http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: tram - Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:38:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-344949 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:06:40 +0000 jonty 344949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My take is a bit more optimistic than that. They've had a clear choice between inconveniencing cyclists/pedestrians and inconveniencing motorists, and chosen the latter. That's positive.</p> <p>The conclusion from modelling is really just stating the obvious for me - paring down major junctions to just the movements that buses need simplifies things, makes it easier to maximise green time for bikes/pedestrians and prevents snarl-ups which can block trams/buses/crossings. It also makes walking/cycling the more intuitive and convenient choice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-344901 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:34:11 +0000 neddie 344901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Traffic modelling has been undertaken...</blockquote></p> <p>Yeah, stop traffic modelling. Just stop it already. You get what you design for.</p> <p>The left-turn ban is all about "flow". What a surprise! </p> <p>They still don't get it, do they?</p> <p>&lt;sigh&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-344896 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:07:24 +0000 jonty 344896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s30795/Item%207.9%20-%20TtN%20Statutory%20Procedures%20for%20TRO.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s30795/Item%207.9%20-%20TtN%20Statutory%20Procedures%20for%20TRO.pdf</a></p> <p>Left turn off Leith Walk into London Road/right turn out of London Road onto Leith Walk will be banned (for motor traffic) to ensure a long full-width green phase for bikes and pedestrians, I suppose similar to Lothian Road.<br /> Good! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-335809 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:56:17 +0000 davecykl 335809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The tramline to Newhaven is now to be truncated even further east yet again (just west of Hawthornvale), now barely serving Newhaven or the supermarket.</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/TramstoNewhaven/status/1293899102799966209?p=p" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/TramstoNewhaven/status/1293899102799966209?p=p</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/258/lindsay-road-july-2020-pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/258/lindsay-road-july-2020-pdf</a></p> <p>If the stop gets moved any further east again, it’ll need to be renamed Leith Fort!</p> <p>The original location in the 2007 plans right next to the Sandpiper Rd junction was the most suitable, giving good access to the supermarket.</p> <p>Planning permission should never have been later granted for the flats hard up against the known tram route. The original stop site would not have been a problem otherwise. </p> <p>Also, building new landscaping works across the line of route at the end may also make future extension to Granton harder and so less likely? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-332396 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:43:02 +0000 CycleAlex 332396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In roughly 548 days there should be some new tram tracks and cycle lanes here!<br /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/S6qQBv3.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-331889 Sat, 13 Jun 2020 03:39:15 +0000 CycleAlex 331889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Main works restarting on Lindsay Road, Melrose Drive and Constitution Street from 15/06.</p> <p>Traffic management going in on Leith Walk from 19/06 with work starting 22/06.</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/51/main-construction-on-trams-to-newhaven-project-to-re-start" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/51/main-construction-on-trams-to-newhaven-project-to-re-start</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-331534 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:44:33 +0000 CycleAlex 331534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some more details on the cycle lane: <blockquote><a href="http://www.ntbcc.org.uk/community-councils-together-on-trams-trams-team-meeting-30-april-2020/">RL: cycle lanes will be ready one month later (after re-opening of the works?) There will be continuous cycle provision but current ones are taking up too much space on the pavement. HT not happy with width (3m) of proposed interim cycleway and (2m) footpath.</a></blockquote> I'd imagine it will go down to 2.5m to allow a wider pavement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-330919 Fri, 29 May 2020 13:06:04 +0000 CycleAlex 330919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Site preparation getting back underway on Monday: <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/50/construction-site-preparation-works-to-trams-to-newhaven-project-to-start" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/50/construction-site-preparation-works-to-trams-to-newhaven-project-to-start</a></p> <p>Leith Walk likely to close fairly soon after they're given approval to go to full construction which should in turn provide a segregated route down most of the Walk. Probably a bit rubbish, but better than the present. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-325834 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:11:52 +0000 toomanybikes 325834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Darn. Coming out of this with new infrastructure would have been cool. Ideal time to shut all the roads really </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-325830 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:35:08 +0000 CycleAlex 325830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tram work suspended, Leith Walk won't shut northbound as planned this weekend. All other closures and traffic management will remain.</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/46/trams-to-newhaven-construction-update---25-march-2020" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/news/article/46/trams-to-newhaven-construction-update---25-march-2020</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-325489 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:25:23 +0000 CycleAlex 325489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They’ve painted over the double reds on Leith Walk with double yellows which I thought was rather odd. Stricter rules surely more useful given the single lane from Saturday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-324236 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:11:54 +0000 davecykl 324236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope that's just a temporary "feature" for the duration of the tramway construction works, while the road is reduced to only one lane in total, and not something permanent, but it's certainly far from desirable from the perspective of people walking. At the very least it needs some sort of additional signs to encourage considerate and slow cycling, and to respect pedestrian priority. (It probably also doesn't bode well for the standard of what we'll get once the longer duration Leith Walk construction works are underway?)</p> <p>We probably need to keep a longer term watching eye here, as the road width here will be permanently narrowed as the tramway will take up around 1 lane (possibly slightly more) of the current width, and all the plans only seem to show vague "cycling arrangements to be finalised" sketchery, which very much suggests a high likelihood of bikes being squeezed out of the final roadspace layout here, Haymarket-stylee... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-324215 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:40:07 +0000 neddie 324215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the pavement on the south side of Lindsay Road has been made shared use</em></p> <p>I suppose that's to connect the path network to Victoria Primary School?</p> <p>Still terrible though - having bikes run right past a load of blind gates to houses. Why can't they do things properly? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-324210 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:22:35 +0000 Tulyar 324210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why wasn't the hatched area &amp; parking bays used? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-324113 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 14:58:04 +0000 CycleAlex 324113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Noticed that the pavement on the south side of Lindsay Road has been made shared use with some hilariously large signs: <img src="https://i.imgur.com/nekjl6u.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-323966 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:32:02 +0000 CycleAlex 323966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lindsay Road works start tomorrow - one way westbound with eastbound traffic going via Melrose drive: <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/223/newhaven-melrose-drive-traffic-management-plan" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/223/newhaven-melrose-drive-traffic-management-plan</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-323919 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:10:28 +0000 wingpig 323919@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Constitution St works will temporarily block Links Lane for two weeks from Monday 9th March...<br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2iASk8g"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49621338401_00c96d581a_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2iASk8g">IMG_20200304_185908890</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891&page=2#post-323360 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:25:04 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 323360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Stickman - I actually laughed out loud.</p> <p>Glad that's being done though - Probably 90% of the time I used that cycle lane, I had people walking up the cycle lane or walking out into it without looking. I remain zen in cases like that, since I can see how it's easy enough to do by accident, but I've seen at least one other cyclist being... less zen about it, as well as some pedestrians swearing at me for using my bell because they're walking in the bike lane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-323344 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:11:25 +0000 Stickman 323344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@CycleAlex - oh, like everyone said it should have been in the first place? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-323341 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:05:20 +0000 CycleAlex 323341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The cycle lane to nowhere.<br /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/URkpXiJ.jpg"></p> <p>From speaking to someone from SFN (main contractor), the initial plans were to keep the citybound cycle lane as is but it's since been decided to rebuild it grade separated from the pavement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-321353 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:35:47 +0000 CycleAlex 321353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Traffic management map is up for Ocean Drive outside Ocean Terminal: <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/206/ocean-drive-traffic-management-plan" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/downloads/file/206/ocean-drive-traffic-management-plan</a></p> <p>Looks like all the bus stops at Ocean Terminal are out of action which will be interesting.</p> <p>I assume the shared use bit won't be available as it specifically states "3.5 metre Running Lane Combined Vehicle/Cycle Route" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319851 Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:19:03 +0000 CycleAlex 319851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Segregated and on-road cycle lanes on Leith Walk are open again over Christmas. No construction till January. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319028 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:31:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 319028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was charmed to watch the orange plastic safety barriers being blown at me last night. Who is it that specced that lightweight Toytown kit for a country with ten windstorms every winter? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319021 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:57:47 +0000 CycleAlex 319021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If they don't spend the entire business support fund on that I will be deeply disappointed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319020 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:50:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 319020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>which will create a much safer space for cyclists during the main works</em></p> <p>Could only be less safe if they let a leopard loose. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319017 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:42:29 +0000 CycleAlex 319017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The works will benefit the cycling community in the longer term as they are vital to creating the south (city) bound running lane that is needed for the larger section from London Rd to Manderston street. This will allow for guaranteed cycling infrastructure to be accommodated in the longer duration temporary traffic management scheme from Spring 2020 which will create a much safer space for cyclists during the main works.</blockquote> From the T2N website - seems to imply there will be cycle provision during the Leith Walk works?</p> <p>@EdinburghCycleCam No worries! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319016 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:33:38 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 319016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only just spotted your last reply RE: <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/</a> - thanks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-319014 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:21:23 +0000 CycleAlex 319014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of the Trams to Newhaven cargo bikes <img src="https://i.imgur.com/jhZ4SqT.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-318161 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:03:18 +0000 CycleAlex 318161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At least in less than two years we should have segregated lanes all the way down the Walk!</p> <p>@EdinburghCycleCam If there’s any other issues with the traffic management it might be worth speaking to Trams to Newhaven directly rather than @edinhelp - they have live chat on <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/tramstonewhaven/</a> and are very responsive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19891#post-318160 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:46:30 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 318160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@CycleAlex - Thanks for the update! I was hoping they'd only "close" part of the cycle lane around those barriers, but in fairness the original plans do look like the whole lane is closed. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. </p>