EDINBURGH LOCAL GROUP
We aim to promote walking as a safe, enjoyable and easy way of getting around Edinburgh. If you'd like to reclaim Edinburgh's streets for walking, please join us!
Find out about our group's vision – our ten-point plan for walking in Edinburgh – here.
WHAT WE'RE DOING
We want to see:
- Walking given the top priority over other forms of travel in all council transport and planning policies
- Reduction in the volume of motorised traffic and its impact on people using the street
- Better designed and maintained pavements, road crossings and other pedestrian facilities
- More effective and joined-up monitoring and inspection of the walking environment by Edinburgh Council
- Planning policy which encourages dense, sustainable housing over car-dominated development
- More effective implementation of pro-walking policies ‘on the ground’
Our priorities are to:
Campaign for increased budgets (capital and staffing) for the pedestrian environment by the City of Edinburgh Council, especially to:
- widen footways;
- tackle pavement clutter;
- improve priority for pedestrians at signalled crossings;
- improve accessibility by installing dropped kerbs and continuous footways.
- Secure better enforcement of controls on parking (including new ‘pavement parking’ provisions) and speeding.
- Support specific local campaigns for place-making and traffic reduction.
- Develop our work on walk-friendly environments at and around schools.
- Influence planning policy and practice to aid walking and wheeling and reduce motor traffic.
- Grow the number of our supporters and range of our campaigns.
Edinburgh city centre