http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: planning infrastructure - Recent Topics en Sun, 17 May 2026 06:42:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9410#post-98915 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:53:43 +0000 kaputnik 98915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've often struggled to put into words my utter frustration at the urban planner's obsession with building right-angles into every single piece of walking and cycling infrastructure possible. This diagram by my friend over at Copenhagenzine illustrates it perfectly;</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16nine/8415594735/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8415594735_30603b1b6f.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16nine/8415594735/">A Short History of Traffic Engineering</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/16nine/">Mikael Colville-Andersen</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>It also captures that the cycle/foot path only being as good as what it's connected to. </p>