Gary Cummins
@garyinscotland.bsky.social
Home is a 15 min city. Active & public transport prof, cycle holiday manager (ret). Lived on all the brown bits of the Monopoly board. Weekend Ambo driving volunteer.
The same painted lane (on the right, viewed from the opposite direction. The safer alternative route is to the left, but cycle users are (officially) banned from using it as it's a tram route, of course lots of us use it, it's direct and safer.
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The same painted lane (on the right, viewed from the opposite direction. The safer alternative route is to the left, but cycle users are (officially) banned from using it as it's a tram route, of course lots of us use it, it's direct and safer.
We have the painted lane of terror in Morrison Street, Edinburgh it's like a test of courage...
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We have the painted lane of terror in Morrison Street, Edinburgh it's like a test of courage...
ou will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ou will be visited by three spirits
...said the Donkey on the ski jump!
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
...said the Donkey on the ski jump!
'We closed Haymarket for months, we didn't even take the opportunity to widen footways or create cycle infra....and when we left pedestrians using footways had yet another obstacle to deal with...'
And you wonder why folk don't have a great deal of faith in the objectivity of the tram proposals?
And you wonder why folk don't have a great deal of faith in the objectivity of the tram proposals?
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
'We closed Haymarket for months, we didn't even take the opportunity to widen footways or create cycle infra....and when we left pedestrians using footways had yet another obstacle to deal with...'
And you wonder why folk don't have a great deal of faith in the objectivity of the tram proposals?
And you wonder why folk don't have a great deal of faith in the objectivity of the tram proposals?
We made a mess of tram line one because of cars, we made a mess of the Borders line, because of cars...we're not going to start changing things now!
We can't consider this route, <because of tourist buses!>
We can't consider this route, <because of tourist buses!>
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We made a mess of tram line one because of cars, we made a mess of the Borders line, because of cars...we're not going to start changing things now!
We can't consider this route, <because of tourist buses!>
We can't consider this route, <because of tourist buses!>
I bet this lot don't worry about the heating either...
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I bet this lot don't worry about the heating either...
'Add the fee to the electricity bill - we all pay, we all get the benefits. This is vital in a world where information is being degraded and monetised.'
There are plenty of folk struggling to pay the electric, I doubt they are BBC employees though:
There are plenty of folk struggling to pay the electric, I doubt they are BBC employees though:
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
'Add the fee to the electricity bill - we all pay, we all get the benefits. This is vital in a world where information is being degraded and monetised.'
There are plenty of folk struggling to pay the electric, I doubt they are BBC employees though:
There are plenty of folk struggling to pay the electric, I doubt they are BBC employees though:
Here's an example of how well served the ERI is by buses, but nobody will use them while private car storage is free. I recently had to get my OAP flu - covid jab at my local hosp. I seemed to be the only OAP who used a bus to get there...the waiting room was full of...
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Here's an example of how well served the ERI is by buses, but nobody will use them while private car storage is free. I recently had to get my OAP flu - covid jab at my local hosp. I seemed to be the only OAP who used a bus to get there...the waiting room was full of...
And demanding that car storage should be free will screw up any transport system, even the best ones. This is the footprint of ERI - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, it's nearly the = of the building footprint. That land comes at a cost, maintenance, care etc. But drivers want it for car storage - free
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
And demanding that car storage should be free will screw up any transport system, even the best ones. This is the footprint of ERI - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, it's nearly the = of the building footprint. That land comes at a cost, maintenance, care etc. But drivers want it for car storage - free
What I've spent a weekend saying here, summed up by the NHS Confederation:
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What I've spent a weekend saying here, summed up by the NHS Confederation:
It's a cost burden facilities need to manage. The upkeep, the opportunity cost of the estate given over to car storage. Free parking is a vote winner, but it also contracts all our policies particularly the climate emergency statement declared by our former FM to cheers at conference some years back
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's a cost burden facilities need to manage. The upkeep, the opportunity cost of the estate given over to car storage. Free parking is a vote winner, but it also contracts all our policies particularly the climate emergency statement declared by our former FM to cheers at conference some years back
Given the least well off in Scotland do not tend to own cars that's a false premise. The cost of maintenance is a cost, the land take is an opportunity cost. The ERI has motor storage taking up similar space to it's building footprint. It also has excellent PT access.
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Given the least well off in Scotland do not tend to own cars that's a false premise. The cost of maintenance is a cost, the land take is an opportunity cost. The ERI has motor storage taking up similar space to it's building footprint. It also has excellent PT access.
Stroking your dog or cat with alacrity?
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Stroking your dog or cat with alacrity?
ou're right Stephen, Waitman would be turfed out of the local public baths, were he in one in 1976.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
ou're right Stephen, Waitman would be turfed out of the local public baths, were he in one in 1976.
And talking of the Bootleg Bealtes...
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
And talking of the Bootleg Bealtes...
Jane Haining's story is incredible Waitman. I found out about her some years back after hearing the author Mary Miller speak. What a story...
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Jane Haining's story is incredible Waitman. I found out about her some years back after hearing the author Mary Miller speak. What a story...
Fife's drivers complaining about too much traffic disruption want to ensure there's more traffic on our roads...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Fife's drivers complaining about too much traffic disruption want to ensure there's more traffic on our roads...
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In case anyone asks...Brad Dexter was played for England in the 1966 World Cup and Roger Hunt played Harry Luck the fortune seeker in the Magnificent 7.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In case anyone asks...Brad Dexter was played for England in the 1966 World Cup and Roger Hunt played Harry Luck the fortune seeker in the Magnificent 7.
I've capped this post from the Mayor of London with an old Kipper Williams cartoon from the once great Time Out magazine. Really pleased to see my old home doing better looking after the air we breath.
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I've capped this post from the Mayor of London with an old Kipper Williams cartoon from the once great Time Out magazine. Really pleased to see my old home doing better looking after the air we breath.