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🧵Everything wrong with Leith Walk - the megathread (June '23). 🧵
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Anti-car zealots have removed all the parking in the centre of Bath. Now you have to walk everywhere, with catastrophic effects on local businesses. Where are the loading bays?!?!
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Edinburgh Council have failed to make this junction safe for pedestrians. I first reported it 31 days ago. There are NINE no-left turn signs. Time for a spot of Gandalfing! (All clips from today).
@TramstoNewhaven
@edinhelp
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34 days since I reported Leith Walk/London Road to the council. Thanks to
@susan4leithwalk
and others for trying to stop these drivers.
@edinhelp
@TramstoNewhaven
@EdinburghPolice
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Article from the BBC on what's going on at Leith Walk. Thanks to everyone who has helped bring this to attention over the last month - finally getting the message across!
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Popped over to Leith Walk for lunch - all this in 10 minutes. The tram has been repeatedly stuck behind parked vehicles today, with thousands of people delayed across Edinburgh. Disastrous active travel and public transport infrastructure made worse by entitled drivers.
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It appears that a bike has been stolen at Dalmeny Street/Leith Walk. The thief has just unscrewed the rack. Please share far and wide so no one else suffers this. If only someone had warned
@TramstoNewhaven
, eh?
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I've just spoken with the Police. They have refused to prosecute any of the 50 drivers I have caught on video at the Brunswick Road/Leith Walk junction. They have also refused to allocate any officers to the junction.
@EdinburghPolice
@CllrScottArthur
@susan4leithwalk
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These two mini-bus things just drove along the pavement on North Bridge, pushing pedestrians out the way. Appreciate the blond guy who walked in front of the second one up to the junction 💪
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A single SUV driver causes as much damage to Edinburgh's roads as 800,000 cyclists.
Think about that next time you complain about the council's road maintenance team!
A rare defence of Edinburgh City Council's futile war on potholes - by me!
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Finally! This guy is a repeat offender - at point does he get towed?
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55 days. London Road/Leith Walk. No sign of those bollards...
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Some gentle Gandalfing this morning. Very hungover after a great Elephant Sessions gig last night. London Road/Leith Walk.
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1,283 pedestrians have been killed or seriously injured in Edinburgh over the past 20 years. 98% of these casualties were in a collision involving a driver.
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Tram, bus and cyclists currently blocked by illegally parked car. Driver refused to move despite tram + bus horn.
@EdinburghTrams
can you confirm this was logged?
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The road must close until there is a permanent solution. I'll be phoning you all up again tomorrow morning. Brunswick Road/Leith Walk
@EdinburghPolice
@edinhelp
@CllrScottArthur
@susan4leithwalk
@BenMacpherson
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476 pedestrians have been injured by drivers on pavements in Edinburgh over the last 20 years. 8 have been killed. Could we have some bollards on Leith Walk please?
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The wait time for cyclists at the Balfour Street junction is 9 minutes and 11 seconds.
@SpokesLothian
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HGV drivers *not* obstructing the pavement/cycle lane this morning. 👍 One waited for a bunch of cyclists to pass before shifting goods across, lots of smiles.
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In a new development, we now have DOUBLE pavement parking on Leith Walk. Impressive stuff.
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Currently helping the police line up the drivers ready for their tickets. Too many to catch all of them.
@EdinburghPolice
@CllrScottArthur
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Popped out for lunch. My bit of Leith Walk is a disaster. Bollards perhaps?
@andyheald
@CllrScottArthur
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I reinstalled the 3rd bollard at 1.30am. Let's see how long it lasts. It's a bit wobbly, like me.
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There is quite a debate going on about this, so some facts:
1) It was a "green man"
2) It's an illegal left turn
3) I had my phone out because I'm aware of driver behaviour at this junction and continue to highlight it to the council and police
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Beautiful weather this morning showing off the world class active travel provision on Leith Walk.
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🧵Several weeks after Edinburgh Council were notified of the danger posed by drivers making an illegal turn through pedestrians crossing during a "green man" phase at the London Road/Leith Walk junction, the council installed a camera to monitor the junction.
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That's my brief career as a
@MikeyCycling
Gandalf over with after stern direction from girlfriend and friends.
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It's the small details. Cycle lane access blocked by parked cars.
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The Roseburn path is irreplaceable. Strava heat map shows how it connects Granton, Newhaven etc with the Southside & West End. It's probably the most important active travel corridor in the city, given the lack of alternatives?
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Massive congestion down Leith Walk. Wonder why?
@susan4leithwalk
@JackRMCaldwell
@BenMacpherson
@CllrScottArthur
@EdinburghTrams
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This morning we have a bus unable to offload disabled passengers due to a pickup and trailer on the bus stop, and cyclists forced into pedestrians due to a van. Bollards?
@on_lothianbuses
@TramstoNewhaven
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I'm really sorry to do this again, but I've just seen 3 cars make illegal left turns through a green man at the junction of Leith Walk and London Road.
@Edinburgh_CC
@EdinburghPolice
@TramstoNewhaven
@susan4leithwalk
@JackRMCaldwell
The next tweet from me won't be pretty.
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Cyclists have passed the Omni Centre in Edinburgh 80,000 times so far in 2024. That's a 76% year-on-year increase!
I'm in the process of setting up a twitter-bot that will post daily numbers and records - watch this space.
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My bike insurance only covers me if my bike is "securely locked to an immovable object".
@TramstoNewhaven
@edinhelp
could you confirm that the bike racks installed on Leith Walk and elsewhere are immovable?
@SpokesLothian
@harts_cyclery
@LeithCycleCo
@esbikes
@EdinburghBikes
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@edinhelp
@EdinburghPolice
@CllrScottArthur
@susan4leithwalk
@david_mccraw
Pedestrian death in 3...2....1....
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"Too hilly", "Weather isn't nice enough", "There are no cyclists in Edinburgh".
@POPScotland
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58 days since I reported the Leith Walk/London Road junction. We now have some bollards and a camera, but that isn't stopping drivers. Two people have been hit so far (that I'm aware of).
@CllrScottArthur
@TramstoNewhaven
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1,840 cyclists passed the Omni Centre on Tuesday 19th March 2024. That’s a new record.
103,000 cyclists have now used the cycle lane in 2024, a 78% increase compared with this time last year.
Build it and they will come. Even in hilly Edinburgh, during a Scottish winter.
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15 days since I first reported a dangerous junction on Leith Walk. Drivers going through a green man pedestrian crossing.
@edinhelp
@TramstoNewhaven
@EdinPolNE
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The flagship National Cycle Route 1, one of the busiest cycle routes in Edinburgh.
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348 cyclists and 623 pedestrians have been killed or seriously injured in Edinburgh over the past 10 years. Please contact
@CllrScottArthur
or Police Scotland on 101 if you want to help sort this out.
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One of the few successes of the
@TramstoNewhaven
public realm is about to be turned into a car park.
Elm Row at the top of Leith Walk could have been a great public place for people to enjoy. Soon to be ruined by cars.
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The cycle lane after Leith Walk fully opens to drivers. Transport hierarchy? Bollards?
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I'm just so fed up of this. I have to cross the road with my phone out every day in case a driver does this to me.
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"Cyclists should have licences, insurance, registration plates and pay road tax". The thing weighs 2.5 tonnes...
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This video emphasises just how dangerous the Foot of the Walk is to cyclists. Disaster averted in this case due to alert cyclists and an observant Lothian buses driver.
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Which would suggest that it's wilful lawbreaking from drivers. The nine signs are sufficient. Thanks
@EdinPolNE
- I really wish your valuable time wasn't needed to deal with this behaviour.
Following community concerns, today
@EdinPolNE
community officers were at Leith Walk at London Road. No road users attempted the no left turn during the officers presence. Many members of the community stopped to speak with the officers to discuss local and wider topics.
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An Edinburgh Council camera caught 930 drivers pass through the London Road/Leith Walk pedestrian phase in just one week. No action was taken by the police as the council did not pass on any details. (FOI release, Police Scotland)
@susan4leithwalk
@JackRMCaldwell
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@TramstoNewhaven
@Edinburgh_CC
@Farrans_UKI
@SomosSacyr
@turnertownsend
@MEServicesUK
@anturas_consult
Most people in Leith don't have access to a car. Could you let us know when Leith Walk will open to those who can't afford to drive?
@JackRMCaldwell
@susan4leithwalk
@CllrScottArthur
#transporthierarchy
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Huge thanks to these two police officers. Understood the problem, explained the plan and agreed that more needs to be done to make the junction safe. Now all on you
@CllrScottArthur
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Yet another no-left sign has been erected at London Road/Leith Walk... How many drivers have been prosecuted so far? The camera is on. 72 days since I first reported this nonsense.
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Someone has just been hit at the London Road junction. Victim and witnesses are heading to Gayfield Police Station. (I was in Toppings at the time but saw the aftermath). Hit and run.
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The new public space at Iona Street also works as a handy car park 🥰 just mount the kerb, plough through a bus stop and save yourself a 20m walk to Greggs.
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Annoyed at the rubbish parking across Edinburgh? Fed up with dodging around cars on the pavement, or being held up by drivers parked in the bus lane? Please report it here, at this new app (works best on PC):
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A new Edinburgh road collision map - by me! (It works best on PC/tablet)
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Edinburgh's new brand new, flagship cycle infrastructure... Did anyone mention bollards?
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If the Fire Service, on an emergency call, can avoid mounting the pavement, you can too.
@sainsburys
@GreggsOfficial
It's illegal, selfish and dangerous.
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The only bit that cars managed to ruin. Stunning Georgian crescent paired with...
@Wankpanzer
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@Algorhythmica1
@EdinburghPolice
@edinhelp
@CllrScottArthur
@susan4leithwalk
Thanks. I've decided to stop - made my point as clear as I can. I'm reporting one driver for assault (spat on) and one for assault and dangerous driving (aimed to hit me).
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60% of households in Edinburgh have access to a car. 30% of people use a car to get to work, with this even lower in areas like Leith and Gorgie. Edinburgh has the highest rates of walking and cycling anywhere in Scotland.
I’ll just say what most car owning residents of Edinburgh think of the latest
@Edinburgh_CC
transport thoughts.
If you fuckers want re-elected, stop pissing 90% of Edinburgh households off with your green bollocks.
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Two parking attendants wandering past a van on double yellows obstructing the cycle lane. Bollards maybe?
@susan4leithwalk
@JackRMCaldwell
@CllrScottArthur
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It's been interesting reading the replies to this. Even folk in wheelchairs aren't allowed to get in the way of Edinburgh drivers. This selfishness was always directed at cyclists, and later pedestrians, but this was a taboo I wasn't expecting to be broken.
Heading uptown to meet the solicitor via Roseburn. Clear to see the impacts of pavement parking on different people. Are we going to need bollards all the way along here too to protect people?
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They said this was a low level offence and they could not provide any resources to it. This was despite me explaining that there had been multiple close misses and this was close to a primary school.
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This tells you everything about the de facto "transport hierarchy" in Edinburgh.
Bollards on Leith Walk... but only when it helps clueless drivers avoid destroying their vehicles.
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A real sense of urgency here on Leith Walk. Work started 1,365 days ago (3.75 years).
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Really appreciate it if the person who had a go at the driver would phone the police and provide a statement. I didn't have the composure to ask for him for his details.
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Pushes through passengers waiting at bus stop, obstructs cycle lane and then reverses around the pavement. Bollards maybe?
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My bus is delayed because of double parking in a bus stop.
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and 4) I wasn't 100% sure if I'd caught his reg when he first made the turn. He wasn't moving, so I made sure I got a video of his face and his registration (I didn't expect him to drive at me at that point, but there you are).
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I will never use this cycle lane. It puts pedestrians in danger, the surface is rubbish, and I'm likely to hit the mini-kerb on the numerous corners and come off my bike. To the drivers who blast their horns at me for holding you up - direct your ire at
@TramstoNewhaven
The new pavement layout on
#LeithWalk
in
#Edinburgh
is not safe or accessible for blind & visually impaired pedestrians. Cyclists & pedestrians should not be expected to share the same space. Cycle lanes should not be put behind pedestrian crossings, it is a dangerous design.
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This is what happens when you don't consult with cyclists. At least we got the message out!
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The new planters. For me they are a sad reminder that ZERO trees have been planted anywhere on Leith Walk. A good place for trees would be at the corners of the continuous pavements to slow drivers down.
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HGV crossing pavement and cycle lane at Iona Street/Leith Walk.
@TramstoNewhaven
, you need to accept that your design is putting people in real danger.
@susan4leithwalk
@JackRMCaldwell
@CllrScottArthur
@edinhelp
@PSOSEdinburgh
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Today, I received a response from the council to an FOI request for data obtained from footage taken by that camera. In just one week, *930 drivers* made this illegal and dangerous turn.
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Leith Walk's cycle lane recorded over 2,000 cyclists for the first time on the 30th of April, 2024.
The total number of cycle journeys in 2024 has increased by around 60% compared with this time last year.
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