http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: Debate! - Recent Posts en Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:57:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21346&page=9#post-385170 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:21:03 +0000 chdot 385170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://archive.ph/2026.07.24-221502/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-councillors-say-decision-already-made-not-to-build-northern-section-8750533?" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/2026.07.24-221502/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-councillors-say-decision-already-made-not-to-build-northern-section-8750533?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21968#post-385140 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:52:30 +0000 LaidBack 385140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's a thing.<br /> Andy Burnham is rewarding Anas Sarwar by putting him into the House of Lords so he can be in UKGov. He'll resign as an MSP.<br /> That's his 'political circuitbreaker'.</p> <p>Of no import down south in 'The North'. Will not go down well here I think? Particularly as Anas wanted the Lords abolished. (!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21485#post-385045 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:35:20 +0000 chdot 385045@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Posting this here as it’s mentioned up thread </p> <p>“</p> <p>UK’s public spending watchdog to investigate Lower Thames Crossing project </p> <p>Exclusive: Campaigners voice concerns over rising costs of £11bn Essex to Kent road tunnel </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/12/public-spending-watchdog-investigate-lower-thames-crossing-project" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/12/public-spending-watchdog-investigate-lower-thames-crossing-project</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384982 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:25:56 +0000 Frenchy 384982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I was close passed by a driver on London Road this morning, which was bad enough that I'm considering testing out the new police reporting system.</p> <p>I was in the right hand lane, as I was going straight on and the left lane is for left turns only. The driver passed me without leaving the lane, maybe a foot of space. Bad enough but itself, but the two hands on the phone and none on the steering wheel were what really, really annoyed me. </em></p> <p>Update on this from the previous page.</p> <p>I reported to the police, who sent a notice of intention to prosecute to the car's registered keeper, who told the police that a relative was driving. Six months later the police were unable to ever speak to the alleged driver, as they simply didn't answer the door when police visited. They are apparently sought for a number of unrelated matters, but none of which were of a nature that the police could/would force entry to their house.</p> <p>I don't believe that the relative was actually driving (based on gender and age). The police officer dealing with it told me that, had they been able to speak to the relative, then either the relative would have been charged with careless driving or the owner would have been charged with failure to identify the driver.</p> <p>As six months have passed since the incident, the issue is now time barred and no action will be taken against either the registered keeper or their relative.</p> <p>Something's clearly wrong in the system here.</p> <p>On the other hand, the DESC reporting system worked relatively well. The process is smoother and simpler than it used to be. It's not as smooth and simple as the portals available elsewhere in the UK, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-384965 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:02:46 +0000 Tulyar 384965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorry I'm late to this party </p> <p>There was a bus stop at Hertingfordbury on the DETR trial cycle route detailed in TAL 1/87 with some various historic learning points</p> <p>TRL carried out a study on bus stop boarder islands to determine key details on sizing and passenger flows, although this did not include study of locations with combined cycleway </p> <p>In 1960's I had the experience of using the combined bus stop &amp; cycleway (the 1936 one) on the A4 dual carriageway where you really needed to watch out for being driven into by a bus driver at the bus stop</p> <p>The pavement markings on cycle ways as basically a wild west free for all (let's make it up as we go along) as in the absence of any official details in TSRGD Chapter 5 for road markings we see some crazy use of white paint which has no formal specifications &amp; thus cannot have a TRO to define any enforcement regime</p> <p>Can expand on this including the use of the wrong tactile paving (the dangerous corduroy stuff) where the less dangerous tramline should be used </p> <p>A clear need to get a Certificate of Professional Competence requirement for staff designing &amp; delivering cycling &amp; walking infrastructure &amp; auditing the risks - I'd suggest starting with CMIOSH as a useful base line as they are already being used to deliver HSAWA compliance for workplaces in drafting the protocols for risk reduction (Blue Zone working) on many sites</p> <p>I can expand on this offline with all the acronyms common for operations that have well refined risk reduction systems - like the railway </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-384964 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:34:33 +0000 chdot 384964@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>She has lived on Leith Walk since 1997, and has seen the area undergo significant changes in that time - most notably the extension of the tram line, and the implementation of cycle lanes and "floating" bus stops - the latter two being a cause for concern for her. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/im-disabled-edinburgh-resident-just-34078255" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/im-disabled-edinburgh-resident-just-34078255</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384961 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:24:47 +0000 chdot 384961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A dad who drove on the Edinburgh city bypass while more than three times over the drink-drive limit and arguing with his wife on the phone has been granted a licence to sell alcohol. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/dad-who-drove-edinburgh-bypass-34226754?" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/dad-who-drove-edinburgh-bypass-34226754?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384958 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:07:09 +0000 chdot 384958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just in case you assumed g made it up -</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwg8nqg4vzo" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwg8nqg4vzo</a></p> <p>But are the streets any safer?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384957 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:46:49 +0000 gembo 384957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently you can fit £1.3m of heroin in a car transporter but you get arrested at Lockerbie </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384954 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:17:43 +0000 gembo 384954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tesla started on Multrees Walk. Score moving to the more utilitarian Newbridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384947 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:59:13 +0000 doorsgalaxy 384947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a Genesis showroom (the luxury car brand, presumably no relation to the somewhat more utilitarian bike brand) on Multrees Walk behind St James </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384943 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:22:29 +0000 mcairney 384943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't consider they might be replacing rental cars for Waverley Station. Agree that there must be a better way of replenishing their fleet than having a massive car transporter driving around the city centre! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384942 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:42:38 +0000 gembo 384942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@mcairney We do the drive me frickin crazy driving down Royal mile putting. Rental cars in station car park every frocking day. Should be put at Straiton. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384941 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:19:46 +0000 MediumDave 384941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's an Aston Martin service centre on Russell Road, in the old Speedy Tool Hire unit. </p> <p>Not sure why car transporter guy would be going up the Mound to get to or from there though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384940 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:08:00 +0000 mcairney 384940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe we need a CALCT (Campaign Against Long Car Transporters)?</p> <p>Where's the nearest car dealership to Princes St anyway? Seafield Road? I think there was some small niche/expensive ones out Roseburn way but not sure if they still exist.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384939 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:58:42 +0000 ejstubbs 384939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He would have driven past a "no entry except for trams, buses, taxis and cycles" sign in the process.</p> <p>It seems unlikely that a satnav would have tried to send him that way. He'd probably have been better off turning right on to St David Street, along George Street and then down Hanover Street to access the Mound (any half way decent satnav should be able to work out that route). And it would be no more wiggly for accessing Market Street than going over North Bridge, which would also require negotiating a pretty tight turn in to Market Street from either North Bank Street or Jeffrey Street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384938 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:26:57 +0000 Frenchy 384938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Regent Road seems to be a very common place for car transporters to be parked overnight. </p> <p>I assume the driver was supposed to turn on to North Bridge, but messed up and tried to take the first seemingly available exit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384937 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:51:47 +0000 ejstubbs 384937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The missus was pedestrianising along Princes Street this morning when she witnessed the driver of a car transporter with twelve cars on board attempting to turn left from Princes Street (where he had absolutely no business to be) in to the Mound. He was struggling with the tight turn, while also sounding his horn at pedestrians who had the cheek to cross the road in front of him when their the green man was illuminated. Meanwhile, he was blocking the approach to the junction, much to the obvious annoyance of westbound bus and taxi drivers.</p> <p>ISTR Gembo complaining recently about massive car transporters in the New Town (I tried Google but it once again failed to find what I was looking for.) Maybe it was one of those, with the driver in this case handicapped by both an inability to navigate, and to observe road signs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7059&page=152#post-384934 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:19:19 +0000 mcairney 384934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>2 students on Voi bikes turning right out of Bristo Square then cycling in the wrong direction along the cycle lane i.e. against traffic. I managed to control my inner Bob Wilkie and avoided shouting abuse at them but if anyone cycling in the lane in the correct direction was likely to get a scare. Maybe we need signs saying 'Ride on the left' like they have near airports/ferries in the Central Campus area? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21972#post-384904 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:45:01 +0000 chdot 384904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/29/ministers-likely-to-support-law-change-to-allow-delivery-robots-on-englands-paths" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/29/ministers-likely-to-support-law-change-to-allow-delivery-robots-on-englands-paths</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384903 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:10:29 +0000 mcairney 384903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/police-hunt-driver-after-cyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-haddington/" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/police-hunt-driver-after-cyclist-seriously-injured-in-crash-near-haddington/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6668&page=14#post-384882 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:06:26 +0000 chdot 384882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Why did obesity become a global problem? Professor of Diet and Population Health Susan Jebb explores a heavy history, our changing relationship with food and reasons for optimism. She believes we live in an 'ultra-processed food system' which drives more of the world's population towards health harming diets and a lifetime of being overweight or obese. But she also believes change is possible, and the conditions are right for a food systems change. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y24d" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002y24d</a></p> <p>Mentioned in programme </p> <p>From poor diets to richer lives </p> <p>“<br /> <a href="https://bagsoftaste.org“" rel="nofollow">https://bagsoftaste.org“</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384859 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:47:35 +0000 ejstubbs 384859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's the one.</p> <p>Turns out I posted on that thread myself not all that long ago. Duh.</p> <p>I did try an online search but must have mis-spelled something. It returned a lot of CCE threads but not that one. Two excuses: 1) I was doing it on the phone, which doesn't like my fat fingers, and 2) gin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384855 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:24:53 +0000 chdot 384855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Campaign Against Long Cars (CALC) - and wide</p> <p>“</p> <p>citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19496</p> <p>“search function appears not to, er, function“</p> <p>Sadly true</p> <p>Gone for ever</p> <p>Have to rely on favourite browser/search engine </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=385#post-384854 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:06:39 +0000 ejstubbs 384854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In a similar vein:</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/24/carspreading-vehicle-size-crash-deaths-study">‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds</a></strong></p> <p><em>Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000</em></p> <p><blockquote>The increase in size, which leaves people more likely to be killed in a crash and increases emissions that hurt lungs and heat the planet, has progressed at a roughly steady rate for two and half decades even as family sizes have fallen, the campaign group Transport &amp; Environment (T&amp;E) found.</p> <p>Car bloat is frustrating drivers, too, with cities expected to lose 8.5-14% of on-street parking by 2040 if the historical trend continues unchecked, the analysis found. London and Berlin are each predicted to lose about 100,000 parking spaces.</p> <p>The findings come as research shared exclusively with the Guardian shows potential SUV buyers are undeterred by warnings that they are more likely to kill pedestrians.</p> <p>The authors recommended capping bonnet heights and car widths, changing taxes to discourage people from buying bigger vehicles, and tightening vehicle standards so they considered the visibility of young children from the driver’s seat.</blockquote></p> <p>(Wasn't Gembo suggesting a campaign against large cars at some point in the past? I don't seem to be able to track that down since the search function appears not to, er, function.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19288#post-384839 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:48:30 +0000 bakky 384839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote> A report recently published on The Road Safety Trust’s website has confirmed that Transport Scotland’s award-winning motorcycle safety initiative is continuing to save lives on Scotland’s trunk road network.</p> <p>Believed to be the largest motorcycle behaviour investigation of its kind, Project PRIME set out to improve rider safety through the use of special road markings and signs to help riders make better decisions when taking bends. Acting as gateways, the signs are designed to help riders reduce speed, reduce braking and improve road position when taking bends.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://roadsafetytrust-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/report-confirms-innovative-motorbike-signage-project-is-saving-lives" rel="nofollow">https://roadsafetytrust-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/report-confirms-innovative-motorbike-signage-project-is-saving-lives</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21968#post-384836 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:41:49 +0000 LaidBack 384836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/the-starmer-syndrome" rel="nofollow">https://fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/the-starmer-syndrome</a></p> <p><blockquote>The coverage was reminiscent of the OJ Simpson car chase coverage in 1994 in a White Bronco, though I think earnest pundits would have preferred us to consider the dramatic return of Vladimir Lenin to Russia from exile in Switzerland in 1917.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21968#post-384826 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:59:02 +0000 Yodhrin 384826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well based on decades of polling on actual issues rather than the usual Team Red/Blue/Green/Yellow stuff, I'd wager quite a lot of people would like left populism at the next election. Higher taxes on the wealthy's assets and on corporations, nationalisation of key utilities, a social security system that lets people live with dignity(when you drill down with polling on the issue you find the right has successfully convinced most people that many in receipt of welfare are undeserving of it, but they remain in favour of the principle - that's not a problem with people disliking welfare it's a problem with foreign billionaire libertarians owning our media and shaping narratives that suit them), action on climate change(importantly, both prevention *and* adaptation, you need the latter to get people on board with the former), active travel - all these things consistently return well above 50% and often outright supermajorities of support among the British electorate.</p> <p>Mostly they simply don't believe any politician of any party will actually <em>deliver</em> those things. So if what we get is actual left populism not merely a performance of it during the election campaign, aye I think most people will be very happy indeed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21969#post-384821 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:06:52 +0000 chdot 384821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BBC Inside Science </p> <p>Should we rethink who our city streets are for? It can often feel like there is a hierarchy on the roads, with cars needing to get from A to B as fast as they can, taking priority over people cycling or walking. But what if we flipped it on its head and put pedestrians at the top? Or, what if we saw our streets in a totally new light and instead decided they were places for meeting friends, playing or resting under a tree? Ben Ansell finds the people designing new streets, and he hears one radical idea that requires an entirely new language. </p> <p>Ben visits a new kind of street where pedestrians have priority, not cars. It has been designed by traffic engineer Keith Firth at NRP. Campaigner Martin Cassini argues we could get rid of traffic lights to encourage drivers to pay better attention to pedestrians and to help ease traffic jams. But would all road users feel confident crossing without a dedicated beep or time to cross? Sohanna Srinivasan, head of Urban Planning Design at North Hertfordshire council, sets out her plan for how streets can have space built-in for people to fully enjoy their neighbourhoods while Dutch author Marco te Brömmelstroet says we need to rethink the language we use about cities. Change the language, change the mind set. Is it that simple? </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xp70" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xp70</a></p> <p>Talking about The Strand and Aldwych</p> <p><a href="https://www.ribaj.com/spec/landscape-strand-aldwych-pedestrianisation-public-realm-lda-traffic/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ribaj.com/spec/landscape-strand-aldwych-pedestrianisation-public-realm-lda-traffic/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21968#post-384820 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:20:06 +0000 Baldcyclist 384820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is the UKs 7th attempt at 'new politics' in the last 10 years, and I don't think it will make much difference, might look a bit different arround the edges.</p> <p>That said, I don't think many will like what really will be the new politics that arrive at the next general election, whether that be left or right populists. </p>