http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: Commuting - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:05:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383795 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:48:51 +0000 Greenroofer 383795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The difference is because of the different likelihoods.</p> <p>Further south it's 'medium likelihood/medium impact' whereas up here its 'low likelihood/medium impact'</p> <p>Looking at Ventusky there's a really sharp dividing line just south of Edinburgh (in the Ventusky model, at least) between total chaos and relative calm, so presumably the Met Office models show something similar and affect their assessment of the likelihood. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383793 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:55:19 +0000 ejstubbs 383793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And where the wind warning in Scotland isn't amber, it's yellow. 60mph+ gusts forecast overnight tonight for Fairmilehead which is in the yellow warning area. At time of writing that's actually pretty much the same as the forecast for Dumfries, which is in the amber warning area. Go figure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383792 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:21:25 +0000 chdot 383792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The Met Office has issued a yellow severe weather warning in Scotland for heavy snow and blizzards causing some travel and power disruption. Up to 30 centimetres of snow could fall. An amber weather warning for wind has been issued for parts of northern England, Scotland and Wales on Saturday evening. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/04/uk-weather-storm-dave-travel-easter-england-scotland-wales" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/04/uk-weather-storm-dave-travel-easter-england-scotland-wales</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16102#post-383651 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:00:42 +0000 mcairney 383651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The problem is that without enforcement drivers will still go at the previous speed limit (and if anyone is foolish enough to actually follow the posted limit they will be tailgated and overtaken until they conform).</p> <p>So hopefully part of that £1.6M budget is the installation of average speed cameras. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16102#post-383649 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:21:45 +0000 neddie 383649@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's hope it gets delayed into oblivion.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the council can implement a speed-limit reduction, fOr saFteY (which was all that was needed in the first place) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16102#post-383642 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:31:55 +0000 chdot 383642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-a71-dalmahoy-junction-improvement-faces-new-delay-6219586" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-a71-dalmahoy-junction-improvement-faces-new-delay-6219586</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383154 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:48:18 +0000 LaidBack 383154@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bakky - thanks! More soggy highlands and bus adventure shots on @laidbackbikes on Blue Sky (as you know!). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383124 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:50:14 +0000 bakky 383124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gorgeous shot, @LaidBack! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383123 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:14:33 +0000 LaidBack 383123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/55078306881/in/datetaken/" title="Typical 2026 village weather"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55078306881_c595a0f054.jpg" alt="Typical 2026 village weather" /></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-383121 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:32:13 +0000 chdot 383121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>It has rained every day for the last 37 days in the UK, while Aberdeen has had zero hours of sunshine since 21 January and Sheffield has had no hours of sunshine so far this month, Sky News reported.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/07/no-end-in-sight-to-britains-wet-weather-as-dozens-of-flood-warnings-issued" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/07/no-end-in-sight-to-britains-wet-weather-as-dozens-of-flood-warnings-issued</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21860#post-382728 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:14:05 +0000 Arellcat 382728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For anyone twitchy about GDPR (or such like it) not being much mentioned in the introduction page, Sam replied to me:</p> <p><blockquote>I have no plans to make survey respondent's names or contact info more broadly available at any point; there would be no good reason to do so. It would have been better for me to make this explicit at the outset, I now realize, but in drafting the survey I suppose I'd hoped that providing the 'anonymous' option would have been sufficient.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-382707 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:05:36 +0000 chdot 382707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>In Aberdeen, Ian Yuill, co-leader of the city council, said that on Thursday there were 17 road gritters out, ploughs, 14 pavement gritters, 90 road staff, about 240 environmental services staff, and 31 diggers hired from contractors all shifting snow and treating roads and pavements.</p> <p>According to the PA news agency, he told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast on Friday</p> <p>It’s a huge job. Our staff can’t be everywhere but they are working incredibly hard, and we have been gritting roads pretty much around the clock since this started.</p> <p>One of the challenges that Aberdeen city council has had is because of the repeated snowfalls, our gritters and ploughs have had to go back time and time and time again to the priority routes in the city, and that has meant they haven’t been able to get on to secondary routes and side roads.</p> <p>Hiring these diggers has allowed the council to move snow on side roads and start to tackle that problem.</p> <p>There is still a long way to go. There is still an awful lot of snow lying on the streets and pavements of Aberdeen.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/jan/09/storm-goretti-live-news-updates-uk-weather-snow-latest-met-office-warnings?page=with%3Ablock-6960e30f8f082ca1183f406d#block-6960e30f8f082ca1183f406d" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/jan/09/storm-goretti-live-news-updates-uk-weather-snow-latest-met-office-warnings?page=with%3Ablock-6960e30f8f082ca1183f406d#block-6960e30f8f082ca1183f406d</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-382704 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:21:35 +0000 chdot 382704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A week-long winter cold snap that would once have been normal in the Netherlands has caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations, chaos on roads and railways, buildings to partially collapse, and a stream of angry cyclists asking why roads seem better gritted than cycle lanes. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/jan/09/storm-goretti-live-news-updates-uk-weather-snow-latest-met-office-warnings?page=with%3Ablock-6960c25a8f08d5605e6e88da#block-6960c25a8f08d5605e6e88da" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/jan/09/storm-goretti-live-news-updates-uk-weather-snow-latest-met-office-warnings?page=with%3Ablock-6960c25a8f08d5605e6e88da#block-6960c25a8f08d5605e6e88da</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21860#post-382679 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:58:45 +0000 gembo 382679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Filled in. Very long. But sent photo of Clubbiedean Big Puddle </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17848&page=2#post-382677 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:28:29 +0000 gembo 382677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think day time desire line, has been muddy route for decades but thin it is about to be paved. Will link nether Currie to Juni Green </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17848&page=2#post-382671 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:16:41 +0000 cb 382671@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"<br /> No idea if Muir Wood Road to Bloomiehall park is viable/desirable (e.g. when dark).<br /> "</em></p> <p>Is this going to be resolved a mere eight years later?:</p> <p><a href="https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/01/05/new-public-footpath-to-be-constructed-in-currie/">https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/01/05/new-public-footpath-to-be-constructed-in-currie/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21860#post-382667 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:27:26 +0000 Rosie 382667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SURVEY OF BIKE COMMUTERS</p> <p>Spokes has had a request from (US) cycling author Sam Tracy to publicise this survey for a planned book (not just USA, we think)</p> <p>Question: do you get around by bike? Have any thoughts to share on the topic? If so, I’d love to hear from you!</p> <p>I am writing a new book on bicycle transportation, to more fully document this everyday but easily overlooked experience—who’s riding; why we do so; how things tend to go. The few recent books on this topic tend to be academic, or first-person narratives; I hope to write one that better reflects broader numbers of bike commuters’ actual experiences. Beyond expanding the popular understanding, I want to capture a moment in time—for posterity, if we’re lucky, but foremost for the benefit of those around us who may be commute-curious. This book will invite any and all to join us in our daily journeys.</p> <p>It’s not difficult nowadays to find advice on bike commuting: surprising numbers of people are happy to share their opinions. The mileage varies greatly, of course; from earnest suggestions or expressions of concern to the far simpler ‘get off the road.’ Yet moving beyond generalities—for or against—is harder. This project will canvas the participants themselves: to see what people are actually doing, and what we might learn.</p> <p>Link to survey:-</p> <p><a href="https://s.surveyplanet.com/f451kkqy" rel="nofollow">https://s.surveyplanet.com/f451kkqy</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382387 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:59:38 +0000 MediumDave 382387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycling uphill in Holyrood Park yesterday evening was quite something. I used the cycle track (which I normally don't bother with) as steering was erratic due to gusts. </p> <p>Better up in Newington with occasional excitement at certain corners due to wind shear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382384 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:36:01 +0000 gembo 382384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh my giddy antlers that was a commute home. Blown to a standstill at times and blown sideways too. Was glad to get down onto the WoL Path. One tree down near Currie but passable </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382354 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:18:39 +0000 bakky 382354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As a frequent LB / Joe's Bike Garage customer, this has been duly noted! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382352 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:23:59 +0000 chrisfl 382352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Was going to say ‘it’s SO secret that CycleStreets doesn’t know about it’.</p> <p>BUT it does.</p> <p>Which means that someone has put info on OSM!<br /> </blockquote></p> <p>mapped by drnoble who does sometimes post here as well, at least 3 years ago! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382335 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:40:48 +0000 chdot 382335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Then along Rope Walkk to shop through pend to arrive at Viewforth Bridge.“</p> <p>Ah yes. </p> <p>Was going to say ‘it’s SO secret that CycleStreets doesn’t know about it’.</p> <p>BUT it does. </p> <p>Which means that <em>someone</em> has put info on OSM! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382333 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:18:20 +0000 gembo 382333@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycled down to Aldi at Chesser for the ten pound champagne, on the way back where the much suggested Sainsbury Bridge might be built one day a crowd gathered photgraphing the river. A young otter kit was frolicking in the current. Smashing, </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382332 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:38:49 +0000 chdot 382332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“I note you avoided the zig zags by Megan/ ModaCity?“</p> <p>Usually use if going east, though 50/50 with Torphicen/Morrison. </p> <p>That’s the thing, ‘choices’</p> <p>More coming, as u say. </p> <p>Just not fast enough - or in much of a logical/prioritised way. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382331 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:34:27 +0000 chdot 382331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“we should be glad that it's not normal as only limited number of bike spaceson train and path network 'squeeze points‘“</p> <p>Yes/no </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382330 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:21:46 +0000 LaidBack 382330@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - we should be glad that it's not normal as only limited number of bike spaceson train and path network 'squeeze points'!;-)</p> <p>I note you avoided the zig zags by Megan/ ModaCity?<br /> For some (families in particular) on standard bikes this is better option as they can get across Dundee St at crossing and up to Leamington. Then along Rope Walkk to shop through pend to arrive at Viewforth Bridge.</p> <p>Very soon there'll be a direct route from Leamington to bike crossing at Grove St. Handy for getting to Haymarket if you don't mind being out in traffic on Morrison St.<br /> The patchwork network is increasing which is good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-382329 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:43:29 +0000 chdot 382329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to the CycleStreets app (which allows multipoint route planning) I cycled about 15 miles around Edinburgh yesterday. (Used app afterwards). </p> <p>Mostly on road with use of convenient sections of NEPN. </p> <p>Fortunately I know Ed well enough to piece it all together in my head, but CycleStreets ‘knows’ complex (and unsigned…) routes like the one through the Dalry Colonies over the WGR to LaidBack. </p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54969023315_d9265b5bf8_c.jpg"></p> <p>I continued on to visit various shops and people in Morningside, Abbeyhill, Inverleith, Newhaven, Crewe Road South, then Waverley via Stockbridge. </p> <p>I’m fit enough do that (probably) <em>because</em> I cycle. And I have a suitable bike (which most people could have). </p> <p>I really couldn’t have done it by bus in any sensible time. </p> <p>No idea how long it would have taken in a car, but the amount of traffic I filtered past or avoided by routes not available to motors was significant. </p> <p>However</p> <p>I am well aware that ‘most people’ wouldn’t cycle because of ‘fears’/amount of traffic etc. </p> <p>As ‘we’ know, the cycling was fun, convenient and essentially ‘healthy’. </p> <p>I was the only person on the train with a bike - reinforcing the idea it’s not normal… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1115&page=250#post-382135 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:23:15 +0000 chdot 382135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The A68 is now CLOSED in both directions from Soutra Mains to Oxton due to heavy snow.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/trafficscotland/status/1992544663484383335" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/trafficscotland/status/1992544663484383335</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1587&page=91#post-381845 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:13:30 +0000 gembo 381845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now is the time to get round from Thriepmuir to Harlaw Reservoir. All the potholes have been filled in and despite heavy rain, few puddles. I did it on a lunch time spin and what would have been a Woodstock style mudfest was very pleasant indeed </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18733&page=5#post-381617 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 09:07:20 +0000 chdot 381617@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>•</p> <p>A landmark moment on the journey to autonomous driving is, again, just around the corner. This week, Waymo, which successfully runs robotaxis in San Francisco and four other US cities, announced it was bringing its cars to London.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/18/driverless-cars-uk-autonomy-waymo-london" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/18/driverless-cars-uk-autonomy-waymo-london</a> </p>