Preston Street Vision - Space & Place
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A community led campaign to improve the space and place around Preston Street Primary School. Account run by the Transport & Env Committee of @parentpsps
Edinburgh
Joined January 2022
Today marks the start of #PrestonStreetPrimarySchool's next campaign phase to improve our playground facilities & to further engage with other stakeholders regarding improvements to #ActiveTravel & #SpacesForPeople around school & connecting to the wider city.#Edinburgh #LEZ 1/5
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My (very old and heavy and quite rusty) bike has been stolen. If anyone sees this bike abandoned in Newington / Prestonfield area or beyond, please let me know! (Best photo I have of it...)
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What the intersections of #Edinburgh's #Southside desperatley need need! Hope Park Ter/Cres/Summerhall/Melville Dr - E/W Preston St/South Clerk St/Newigton Road. @CllrScottArthur
"Toronto takes on the Dutch-style intersection. ...“Dutch-style” intersections are designed to offer physical separation for bike riders and improve safety through features like priority traffic signalling and clear and colourful lane markings." https://t.co/THhHo1urH7
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@DrCarolineBrown @HaslerKat @CllrScottArthur @HistEnvScot @SteveAMBurgess It’s clearly a school in need of traffic reduction measures, wider pavements etc, but it shouldn’t be dependent on ‘developer contribution’ SHOULD be high on CEC’s list of schools needing ACTION @SimitaSKumar @AngusRobertson @TommySheppard @SpokesLothian
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Great to see actual improvments being delivered at another #Edinburgh school 👏👏👏
Artworks and road changes at @CarrickKnowe Primary School are making it safer and more fun for children to walk, wheel, and cycle to school 👦👧 We spoke to pupils and teachers for their thoughts on the project Learn more 👉 https://t.co/byXbmVfc90
@Edinburgh_CC @transcotland
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How can increased #AirPollution at #Edinburgh's #LEZ boundary be mitigated? By removing parking provision for non-complient vehilcles at the LEZ's periphery, by reducing traffic volume & removing unecessary lanes, by increasing the provision of localised #ActiveTravel schemes! 👀
Research has shown that poor air quality can affect our mental health. By reducing the most polluting vehicles, our #LowEmissionZone aims to limit air pollution, benefitting everyone’s health and wellbeing. Find out more about why we’re introducing an #LEZ
https://t.co/68Vu8jPyCf
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Several common sense steps need to be put in effect by @Edinburgh_CC that align with the imminent #LEZ implementation. Here's a few wee ideas that could be put into place across the city of #Edinburgh to reduce traffic volume;
Edinburgh has no chance of achieving its target of a 30% drop in car mileage by 2030 (from the 2019 baseline) unless it uses every possible lever at its disposal.
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How can increased #AirPollution at #Edinburgh's #LEZ boundary be mitigated? By removing parking provision for non-complient vehilcles at the LEZ's periphery, by reducing traffic volumes & removing unecessay lanes, by increasing the provision of localised #ActiveTravel schemes! 👀
@CllrScottArthur #Edinburgh's #LEZ will only be truly effective for the benefit of the entire city if implemented along with necessary changes in localised infrastucture for communities within and around the periphery of the LEZ. #AirPollution #ActiveTravel
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Not much getting done in #Edinburgh #SouthSide! @CllrScottArthur at a meeting on 12.09.23 we were repeatedly told by CEC T&E officers that progress on schools T&E improvments across #Edinburgh would be delayed due to insufficient staffing levels! #LEZ next summer what now?
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447 days for @Edinburgh_CC & the T&E committee to act on the concerns of #PrestonStreetPrimary's parents in regards to impact of #Edinburgh's #LEZ & road infrastructure on our school & the #SouthSide🤔@CllrScotArthur @EdinburghLabour @EdinburghTories @EdinburghLibDem.
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And it's a wrap! Wishing all staff, families and pupils a wonderfully chilled summer! @prestonstps
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You'll catch us at The Causey Sat 17th June, 11-1pm, campaigning for cleaner air for our brains and bodies. And adding flowers to our traffic island. #CLEANAIRDAY
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We are working with school communities, and now have a further 39 "school streets" proposals in the pipeline. 👍
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@threadreaderapp please unroll 🙏
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#CleanAirDay is about more than leaving the car at home! If we're serious about reducing our environmental impact we need to address infrastructure at local levels. We have a few ideas how to tackle these issues @Edinburgh_CC
https://t.co/haI8bWNrJf
#ActiveTravel #SpacesForPeople
Today marks the start of #PrestonStreetPrimarySchool's next campaign phase to improve our playground facilities & to further engage with other stakeholders regarding improvements to #ActiveTravel & #SpacesForPeople around school & connecting to the wider city.#Edinburgh #LEZ 1/5
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We have a few ideas on how best to tackle these issues not only for the benefit of our school but ideas that would transcend across other areas within our local community who appear to have been continually overlooked😉#Edinburgh #LEZ #CleanAirDay
Today marks the start of #PrestonStreetPrimarySchool's next campaign phase to improve our playground facilities & to further engage with other stakeholders regarding improvements to #ActiveTravel & #SpacesForPeople around school & connecting to the wider city.#Edinburgh #LEZ 1/5
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We took the oppertunity to discuss some of these issues with Clr Tim Pogson this morning & we look forward to futher engagement with CEC officers & other community stakeholders including @SouthsideCommu3 🤝 #Edinburgh #LEZ #CleanAirDay @CllrScottArthur
https://t.co/lCaPPcdwPt
Looking forward to our school's activities tomorrow & the visit from Clr Tim Pogson, who will be on hand to discuss #Airpollution, #Activetravel & other issues related to #CleanAirDay with parents & pupils. We have a few ideas on how best to tackle these issues😉#Edinburgh #LEZ
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It is our fear that the existing rat run through Holyrood Park has now been exacerbated creating a circular route with Dalkeith Rd, St Leonards, Pleasance, Holyrood Rd, Quuen's Drive & Holyrood Park Rd likely to suffer in increase in traffic/pollution as a result 🤦 #CleanAirDay
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This is however a wider issue that effects not only the people of #SouthsideAndNewington but those who make use of #HolyroodPark which has also been excluded from the #Edinburgh #LEZ @CllrScottArthur @HistEnvScot #ActiveTravel #CleanAirDay
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We are also concerened about the potencial increase in traffic flow of more polluting vehicles next to the school as a result of the positioning of the #Edinburgh #LEZ boundary which doesn't appear to consideration the health of our children 😠
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'Mitigation', inc upgrading junctions, improving pedestrian domain was a key part of the LEZ implementation plan, with potencial funding being available. We've not heard a word about it and the #LEZ is coming into effect June next year? @CllrScottArthur #Edinburgh #ActiveTravel
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