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Active Travel Wellbeing Programme

Encouraging people to use active travel for everyday journeys

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Now that I have been to bike club I like cycling Bike Club participant

Funded by: Smarter Choices, Smarter Places, SESTrans

Outputs:

Deliver a Bike Club with Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre in Moredun and Canongate Youth in the City Centre – (6 week programme) – one day a week Bike for 20 young people.
Deliver a cycling group in the South East locality for people who are isolated with health and wellbeing issues.
Develop and deliver a cycling group in the North East locality for isolate adults
Work with neighbourhood groups in Moredun Craigmillar and Restalrig to help encourage residents to take part in walking and jogging groups.
Work with the travel hub staff at RIE and University of Edinburgh to help promote the local active travel paths in the local area.
Promote the new active travel route to Portobello.

Outcomes:

help give young people confidence in cycling and learning new skills to maintain bikes
improve the health and wellbeing of deprived communities
help encourage the staff and patients from ERI to use new active travel routes to access appointments and services.
promote the active travel network and how it can link up with other areas in the city to encourage greater use of off road paths.

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Water of Leith NCN Path Upgrade

Improved access along a strategic route to enable people of all abilities to be more active.

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The Water of Leith walkway is much-loved route for people walking, wheeling and cycling but as a regular user I know it can be muddy and less accessible in places. These upgrades will be transformative, helping even more people to enjoy the path as part of our excellent network of off-road routes spanning the city or perhaps just to visit the fantastic Colinton Tunnel mural. Once the walkway improvements are complete, lighting will be installed on the Spylaw Park section by the Council’s Parks and Green space team to encourage people in west Colinton to use this walking route into the village. Councillor Scott Arthur, Transport & Environment Convenor of the City of Edinburgh Council

Funded by: Sustrans, Transport Scotland

Outputs:

Upgrade a 6.7km section of path along the NCN 75 in south west Edinburgh
Drainage & Tree works

Outcomes:

enable people of all abilities to use the path.
provide a safe surface all year round.
encourage people to be more active.

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Pentland Hills Access Improvements

Path improvements playing a vital role in encouraging people to be more active and to enjoy their local greenspaces.

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“The Pentland Hills Regional Park team works with Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust to enhance public access, with the physical and mental health benefits this brings to all park users. These improvements have been made possible through fundraising and generous donations and I would like to thank Paths for All, the Carnethy Hill Running Club and visitors who contributed through our public donation boxes in the Pentland Hill Regional Park car parks. The community support for the park is invaluable.” Cllr Neil Gardiner, Convener of Pentland Hills Regional Park Joint Committee

Funded by: Paths For All, Pentlands Hills Regional Park, Carnethy Hill Running Club

Outputs:

Upgraded a 800m path

Outcomes:

enable key stakeholders to participate and have greater control on the development of green infrastructure
better understanding of the what are the key uses and links to local assets that the route could provide
increase the accessibility of greenspace
promote the active travel network and how it can link up with other areas to encourage greater use

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Innertube Map

An active travel map to help access off road routes and to aid navigation through greenspaces

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Shale Trail

The trail will enable people to explore the historic route through West Lothian. They will be able to walk and cycle along the route which will link up the urban areas to the local countryside.

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“The shale trail is another welcome addition to the visitor experience in West Lothian but can also be used by local residents to get out and about and explore their local heritage and environment.” Cllr Tom Conn, West Lothian Council Executive spokesman for the Environment

Funded by: LEADER+, National Heritage Lottery, West Lothian Council, CSGNT Development Fund

Outputs:

Create 16 miles of route between Winchburgh, Broxburn, Uphall, Livingston and West Calder that shines a new light on the rich oil shale heritage of West Lothian.
Build both digital and physical signage. Developing a new website that has been co designed with young people.
Develop a programme of community outreach which focuses on local heritage, health and wellbeing, recreation and the natural environment.

Outcomes:

• enable the key stakeholders to participate and have greater control on the development of green infrastructure
• raise awareness of the importance that green networks are to the local wildlife
• promote the active travel network and how it can link up with other areas in the city to encourage greater use of off road paths.
• providing opportunities for communities to come together and take part in community engagement activities.
• better understanding of the what are the key uses and links to local assets that the route could provide
• what are the potential economic benefits to creating the strategic routes.
• where the opportunities are to increase accessible greenspaces in the area.

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Pentland to Portobello Route

A feasibility study has been produced which aims to establish a route which runs from the base of the Pentland Hills to Portobello on the coast in Edinburgh. The aim of the project is to enable people to travel predominantly off-road from the city to the countryside and create a green active travel corridor for the south east which would …

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It’s exciting to help launch the Pentland to Portobello Active Travel Project, and its vision of an accessible active travel link for the south east of Edinburgh. This study reflects the Council’s aims to encourage cycling and walking as enjoyable and healthy modes of transport by providing safe, welcoming routes, connecting new and existing developments Councillor Lesley Macinnes, Transport & Environment Convenor of the City of Edinburgh Council

Funded by: Sustrans, CSGNT Development Fund

Outputs:

• Define the total length of the route which will be broken down into different sections.
• Determine how it would link up with existing active travel routes to fit with the citywide network. This will involve working with the local authority, SPOKES and other active travel organisations. This will include additional signage for the network and ensuring the points of interest along the route link with the different neighbourhoods. It will also establish how it links with safer routes to schools.
• Identify options for dealing with the connections with infrastructure and who needs to be involved and the process and timescales.
• Determine the benefits to wildlife through green networks by providing an ecology report.
• Engage with the different owners of the land along the route.
• Determine the timescales of current housing developments and who would be involved.
• Deliver community engagement activities with the local groups along the route to ensure they are involved in the design process.
• Determine the health benefits especially for areas of disadvantage by increased access to active travel routes.
• Investigate the potential opportunities to help the area adapt to climate change.
• Determine the potential economic benefits the route would have on improving the appearance of the route and what the opportunities are for increased tourism to the area.

Outcomes:

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Little France Park

New Living Landscape Park at Little France, Edinburgh. Improving the access to quality greenspaces for both wildlife and people

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“This is a fantastic development for this rapidly evolving part of the city, which will not only encourage active travel but will open up a whole new area of parkland for local people. As the project progresses I look forward to more and more people enjoying the natural surroundings, and it’s great to see young park users getting involved already" Transport and Environment Convener, Councillor Lesley McInnes

Funded by: Scottish Natural Heritage, City of Edinburgh Council, Sustrans, Scottish Enterprise, Central Scotland Green Network, NHS Lothian, Scottish Rural Development Programme, Trees for Cities, Paths For All

Outputs:

3km of active travel route created with new street lighting
5 notice boards installed
1 orientation panel installed
5 benches and 2 stone seats installed
80 tree standards planted
Planting of 3 hectares of native broad-leaves and Scots pine
10 community planting days delivered
8400 tree whips planted
710m of hedging planted
Worked with 358 volunteers

Outcomes:

Formalised the main routes across the park
Improved active travel use in the area
Help locals to access the hospital and adjacent communities
Encourage locals and tourists to enjoy the local environment and placed of interest
Improve access provision around the Bio-Quarter
Improve existing active transport network and improve commuting to work
Improved appearance of the park
Benefits to wildlife and biodiversity
Foster a greater sense of community pride
Encouraged community ownership
Improve green networks and connectivity
Increase woodland cover
A visible aesthetic improvement to the landscape which will foster a greater sense of pride of place within the community

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