http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: campaign - Recent Posts en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:10:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134748 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:58:11 +0000 wingpig 134748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The mum has the same coat and the dad the same haircut as Sophie's parents in The Tiger Who Came To Tea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134733 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:17:09 +0000 cc 134733@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig<br /> "It was my Dad! In our new car!"<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfyfY7PI3pg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfyfY7PI3pg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134730 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:03:49 +0000 Min 134730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm with Mr Pig and Smudges addendum sounds good too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134723 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:29:07 +0000 Smudge 134723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What Winpig said, but make sure when the impatient twerp barges past peds it's very clear that there is room to pass safely and/or no actual worthwhile time gain in doing so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134722 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:05:53 +0000 wingpig 134722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scene-setting scenes of happy/caring/smiley families/friends/colleagues.<br /> Families walk downstairs for breakfast, groups of friends walk down street, colleagues walk through corridor. One of each starts huffing and puffing impatiently, complains loudly about the people in front being too slow then just barges past, pushing the others out of the way. Pushed-out-of-way people look appropriately hurt/troubled/battered.<br /> Same pushing people are then pictured driving, with cyclist ahead of them. Pushing-people perform similar huffing/puffing/"get out of the way you're too slow"/beeping/snarling and do the car equivalent of shouldering impatiently past, only this time knocking over and squishing the cyclist, which is then revealed to be their child/spouse/granny/friend/colleague/whatever. Dolly zoom onto impatient twerps' crashing-horror faces with subtitled "don't be such an impatient twerp just because you're in a shiny car and think ten seconds of your time is more important than SOMEONE ELSE'S ACTUAL LIFE" or somesuch. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134721 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:58:43 +0000 Uberuce 134721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*series of images from our Rubbish Cycling Thread*</p> <p>"Would it have been better for all concerned if this person was driving an SUV?</p> <p>Would it have been better for all concerned if they'd been on a segregated bike path?"</p> <p>*series of images from our Rubbish Driving Thread*</p> <p>"Would it have been better for all concerned if this person was driving an HGV?</p> <p>Would it have been better for all concerned if they'd been out their car and cycling on a segregated bike path?" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134715 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:29:51 +0000 Nelly 134715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aim it at the politicians as nothing will change while their pig headed stupid lack of vision remains.</p> <p>Cycle safety campaigns seem to put some onus on us. Turn the spotlight on those doing and saying nothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11730#post-134708 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 23:14:08 +0000 fimm 134708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you were to design a cycle safety campaign, what would you do? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11187#post-125639 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:23:50 +0000 Colonies_Chris 125639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blog link above is broken - try this one <a href="http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-wrong-type-of-cyclist-why-we-have.html" rel="nofollow">http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-wrong-type-of-cyclist-why-we-have.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11187#post-125604 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:12:09 +0000 SRD 125604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Couldn't agree more. </p> <p>See also <a href="http://spaceforcycling.org/" rel="nofollow">http://spaceforcycling.org/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11187#post-125603 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:55:15 +0000 559 125603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-wrong-type-of-cyclist-why-we-have" rel="nofollow">http://cyclelondoncity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-wrong-type-of-cyclist-why-we-have</a></p> <p>Space4Cycling as a single UK wide message is the way to go. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11098#post-124307 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:17:56 +0000 cc 124307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://childhoodfreedom.com/">The Campaign for Childhood Freedom</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8390#post-83999 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:43:14 +0000 lionfish 83999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello all!<br /> Tomorrow we're going to be at the end of the PfS route (at Murrayfield) from about 10ish, helping out with the PoP stall. If anyone wants to pop by and say hello (or even volunteer for an hour or so on the stall), let us know!</p> <p>My phone number is 0777nine527004 - although we won't be there all day, so maybe just visit PoP at the event. The busiest times will be between 12-3, so that's when we'll probably need extra helpers!</p> <p>Thanks all :D</p> <p>from Lionfish and Minimoth (sort of on behalf of PoP). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-69218 Sun, 06 May 2012 23:58:12 +0000 lionfish 69218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>spytfyre: I don't know much about community councillors? Do you not think they'll be interested? Or is it just 'cause they're volunteers etc, they'll be too busy? It's maybe worth a shot! But it might be more hassle than it's worth, to contact them... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68875 Fri, 04 May 2012 13:04:48 +0000 SRD 68875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kezia Dugdale ‏ @kdugdalemsp</p> <p>Interesting things happening in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart - Greens could knock out tories #edelect </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68868 Fri, 04 May 2012 12:48:03 +0000 spytfyre 68868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD - community cooncillors? are you 'avin a larf? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68864 Fri, 04 May 2012 12:43:13 +0000 SRD 68864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yes, both andrew burns and gavin corbett are regular cyclists so no big push to get them out (if they get in!), which is why i thought to include community councillors as more of a challenge! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68831 Fri, 04 May 2012 11:12:08 +0000 minimoth 68831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All looks good. Just have to wait to see who the councillors will be!</p> <p>Getting the community councillors would be good. Why not try the MSP and even MPs as well?</p> <p>Does anyone know how to change the name of the tread? It would be better if was citywide? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6393#post-68619 Thu, 03 May 2012 13:23:45 +0000 spytfyre 68619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/features/family-campaign-for-safer-roads-cycling-death-1-2272348">Family campaign for safer roads cycling death </a></p> <p>Is centre pages of the version you have to pay money for and dispose of in recycle bin after having "read" it</p> <p>I like this bit:</p> <p>"When 3000 cyclists who turn out for a campaign for better road safety"</p> <p>EEN counted? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68552 Thu, 03 May 2012 10:17:16 +0000 spytfyre 68552@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD hopefully one of our councillors will be Gavin Corbett :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68538 Thu, 03 May 2012 09:24:03 +0000 SRD 68538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>maybe we should invite our community councillors as well... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68537 Thu, 03 May 2012 09:20:12 +0000 recombodna 68537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great idea. Should be no problem getting a polwarth run together we are Edinburgh's 'Quartier velo' after all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68536 Thu, 03 May 2012 09:17:31 +0000 wingpig 68536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"Any volunteers to support rides from other parts of the city?<br /> Anyone got a spare bike if a councillor doesn't have one?"</em></blockquote><br /> The "spare bike you can use" thing will be going in my letter to whoever gets into Ward 13. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68534 Thu, 03 May 2012 09:08:57 +0000 minimoth 68534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds really good. I live in Ward 9 (I learnt this morning while voting ;) ). Will have to wait and see who our councillors are and then speak to them. 3.5 miles isn't too bad. </p> <p>How could we get other wards to do the same? Any volunteers to support rides from other parts of the city?</p> <p>Anyone got a spare bike if a councillor doesn't have one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68360 Wed, 02 May 2012 11:29:10 +0000 chdot 68360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Combining wards and ride to Bike Brek sound good! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6371#post-68357 Wed, 02 May 2012 11:18:07 +0000 lionfish 68357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As suggested on <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6334" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6334</a></p> <p>These wards are roughly Slateford, Gorgie, Craiglockhart, Dalry, Stenhouse, Shandon, Sighthill, Broomhouse</p> <p>**Just ideas (feel free to change them!)**<br /> After the council elections, we'll contact all our councillors in these two wards next week, to organise a date for a cycle into town. I guess it makes sense to try to emulate a normal 'commute' as far as possible (so from the ward into the town centre.</p> <p>The route?<br /> from ~Gorgie road to the Spokes Bike Breakfast? on 20th June (I think).<br /> <a href="http://g.co/maps/ansnm" rel="nofollow">http://g.co/maps/ansnm</a> (about 3.5 miles, could start further up Gorgie road to shorten route, if necessary).</p> <p>All the other wards should do something similar and we'll all rendezvous at the bike breakfast! That'll give a bit of an incentive for the councillors (the potential for lots of good publicity with the cycle community, and so make them more likely to agree).</p> <p>Need to think of a list of particular "points of interest" - i.e. particular local issues on the route that are of most concern (particular bits of parking on bike lanes, or whatever)</p> <p>What do people think? Which route would you suggest? Should it be done separately for the two wards? Brain storm :)</p> <p>size of ride: I don't know how many of us are in these wards: More would show the councillors how we feel!(ironically lots of us would allow a feeling of safety in numbers and I'd like the councillors to get a taste of solo riding in Edinburgh too :P). </p>