The trial project, at Waverley Bridge, Lothian Road and the Caledonian Hotel, also aims to ensure people have a safe place to wait for taxis.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh and East | Taxi marshals 'to improve safety'

In a separate development, 17 Greenpeace activists appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Tuesday following the protest at Cairn's offices at the Clydesdale Plaza premises on Lothian Road.

BBC: Cairn Energy wins Greenpeace court order

Nearly 200 people have been charged with alleged traffic offences as part of a Lothian and Borders Police campaign to cut road casualties.

BBC: South Scotland