Wednesday 20 August 2025 at Craigentinny Community Centre, 9 Loaning Road, Edinburgh EH7 6JE. 5.30pm to 6.30pm open drop in session 6.30pm to 7.30pm presentation and Q&A session current layout picture Current layout at Marionville Road a wide carriageway with a lack of safe crossing opportunities for people walking, wheeling and cycling a lack of safe infrastructure for people cycling Proposed layout at Marionville Road pavement build outs new signalised toucan crossing protected cycle track improved street lighting new areas of planting and seating
August 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast

#Greenbank-#Meadows #QuietRoute future

Hi @cllrdanheap.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @alexstaniforth.bsky.social

I'd hoped to report your qns & points, which all looked +ve, but webcast too echoey today to get the detail

Did I get the outcome right?
May 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcas

#Greenbank-#Meadows #QuietRoute future

Evening news report
--> www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Will traffic filters be removed due solely to paperwork blunders?

Cllr @davidfkey.bsky.social asks why mistakes not seen sooner
[ 🙄 echoey broadcast - hard to decipher reply]
Cllr Key start of ev news article... Edinburgh roads: Another blunder means traffic filter near two schools will have to be ripped out By Ian Swanson Published 12th May 2026, 06:00 BST Sub-committee due to decide future of Quiet Route traffic filters on Tuesday afternoon City council officials have discovered a further error which they say means another traffic measure on Edinburgh's Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route will have to be ripped out. A problem with the wording of an original traffic order which introduced traffic filters in Morningside's Braid estate more than five years ago had already been identified.
May 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast
#QuietRoute ctd

@cllrbenparker.bsky.social says Option B delays action 18 months & is costly. Option C was not included in original consultn when B was supported

Cllr Cuthbert unhappy with entire process and wants new report on entire A702 north-south travel. But no longer supports A
Cllr Cuthbert Amendment by the Conservative Group Transport and Environment Committee 2 April 2026 Item - Late Reports – Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Connection Amendment to recommendation 1.1.3: Delete "Approves proceeding with Option C as presented within the report" and replace with: "Approves proceeding with Option A, allowing TRO/21/29D to expire on 15 June 2026, and instructs the Corporate Director of Place to bring forward a report to a future meeting of this Committee on the longer-term transport needs of the Greenbank to Meadows corridor, taking into account: the experience and evidence gathered during the trial scheme; the views expressed by residents through the representations process; the transport and road safety needs of the wider A702 corridor in south Edinburgh; the absence of a dedicated park and ride facility on this route; and the impact of increased traffic arising from residential development in Midlothian on the Edinburgh road network; with a view to informing any future decisions on changes to the road layout in this area with any measures to be constructed with permanent and suitable infrastructure." Moved by: Councillor Neil Cuthbert Seconded by: Councillor Iain Whyte
April 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
spokes.org.uk
#EdinWebcast #Greenbank - #Meadows #quietroute

Report-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s9...

Option A - abandon scheme
B - remove filters & install N-S bike route
C - retain filters [but final decision will be by TRO subcttee]

Officer recommend C

NB: see deputations earlier in this thread
Officer The options.. Option A - Abandon TRO/21/29D 4.5 This would entail removing the current scheme in its entirety. TRO/21/29D would expire on 15 June 2026 and there would be no requirement to report to the TRO Sub-Committee on the representations to the current trial scheme, received in response to the advertising of both TRO/21/29 and TRO/21/29D. Option B - Advertise the new ETRO that has been drafted 4.6 This would entail changing the Clinton Road/Whitehouse Road and the Braid Estate sections of the current trial scheme, in line with the Committee decisions from March and April 2024 and commencing a new trial of the revised scheme. Other sections of the current trial scheme would be retained in their current form. The ETRO that has been drafted to implement the revised scheme as a new trial would be advertised and would revoke TRO/21/29D. There would be no requirement to report to the TRO Sub-Committee on the representations to the current trial Transport and Environment Committee – 2 April 2026 scheme, received in response to the advertising of both TRO/21/29 and TRO/21/29D. Option C - Refer objections to the current trial scheme to TRO Sub-Committee 4.7 All representations to the current trial scheme, received in response to the advertising of both TRO/21/29 and TRO/21/29D, would be referred to the TRO Sub-Committee for consideration as part of its decision-making process on whether to make TRO/21/29D permanent. The Sub-Committee could decide to make the Order permanent, in full or in part, or not to make the Order permanent. Depending on the Sub-Committee’s decision all, part or none of the current trial scheme would be retained. 4.8 If Committee approves proceeding with either Option A or Option C, this does not prevent the potential for future changes to the road layout. If a subsequent change were required, officers would re-engage with the local community and other relevant stakeholders over the potential for further changes to be made and report back to Commi…
April 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM