http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: Debate! - Recent Posts en Fri, 01 May 2026 19:38:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10783&page=21#post-383956 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:46:08 +0000 acsimpson 383956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If those figures are correct they are talking about building 50 homes a year on average. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10783&page=21#post-383952 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:27:29 +0000 LaidBack 383952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A9 may be getting a new junction. All go at Perth West.</p> <p><blockquote>THE £500 million Perth West development masterplan has been unanimously approved by councillors this week.</p> <p>Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) expects to be the first developer on site next year with the construction of an A9 underpass to the site from Tweed Place and employment land, marking the start of a city expansion that could last 30 years.</p> <p>Moving the plans for approval on Wednesday, April 23, Economy and Infrastructure Committee convener Grant Laing asked that concerns about traffic and water management be fully addressed.</p> <p>While the masterplan and planning permission in principle has been agreed, each part of the development will require separate detailed planning applications for approval.</p> <p><strong>The masterplan includes the Perth Eco-Innovation Business Park, a bus depot, a hydrogen fuelling/electric charging centre, the Perth Innovation<br /> Highway, up to 1500 homes, business units, shops, hotels, food and drinks outlets, a primary school potentially with sports pitches, a healthcare centre and a heritage park.</strong></blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/26048742.500-million-perth-town-masterplan-unanimously-approved-councillors/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenational.scot/news/26048742.500-million-perth-town-masterplan-unanimously-approved-councillors/</a></p> <p>Modern life in Scotland is so retro now. In the past there would have been a public transport and non driving element. Edinburgh can hardly talk though as the West Craig development has yet to build a direct path to Edinburgh Gateway station. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=384#post-383936 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:03:57 +0000 davey2wheels 383936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@urchaidh I've had the person in the car that pulled out in front of me also say that. I said that I was also a driver and that was a terrible (not actually that word) piece of driving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=384#post-383917 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:19:54 +0000 urchaidh 383917@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not quite today, but was close passed with oncoming traffic in Porty back in February. Reported it to the Polis, without expecting much, but after a long drawn out process I heard back yesterday that the driver had been charged with careless driving and reported to the PF. Driver had the chutzpah to tell the police officer "he was a cyclist too" and ask him to apologise to me for "this momentary lapse in judgement".</p> <p>Never forget, They drive among us! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-383896 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:54:25 +0000 chdot 383896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>North Edinburgh Connections: A Chance to Get Street Design Right<br /> POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2026 BY JAMES GARRY</p> <p>Streets as civic spaces, not just routes for movement</p> <p>A consultation is now open on the North Edinburgh Connections project, previously known as NEAT. Though framed as an active travel scheme, it is more consequential than that label suggests. It will reshape some of north Edinburgh’s most important streets and, with them, the everyday experience of the communities they serve.</p> <p>…</p> <p>The language of “active travel” is useful shorthand, but it can obscure what is truly at stake. Streets are not simply corridors for movement. They are the most immediate and widely shared public spaces in any city. For decades, many of Edinburgh’s arterial roads have been shaped around vehicle throughput, often at the expense of pedestrian comfort, safety and environmental quality. North Edinburgh’s main roads are a clear example: wide carriageways, fast-moving traffic and fragmented crossings have created places that feel inhospitable, particularly for those on foot or using mobility aids.</p> <p>…</p> <p>The risk of doing it halfway</p> <p>Edinburgh’s experience of street redesign over recent years offers some instructive lessons, and not all of them are encouraging. Cycle routes interrupted at junctions, planting that feels incidental, materials that age poorly, layouts that do not reflect how people actually move through an area: these are not minor imperfections. They erode confidence in the process and limit the long-term value of the investment.</p> <p>(more)</p> <p><a href="https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/north-edinburgh-connections-a-chance-to-get-street-design-righ/?" rel="nofollow">https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/north-edinburgh-connections-a-chance-to-get-street-design-righ/?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21346&page=9#post-383886 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:23:58 +0000 chdot 383886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>21:47</p> <p>Save The Roseburn Path</p> <p>Rachel Paige • </p> <p><a href="https://issuu.com/hinksbrandwise/docs/snp_manifesto_the_scottish_parliament_election_2" rel="nofollow">https://issuu.com/hinksbrandwise/docs/snp_manifesto_the_scottish_parliament_election_2</a></p> <p>Page 66 of the SNP manifesto:</p> <p>We support efforts in Edinburgh to retain the Roseburn Corridor as a route for pedestrians and cyclists and believe that any tram proposals brought forward and funded by the city council should use an alternative route.</p> <p>SNP Manifesto - The Scottish Parliament<br /> Election 2026</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/914482190342598/permalink/1488822949575183/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/groups/914482190342598/permalink/1488822949575183/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383883 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:57:45 +0000 Arellcat 383883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've said it many times on here before, but tunnelling through the Pentlands really would open up some convenient transport corridors. And electric trains with multiple powered axles - as in, most of them - make gradients that much easier to deal with. These days we don't need fleets of hardworking GWR pannier tanks to spend their lives banking express trains, we just pile the railway up and down the hills. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383878 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:44:11 +0000 neddie 383878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>what south-west Edinburgh could really do with is a rail link from Newtongrange to Curriehill via Loanhead/Straiton, Hillend and Bonaly</blockquote></p> <p>We should include Penicuik in that loop. What would the Swiss do? Why, they would tunnel through the Pentlands... (and it would be electrified) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383877 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:23:56 +0000 chdot 383877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Saving 5 minutes on those schedules could provide for something like 5 extra trains in each 2.5 hour peak time period, with a 10 minute service rather than 15.“</p> <p>Mmm as you say - “For the hell of it”</p> <p>Primary problem would be cost of rolling stock and servicing. </p> <p>Of course if you had serious road pricing that significantly disincentivised M8 (etc) travel, might be doable… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383876 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:15:34 +0000 chdot 383876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“what south-west Edinburgh could really do with is a rail link from Newtongrange to Curriehill via Loanhead/Straiton, Hillend and Bonaly.“</p> <p>Yes but</p> <p>(and before) Newtongrange Eskbank Shawfair Newcraighall Asda/Fort Kinnaird Niddrie Duddingston Cameron Toll Newington Blackford Morningside Slateford Kingsknowe Wester Hailes Curriehill (and beyond)</p> <p>Would be so much easier. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383875 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:57:19 +0000 chdot 383875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“The problem is when it takes longer to get to the station than actually travelling on the train.“</p> <p>Yes </p> <p>And how far from stations travellers start and finish </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383874 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:30:38 +0000 Arellcat 383874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>‘Saving’ a few minutes is largely pointless. Until the recent electrification, E-G trains were mostly slower than 30 years before (because of extra stops).</em></p> <p>For the hell of it I had a look yesterday at the train paths for EDB/GLQ via FKK, and there are something like 40 trains running each way during peak times, out of about 90 throughout the day. Saving 5 minutes on those schedules could provide for something like 5 extra trains in each 2.5 hour peak time period, with a 10 minute service rather than 15. I think the question isn't so much 'can you squeeze those trains through the Mound tunnels?' as 'can you get people on and off fast enough at Waverley and Queen Street?' In essence, you want to turn an inter-city service into something even more intensive like the London Underground.</p> <p><em>It seems unlikely that there are many people thinking ‘I’ll take the train when it only takes 40 minutes’.</em></p> <p>The problem is when it takes longer to get <em>to</em> the station than actually travelling on the train.</p> <p>I much prefer taking the train through to Glasgow with my bike, but hang it all, it's nearly an hour to Waverley if I walk/bus/walk, or 45-50 minutes cycling (with 10 minutes contingency for ticket machines and things), and then 45 minutes on the train. I could drive from home to Glasgow, say, Great Western Road, in a little over an hour, and that includes the traffic jams on the M8 around jct 16.</p> <p>It just occurred to me that what south-west Edinburgh could really do with is a rail link from Newtongrange to Curriehill via Loanhead/Straiton, Hillend and Bonaly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383873 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:12:08 +0000 chdot 383873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like Arellcat (and others here) I am a ‘rail fan’. </p> <p>I therefore welcome (almost) any developments/improvements/investments. </p> <p>I’m more sceptical about the thinking and processes behind ‘plans’. </p> <p>‘Saving’ a <em>few</em> minutes is largely pointless. Until the recent electrification, E-G trains were mostly slower than 30 years before (because of extra stops). </p> <p>The new rolling stock added much needed extra passenger capacity AND bike spaces - which didn’t involve hanging!</p> <p>It seems unlikely that there are many people thinking ‘I’ll take the train when it only takes 40 minutes’. </p> <p>A reliable service every 15 minutes might encourage switching, but that no longer seems to be a priority. </p> <p>The current big project/investment is the Borders and Fife electrification. </p> <p>Whether this is on time or budget (£342m) seems unknown -</p> <p>“<br /> The timescales for delivery will be driven by the outcome of the Suburban Fleet procurement exercise, which has been announced.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://scotlandsrailway.com/projects/fife-electrification" rel="nofollow">https://scotlandsrailway.com/projects/fife-electrification</a></p> <p>The infrastructure for Fife has reached South Gyle. </p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55208630386_185d368e43_c.jpg"></p> <p>Whether it will ever be extended to Inverness is unknown. </p> <p>Chances of rational discussions of the value of improving this route v A9 seems minimal… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383869 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:58:14 +0000 Arellcat 383869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least they didn't try to propose shaving off 5 minutes on the Edinburgh/Glasgow via Falkirk High route.</p> <p>On the Shotts route there are currently only 10 trains each way covering the two peak time periods each working day, and it takes about 70 minutes on average, with between 5 and 9 intermediate stops. That pace seems pretty good to me. The EDB/GLQ via FKK at peak times already has to alternate between stops like Bishopbriggs, Lenzie, Polmont and Croy to maintain the speedy service.</p> <p>I think ScotRail would do well to promote the tickets that allow a break of journey, so that people know they can jump off at some intermediate station, visit places and see stuff, and know their next onward train isn't too far away.</p> <p>But yes, Edinburgh to Inverness taking 3 hours 45 min starts to feel interminably slow for the 188 miles. Yes, there are some tough bits along the route but it's only an average of 48mph using class 170s. The HSTs raise it to 54mph, a shade faster than the class 800s that come up from London and also have 8 intermediate stops. Accounting for speed restrictions, you'd need to get the Edinburgh to Inverness timing down to about 2 or 2.5 hours for something that acts like an express service.</p> <p>Mind you, the best express timings in the steam era were about 6 hours, and pre-war you generally had to allow 7 to 8 hours; in wintertime, BR considered getting up and down the country safely as more of a priority than minutes on the clock, and if you arrived an hour late, that was accepted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383867 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:03:44 +0000 neddie 383867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They really don’t have a clue about anything, do they?</p> <p>Why do we need to shave 5 minutes off Edinburgh-Glasgow, when we could shave half an hour off Edinburgh-Inverness? </p> <p>Dualling and electrifying the Highland mainline would be a start. Plus reinstating the many missing branches eg up to Aberfoyle and Calendar, Peebles to Berwick upon Tweed link, direct Perth link, etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383866 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:13:37 +0000 chdot 383866@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Labour plans to introduce a new express rail service between Edinburgh and Glasgow if it wins power at Holyrood. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/holyrood-elections-2026-labour-pledges-new-express-rail-service-between-edinburgh-and-glasgow-6571487" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/holyrood-elections-2026-labour-pledges-new-express-rail-service-between-edinburgh-and-glasgow-6571487</a></p> <p>Difficult to know how serious this sort of thing is given that SLab must know it won’t win the coming election. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21305#post-383830 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:05:44 +0000 LaidBack 383830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After yesterday's report that local SNP councillors were against both proposed options for a new tram route, the local Labour transport spokesman has accused them of 'naked nimbyism'. - Ian Swanson, Evening News.<br /> <a href="https://www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburgh-minute-thursday-9-april-2026/?ref=the-edinburgh-minute-newsletter" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburgh-minute-thursday-9-april-2026/?ref=the-edinburgh-minute-newsletter</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21305#post-383829 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:32:16 +0000 chdot 383829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>"My view is that the Roseburn Path must remain a safe and enjoyable space for local people as well as an important part of the North Edinburgh Path Network.” </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-snp-says-build-line-to-infirmary-first-and-find-a-new-route-to-granton-6565804" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-snp-says-build-line-to-infirmary-first-and-find-a-new-route-to-granton-6565804</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21346&page=9#post-383827 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:20:39 +0000 chdot 383827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Edinburgh's SNP group has today said it would back a North-South tramline for the Capital, but did not believe either of the options for the northern section – Roseburn Path or Orchard Brae – offered the right solution. </p> <p>…</p> <p>As the largest group on the council, the SNP's stance will be crucial in deciding what happens about the planned new tramline, estimated to cost between £2bn and £2.9bn.</p> <p>The group argues that the council's "travel hierarchy" prioritises walking and cycling over public transport, so taking a large section of a well-used active travel route for the trams would be a breach of that principle.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-snp-says-build-line-to-infirmary-first-and-find-a-new-route-to-granton-6565804" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-snp-says-build-line-to-infirmary-first-and-find-a-new-route-to-granton-6565804</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10783&page=21#post-383804 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:02:44 +0000 LaidBack 383804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25997025.public-local-inquiry-launched-proposed-a9-dualling/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenational.scot/news/25997025.public-local-inquiry-launched-proposed-a9-dualling/</a></p> <p>More money could be spent on bypassing Dunkeld station than on the Highland railway? Really no need to have such complex infrastructure. The A90 operates with a lot less. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21912#post-383750 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:50:16 +0000 chdot 383750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://bikebiz.com/rider-research-hubs-latest-study-shows-importance-of-initiatives-to-get-kids-on-bikes/" rel="nofollow">https://bikebiz.com/rider-research-hubs-latest-study-shows-importance-of-initiatives-to-get-kids-on-bikes/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21910#post-383712 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:02:03 +0000 Arellcat 383712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(and <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&amp;page=20#post-383629" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&amp;page=20#post-383629</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21910#post-383709 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:10:12 +0000 chdot 383709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>“It was a tough battle. Very tough. But I strongly believed the roads had to be pedestrianised so that people could enjoy the riverbanks, and that once they were pedestrianised and people had that experience, they wouldn’t want to go back. And that’s what has happened,” Hidalgo says.</p> <p>“Today there are generations of children who have not known cars there. People say ‘Wow!’ when you tell them.”</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/changing-a-city-is-complicated-anne-hidalgo-looks-back-on-12-years-as-paris-mayor" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/changing-a-city-is-complicated-anne-hidalgo-looks-back-on-12-years-as-paris-mayor</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21346&page=9#post-383704 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:12:04 +0000 chdot 383704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The proposed £2bn tram extension has been a huge talking point in the city, garnering over 11,000 responses to the council’s public consultation. The debate so far has focussed on the city’s transport needs, and the proposed routes. But there is evidence that public transport improvements can impact far more than just how busy the roads are. The North South tram will pass through some of Edinburgh’s most deprived neighbourhoods; what impact could it have on their residents? </p> <p>The tram is not appearing in a vacuum; in Granton, for example, the £1.3bn waterfront development is promising 3500 net zero homes, commercial and cultural spaces, and greenspace. The area already has a pioneering community support network, with four key organisations offering unprecedented support to the area through the North Edinburgh Support Service (NESSie). The scale of change in this coastal pocket of Edinburgh over the next decade will be monumental - could this help existing residents be less “left behind”? </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/why-citys-2bn-tram-plan-is-about?" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/why-citys-2bn-tram-plan-is-about?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21885#post-383695 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:56:22 +0000 LaidBack 383695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jss sent in a report. Going well on a 160km rail trail. Folding Linear recliner with big tyres, manual with all his gear on-board including hydration pack. He's seen three other recliners but all trikes.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/55171359523/in/datetaken/" title="Hauraki Rail Trail, North Island, NZ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55171359523_b74dd7499b.jpg" alt="Hauraki Rail Trail, North Island, NZ" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/55171583625/in/datetaken/" title="Hauraki Rail Trail, North Island, NZ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55171583625_0578535b62.jpg" alt="Hauraki Rail Trail, North Island, NZ" /></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383578 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:34:50 +0000 gembo 383578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, basically only the west half of the top level is open so only trains running from platforms 8 to 15 are operating out of central Carlisle train see to leave maybe platform 5 and slow train form edinburgh to glasgow via shottts is only going to west Calder. </p> <p>Note if accessing the station you have to go in the west entrance at Hope St via something called The Carriage Way. Which appears to have been an entrance for carriages. When station first built. </p> <p>Last month at CanoPY i left at 920 and caught the 930 to queen st and then made it to Platform 15 and the ayr train with seconds to spare- I cant see that working this time.</p> <p>I used to take the Carlisle train to Auchinleck sometimes as leaves 11.15 rather than 11.00 or 11.30 for the ayr train. The cycle from Auchinleck to Ayr via Ochiltree and Drongan is almost all downhill. Two small kickers of no real importance. Except one is linked to a Trysting Thorn with some link to Burns and the other goes up from Old King Coil’s Loch to a lovely bit of new tarmac that descends all the way to the Crem and then Dobbies. ALas the last mile or two is not for the faint hearted </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383576 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:19:50 +0000 LaidBack 383576@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glasgow Central latest...<br /> the Shotts line seems to only have trains to West Calder?</p> <p><blockquote>Ayr to Glasgow Central – half-hourly, calling at all stations between Paisley Gilmour Street and Kilwinning<br /> Gourock to Glasgow Central – hourly, all stations<br /> Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central – hourly, all stations<br /> Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central – half-hourly, all stations (integrated with Carlisle/South Ayrshire services)<br /> East Kilbride to Glasgow Central – half-hourly<br /> Lanark to Glasgow Central – hourly<br /> Due to a reduced number of platforms and restricted access, not all routes will be able to resume immediately.</p> <p>Low-level services at Glasgow Central, serving routes from Cumbernauld, Whifflet, Larkhall, and Motherwell to Dalmuir, Balloch, and Milngavie, have been running normally since March 11.</p> <p>The upper concourse will remain closed, with shops, facilities and some entrances still off-limits.</p> <p>Trains now run every 30 minutes between Ayr and Paisley, and hourly between Edinburgh and West Calder.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20759&page=28#post-383573 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:16:52 +0000 neddie 383573@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a shame. The HSTs were spacious, comfortable, and smooth.</p> <p>With Voyagers being about the worst train in existence </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3748&page=384#post-383564 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:28:38 +0000 Arellcat 383564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Current roadworks on the A703 south of the Bush crossroads are becoming quite unpleasant, bordering on dangerous, for cycling. One lane is coned off for, at a guess, 200 metres. There is 4-way traffic signalling in place and modest intervisibility.</p> <p>This evening I was third in line behind two cars and by the time the cars cleared the section I was still halfway through, and then two drivers waiting at the lights ahead of me decided not to wait for their green and figured they could chance their arms and nip through. Unfortunately I was in their way and did quite a lot of shouting. Their light was still on red when I cleared the roadworks.</p> <p>On two previous occasions the next phase in the cycle has turned green before I've managed to clear the section, while last night it behaved.</p> <p>I have sent a complaint to Midlothian Council about it all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-383549 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:28:48 +0000 chdot 383549@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now MORE consultation </p> <p>citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17102&amp;page=21#post-383512 </p>