The City of Edinburgh Council have created an Active Travel Advent Calendar for December 2020. It contains a number of simple ideas of how we can all keep active during the Christmas season. (There is also a text only version (PDF) of the advent calendar.) The calendar contains details of several challenges you can enter …
City of Edinburgh Council has created a series of downloadable QuietRoutes maps for exploring the city on foot or on bike, including South Edinburgh QuietRoutes. In addition to the PDF format maps, there is an interactive QuietRoutes map for Edinburgh which also shows cycle parking locations.
Living Streets is announcing the launch of a new video “Cut the Pavement Clutter”. The video explains their project over the past two years aiming to raise awareness of the problems that pavement clutter cause, and what we can do about it. Please join the presentation at 11.00 am on Friday 11th December by registering here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kUrDp_AHSMOyv-Qg82uqqQ …
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In late October, volunteers for Living Streets Edinburgh carried out an audit on the Spaces for People scheme. The audit covered the corridor from Tollcross to Morningside Station and the full report is available as Audit of ‘Spaces for People’ provision: A702 Tollcross to Morningside Station (PDF). The report contains many detailed suggestions on potential improvements …
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Please note that all views expressed in this newsletter are the views of the Scottish Greens and Melanie Main – Merchiston Community Council is not a party affiliated organisation. This is for resident information purposes only and MCC should not be held accountable for the views expressed in this bulletin. On Monday 27th July, the …
In a recent blog post Shaping a resilient future for Edinburgh, Daisy Narayanan has raised questions on what might be Edinburgh’s “new normal” in the wake of Covid-19: As we look ahead to the next few months, Edinburgh’s citizens will need to build individual and collective resilience to deal with significant challenges. How we continue …
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