Lesley Does Transport

Councillor Lesley Hinds Is the Labour councillor for the Inverleith Ward. From 2003 to 2007 she was Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Now she’s got another big job: speaking on Transport for the Labour Party on Edinburgh Council.

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

What have the SNP got against our buses?

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Lothian Buses is being hit by attacks from the SNP government. Those attacks are in sharp contrast to additional support for services in rur...

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Pedal on Parliament!

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I've just signed the Pedal on Parliament petition to be taken to Holyrood by hundreds of cyclists and supporters on 28th April. Here...

Monday, 26 March 2012

Where's Edinburgh's tram inquiry?

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Edinburgh needs a modern transport system, but everyone knows the past five years of blunder and delay on the tram project have harmed our c...

Monday, 5 March 2012

The ever-expanding transport policy

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A lot of people ask me - what is the Council’s policy on transport then? Well, the basic answer is: huge! We have an awful lot of tran...

Friday, 2 March 2012

Take a walk

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Here’s something I didn’t know until recently. Over 70,000 Edinburgh citizens live within a 20 minute walk of Princes Street. So then, whe...

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Impressed by the cyclists

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I really admire the cycling lobby in our city. For years, mainly through Spokes, they’ve argued and lobbied and cajoled the Council and the ...

Monday, 27 February 2012

Car and taxi ban proposal for Waverley

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Network Rail have proposed to ban all drop-off and pick up cars and taxis from Waverley Station. They did this without consultation with sta...

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