http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: Infrastructure - Recent Posts en Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:23:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19103&page=23#post-386059 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:32:28 +0000 gembo 386059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cyclist rolling over a squirrel, he was inconsolable, as was the squirrel. WoL Path, Currie yesterday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14986&page=12#post-386044 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:37:01 +0000 chdot 386044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://powderhall.link/2026/10/05/further-delays-on-st-marks-park-bridge/" rel="nofollow">https://powderhall.link/2026/10/05/further-delays-on-st-marks-park-bridge/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21841&page=2#post-386043 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:33:50 +0000 chdot 386043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://powderhall.link/2026/10/05/further-delays-on-st-marks-park-bridge/" rel="nofollow">https://powderhall.link/2026/10/05/further-delays-on-st-marks-park-bridge/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386031 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:41:48 +0000 chrisfl 386031@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've also make a map showing OSM and Council data parking:</p> <p><a href="https://edinburgh-bike-parking.chrisfleming.org/">https://edinburgh-bike-parking.chrisfleming.org/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386026 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:35:50 +0000 chrisfl 386026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've exported the council data and compared it to OSM data:</p> <p><code><br /> ┌──────────────────────────────────┬───────┬───────┐<br /> │ │ Count │ % │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ Council spots matched in OSM │ 1,449 │ 95.7% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ Council spots missing from OSM │ 65 │ 4.3% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ OSM features matched in Council │ 1,476 │ 84.1% │<br /> ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼───────┤<br /> │ OSM features not in Council data │ 279 │ 15.9% │<br /> └──────────────────────────────────┴───────┴───────┘</p> <p></code> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-386024 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:22:17 +0000 chrisfl 386024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does seem to be OpenStreetMap data! But quite old as it does include at least one spot I removed a year ago.</p> <p>Also ripping off OSM data and then putting a copyright notice of:</p> <p><blockquote><br /> Developed by The City of Edinburgh Council. © Crown copyright and database rights [2026] Ordnance Survey [0100023420].<br /> </blockquote></p> <p>is a violation of OSM's license </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21673&page=4#post-386010 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:36:51 +0000 gembo 386010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@laidback I think Spokes are planning a plaque for the wall stating Site of the former Clubbiedeans Big Puddle </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21673&page=4#post-386009 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:24:27 +0000 LaidBack 386009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo - we may have to update your Spokes Ride entry to reflect this?<br /> People will be disappointed not to see the 'Clubbiedean Big Puddle'? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21673&page=4#post-386005 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:31:16 +0000 gembo 386005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some promising signs of potholes filling with water, basically Clubbiedeans Small Puddle West and Clubbiedeans Small Puddle East </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=28#post-386004 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:34:30 +0000 chdot 386004@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Photos -</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/post/3mwthzhghf22f" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/post/3mwthzhghf22f</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=28#post-386003 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:01:18 +0000 pringlis 386003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen some more photos now, from everyone's favourite local Tory councillor who of course rushed to the scene and "spoke to Police officers".</p> <p>Looks like they hit the row of parked cars and flipped. No injuries, thankfully. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=28#post-386002 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:42:26 +0000 wingpig 386002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I believe SUV drivers can make their SUVs flip at relatively low speed and without damaging anything else much, if one of their giant grippy tyres catches the edge of another wheel or a low corner/wing and climbs quickly up. The go-fast-and-turn-sharply option is also available, perhaps getting a wee boost off a kerb or even using the camber of the road if in a rush. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-386001 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:24:43 +0000 pringlis 386001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooft, I hope everyone's OK. Photo from Facebook:</p> <p><img src="https://i.ibb.co/PzN2YB2B/img-1-1790867489375.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-386000 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:14:08 +0000 Morningsider 386000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just saw a large grey car (think an SUV) on its side on Hermitage Drive, not far from the junction with Braid Road. Police and ambulance in attendance. A little blue car was stopped in front of it, but didn't look like a collision. No way a wee car like that could have flipped something about three times its size anyway.</p> <p>No real idea how this happened, but goes to show that removing road safety features from this area is clearly a terrible idea (although they would have been unlikely to prevent this particular incident, although I suppose more cars are now going this way due to the removal of restrictions). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385990 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:19:21 +0000 boothym 385990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Curiously the archis map of public bike parking lists a number of private sheds.</blockquote><br /> It appears to be an import of OpenStreetMap data, so they probably should've removed all the objects with access=private or made them a different colour/shape.</p> <p>On one hand it's good to have the OSM data used as it'll be the most up to date, however sometimes datasets from councils etc will have things missing from OSM so it would be good to be able to do a comparison with their own data as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-385961 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:16:03 +0000 cb 385961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Drivers travelling down Braid Avenue aren't observing the Give Way markings at Correnie Drive. I saw a near miss there with a cyclist turning out and a car not stopping.<br /> "</p> <p>Similarly on Hermitage Gardens / Braid Crescent. Also failing to indicate when continuing down HG at Correnie Drive. (*No one* indicates here)</p> <p>"<br /> Presumably everyone in the Braid Estate wants unrestricted access to their own house, but have everyone else use a LTN to keep the roads quiet.<br /> "</p> <p>Definitely untrue, but not sure how untrue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-385945 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:40:04 +0000 bakky 385945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"No, this is much better"</em> Petunia reassured herself through gritted teeth, as she sat in a five minute queue at the traffic lights. Behind her, a child crossing Braid Avenue had a near-miss with a speeding Mercedes.</p> <p><em>"We were trapped in our homes!"</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-385944 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:22:54 +0000 Arellcat 385944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably everyone in the Braid Estate wants unrestricted access to their <em>own</em> house, but have everyone else use a LTN to keep the roads quiet.</p> <p>Perhaps they should each campaign to have their own road stopped up and made into a cul-de-sac. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&page=27#post-385943 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:10:51 +0000 pringlis 385943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very noticeably more busy these days, especially in the mornings. As predicted both Braid Avenue and Midmar Avenue are now blocked up with cars in the mornings. A house at the junction of Midmar Avenue/Cluny Gardens has put up a "Braid Avenue now open again" sign in their window! Presumably in frustration as the expected clearing hasn't happened.</p> <p>A few gripes:<br /> * It's now very difficult to filter forward to the bike box at the bottom of Braid Avenue as the combination of parked cars and queue of traffic makes it dangerous to manoeuvre. This is a deal breaker for kids. You now have to sit in a queue of traffic waiting for it to clear before you can get down.<br /> * Drivers travelling down Braid Avenue are definitely exceeding 30mph<br /> * Drivers travelling down Braid Avenue aren't observing the Give Way markings at Correnie Drive. I saw a near miss there with a cyclist turning out and a car not stopping.<br /> * Crossing at Braid Avenue/Cluny Drive is much more difficult as a pedestrian now.<br /> and more... basically all as we expected/warned. Depressing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17561&page=8#post-385937 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:32:39 +0000 chdot 385937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/over-3000-drivers-issued-penalty-notices-for-pavement-parking-in-fife-9127494" rel="nofollow">https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/over-3000-drivers-issued-penalty-notices-for-pavement-parking-in-fife-9127494</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19103&page=23#post-385928 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:20:53 +0000 chdot 385928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/wildlife-drought-uk-environmental-incidents" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/wildlife-drought-uk-environmental-incidents</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8671&page=16#post-385927 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:18:57 +0000 chdot 385927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mw2cgjtkp22r" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mw2cgjtkp22r</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22007#post-385926 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:15:43 +0000 gembo 385926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The buses are going east up Waterloo Place but it is mighty tight. As @arellcar says this is from Princes Street only. It does make it easier for pedestrians. Seems to be about Sewage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17899&page=70#post-385925 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:48:54 +0000 ejstubbs 385925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spotted two Voi bikes dumped in the Figgate Burn in Porty, either side of the footbridge 62.56m* upstream from the promenade. Doesn't failing to park your hired bike in a designated parking place lead to some kind of financial penalty? "Parking" it in a place where it could create an environmental hazard should probably lead to more severe punishment, though it might be difficult to prove (I'm guessing that "the last person to hire that bike" wouldn't be regarded as reliable enough evidence as to who did it).</p> <p><em>* According to Google Maps.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22007#post-385924 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:28:12 +0000 wingpig 385924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also noticed the other day that the Waterloo Place faff is accompanied by the return of the split of the North Bridge north-exit lights into left-lane-west-along-Princes-Street and other-lanes-Leith-St-and-WP phases, as they were back in the day before the North Bridge works. There's also a massive hole on exactly the line one might take going between North Bridge and Leith St. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22007#post-385916 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:46:07 +0000 Arellcat 385916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure if/where this is mentioned since search is broken, but per edi.bike today:</p> <p><blockquote><strong>Long Term Closures:<br /> </strong>Waterloo Place: Closed westbound until end Nov 2026 for Scottish Water repairs. Eastbound access will be reduced to 1 lane. Be aware of vehicles overtaking within the narrow and uphill remaining lane. A dismount will be necessary westbound, and it will not be possible to rejoin the road until after North Bridge, as traffic lights will be altered.</blockquote></p> <p>is it even possible to access Waterloo Place eastbound, if you are coming from North Bridge? The right-hand lane is coned off, and the usual ASL at the end of WP was blocked by hoarding last week, and so the green light from NB seems to be only for traffic going to Leith Street. I ended up jumping off my bike at the lights, and walking up WP instead.</p> <p>The annoyingly fiddly workaround appears to be to forgo NB and get yourself across to George IV Bridge, the Mound, Market St and Waverley Bridge, and turn right eventually to get to Princes St eastbound for the straight run to WP. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12796&page=10#post-385915 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:53:13 +0000 gembo 385915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did we ever have a discussion on here about the Great British Bollard Company and bollards at porty prom with writing on them. . I only ask as someone on Bluesky has posted a photo of a stank lid with the writing The Sea Starts Here. Which is nice. Though as they day, hard to notice </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13984&page=2#post-385914 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:44:21 +0000 Arellcat 385914@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Though I appreciate this is straying from whether or not e-bikes can be parked in a railway station, charging from OHLE under normal running is actually standard practice according to Stadler and Siemens. It provides the best resilience for battery power being available when the wires end. And if charging was limited only to when the train was stopped, there is the possibility that the timetable would have to accommodate that through sufficient dwell time. It all depends how much track is covered by the wires vs. how much running on batteries, vs. how much energy you can cram into the batteries.</p> <p><blockquote>A recent Railway Industry Association (RIA) paper, which David Shirres reviews elsewhere in this issue, envisages a lot more bi-mode operation, and these trains will generally charge their batteries whilst running under OLE, although sometimes short OLE sections may be provided at, say, reversing points, to charge batteries during a train’s layover.</blockquote>- Rail Engineer, June 2024 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13984#post-385913 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:06:30 +0000 acsimpson 385913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Charging while stationary may actually be easier than charging on the move. While moving, or at least while at maximum acceleration, the draw from the overhead lines will be far greater than while stationary. So rather than over speccing to allow charging plus acceleration at the same time they may only charge while coasting, braking and standing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14986&page=12#post-385910 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:47:04 +0000 chdot 385910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A new update from the Powderhall.Link campaign looks over recent questions at the City of Edinburgh Council’s meeting regarding the railway’s bridge over the Water of Leith, and where progress is beginning to emerge for this unrealised off-road pathway and parkland.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-163-21st-sep-26/" rel="nofollow">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-163-21st-sep-26/</a> </p>