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ruthmayorcas.bsky.social
From #TransportCommittee. Can we please please stop calling it #subsidy when it’s #PT and call it #investment which is what it really is. #driving is massively subsidised but never used as a stick to beat it with @ruthcadbury.bsky.social @heidialexander.bsky.social
July 5, 2026 at 7:52 AM
modernrailways.keypublishing.com
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander made her debut appearance at the #TransportCommittee today, discussing electrification, devolution, open access and (very, very briefly) freight. Our snap report here - EXCLUSIVELY for digital subscribers. www.modernrailways.com/article/alex...
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
billiejmcallister.bsky.social
How come the UK #TransportCommittee is posting on X(formerly Twitter) but not on any other platforms. Isn't it the Government's job to inform a wide base of constituents?
committees.parliament.uk/committee/15...
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
andyroden.bsky.social
I was watching Heidi Alexander make her debut appearance at #transportcommittee today. Some interesting answers - but am I alone in perceiving a lukewarm attitude to freight in her responses? Was noticeable how quickly she shifted them to passengers. Freight sector is concerned about GBR.
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 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
#DeliveryBike issues already being discussed at #TransportCommittee

e.g. here--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s7...

🤔 Strange to bring a motion to full council before Transport Cttee work is complete?

@edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @chrisdonia.bsky.social
From Transport Cttee, Business Bulletin, 30.1.25 (think there's more in some earlier ones too, but haven't checked) Safe cycling at work, safety and engagement with delivery cyclists Following a request from the Council, engagement and safety around delivery bike riders has been progressed. Building on recent research undertaken by Sustrans about delivery bike riders in Edinburgh and Glasgow, officers have been working on developing effective engagement and communication approaches. The initial steps have focused around reaching out and engaging with key stakeholder groups including Sustrans, delivery companies, Police Scotland and bike shops. Following the completion of this work, it is planned to explore the feasibility of engagement activities with the delivery riders focused around improving safety, building on existing campaigns such as Be Bright be Seen.
March 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
cosaingalway.bsky.social
"In business you're measured by results," said Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh in February 2018, before going on to lament that he was "really scared" about the economic calamity that would absolutely definitely result from #GalwayCarTraffic unless a second ring road was built.

youtu.be/opTnKdqa4UE?...
Pádraig Ó Céidigh GalwayTraffic TransportCommittee 14Feb2018
YouTube video by Pádraig Ó Céidigh
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January 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
jennsaidthis.bsky.social
Hahahaha “axe the tax” … WestJet CEO - there’s no carbon tax 💀 #TransportCommittee
December 13, 2024 at 6:47 PM