http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: traffic lights - Recent Topics en Sun, 31 May 2026 07:47:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19317#post-296969 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:33:42 +0000 prog99 296969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it my imagination yesterday or are there now advanced green cycle lights on this? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17631#post-247299 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:07:52 +0000 lorlane 247299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This light, exiting H C onto Gorgie Rd/Balgreen, shows green at the same time as traffic coming up from Balgreen Road.<br /> The first time I got a bit of a fright and thought maybe I was too slow in completing the crossing when I saw the traffic bear down on me, but today I looked back and there is an overlap where both signals are green.<br /> I've reported it (Clarence). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11087#post-124201 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:40:39 +0000 kaputnik 124201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was queuing at traffic lights the other day, in middle of an ASL. I suddenly realised that although the traffic lights were visible to me, I could hardly see which light was illuminated.</p> <p>Then I read this evening that there are modern traffic lights which are deliberately designed not to be visible at wider angles so that only the intended lane can see it. It was one of the modern-type signals, with the matrix lens (rather than the curved glass one of old) Now this is all well and good if you are back a bit, in a higher vehicle or are approaching the light from a distance. But completely useless if you're placed on a bike where you can't really make out the signal.</p> <p>I'm now struggling to remember where this was as I commented to my riding companion at the time that the junction design was poor as there was no repeater lights on the far side of the junction and it was very hard to see the changing signal.</p> <p>Anyone else noticed lights like these? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11066#post-123978 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:40:04 +0000 cc 123978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Several sets of traffic lights on the Quality Bike Corridor are currently dark:</p> <p>Mayfield Road at West Mayfield / Fountainhall Road</p> <p>Causewayside at Grange Road</p> <p>Crossing of Buccleuch Street</p> <p>The ones at the big junction at the Meadows were working when I went through a few minutes ago, thankfully. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10359#post-112967 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:56:24 +0000 cc 112967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of people walking obliviously up and down the MMW cycle path today. Most moved out of the way when I gave them a bell ring and a thank you. By the time I was at the top and heading onto Forrest Road (here's a <a href="http://opencyclemap.org/?zoom=18&amp;lat=55.94533&amp;lon=-3.19086&amp;layers=B000">handy map</a>) I was fed up enough of the thank yous to be quite irritated when the driver of a blue van, maddened by my entering the road during his green light, did mad slalom overtaking manoeovres and yelled at me about green lights. I gave him both barrels back, full lung power. In that sort of situation there isn't time for much of a reasoned argument so I just yelled I HAD A GREEN LIGHT and added a banned word.</p> <p>But really, he was right to object, why on earth should traffic coming from two different directions both get green lights at the same time? Completely crazy and dangerous as anything. I mean, I know that the idiot who designed the junction must have assumed that all bicycles would go into the bicycle lane, but (a) that's only any good if you're heading straight on at the end of Forrest Road, (b) the cycle lane is usually lost underneath parked vans and cars, (c) even if you make it as far as the bus stop you'll get squashed by a bus. </p> <p>I go Middle Meadow Walk -&gt; Forrest Road -&gt; Bristo Place -&gt; Bristo Square. For safety's sake I reckon I have to change to one of these alternatives to that green light. Which one would people recommend?</p> <p> - going through the red light at the top of MMW instead of the green (as long as I avoid the traffic coming from Lauriston Place to Forrest Road and the traffic going straight from Teviot Place to Lauriston Place). Most of the pedestrians there cross towards Forrest Road on the red man and quite a few of them walk straight across the cycle path to do so. I could go at the same time as them (and most of the other cyclists).</p> <p> - turning right at the top of MMW and cycling along the pavement at the side of Teviot Place - which will lead to just as many arguments</p> <p> - turning right lower down MMW and cycling through George Square - which will lead to me losing all my fillings and my bike falling to bits clown style</p> <p> - Ditto George Square, only cycling on the pavement, which will lead to me being pushed onto the road (this happened when I tried it).</p> <p>I try to be careful to obey the law but here I can't see a reasonable alternative to cycling through the red light at the top of MMW? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6607#post-70973 Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:30 +0000 559 70973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can see where the writer is coming from, but not sure how this would work in our current roads culture, especially re pedestrians, cyclists etc</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18072259" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18072259</a> </p>