http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Sciennes Cycle to School Day" en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:13:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=3#post-290062 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 22:13:34 +0000 the canuck 290062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i wondered what i was seeing this morning! the first lot all seemed to be walking their bikes up the pavement, and i wondered why they didn't just use the cycle lane as there were so many of them (i can completely understand parents who aren't confident to have their small wobbly ones on the road)</p> <p>the second lot (on Mayfield Road) were a beautiful big bunch. possibly a little annoying for the drivers moving very slowly behind them, but i didn't hear any horns or shouting. i love the idea of them all being out every morning, i have this overly optimistic idea that if there were lots of them every morning, drivers might get used to being careful! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290025 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:05:22 +0000 wingpig 290025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers, @Roibeard.</p> <p>@Murun Please wind your attitude back a little. I'm reporting on behalf of someone else.<br /> This forum contains plenty of mentions of where 'we' (cyclists) have provided direct feedback to motor vehicle operators, other cyclists or pedestrians/dog operators when they endangered us or acted thoughtlessly/carelessly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290024 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:05:04 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 290024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wingpig, does your colleague provide "direct feedback" to drivists when they can't immediately cross a road? Or to pavement parkers? Just wondering. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290021 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:44:49 +0000 Roibeard 290021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig - noted and I've passed this on. Do thank your colleague for the suggested alternative route - I appreciate fresh eyes on problems.</p> <p>The ride uses the road, not the footway, so I'm not sure what can be done about parents coincidentally using the footway - encourage them to join the ride, I suppose!</p> <p>However, I can speak a bit more for the route, being one of the folk that designed it.</p> <p>Regarding Sciennes House Place, this is part of the risk assessed route, and contingency for oncoming vehicles is included within that. Drivers are encouraged to wait at a wider section as the ride passes, rather than proceed forward - the children aren't all confident or wobble free, so I'd be concerned for a driver's paintwork in the narrower sections.</p> <p>Today I was part of the second batch and let an exiting driver clear the road prior to entering, I understand the first batch did meet a driver too, but that the driver was happy when pulling out of the junction.</p> <p>Unfortunately, although Sciennes House Place is closed to through traffic, it is frequently filled by illegally parked vehicles (particularly at the bollard end), so isn't a reliable alternative. It's also half as wide as Sciennes Place (at both the narrowest and widest ends) and involves another set of traffic signals which tend to chop up the ride, potentially unpredictably. Worse still, there's a right turning lane to West Preston Street which would encourage drivers to travel close to, and parallel to, the ride at the approach to the traffic signals.</p> <p>Various other alternative routes were considered through Newington, however this remains the safest and most controllable option. Should new road layouts or appropriate cycle infrastructure be provided (i.e. for the volume of cyclists!), I'm sure the route will be reviewed.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290020 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:29:23 +0000 neddie 290020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>child got shouted at very aggressively</em></p> <p>I despair for this country.</p> <p>Are we now a country full of red-faced gammons shouting at children and other people who seem a bit different? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290019 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:25:03 +0000 piosad 290019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Feedback from a colleague of mine who took part (and used the opportunity to cycle to work for the first time themselves) was that while they were waiting to join the group, them in the bike lane, child in the lane with one wheel on the pavement, child got shouted at very aggressively by someone passing to get off. Which I take to support @neddie's point, really. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290015 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:13:32 +0000 neddie 290015@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps they should have all been in cars and parked / driving along the footways instead?</p> <p>Or how's about the person 'feeding back' the following: "There's not enough space for all the latent demand to cycle to school, let's make some safe space for them" ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290014 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:01:54 +0000 wingpig 290014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The person feeding back was walking to work on the footway, but found their passage hampered and observed others having difficulty. They provided some direct feedback to participants but seemed to get a "but it's cycle to school day" sort of reply. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290010 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:42:06 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 290010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds like the person feeding back was on the ride. Can they not feed back directly? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-290008 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:24:58 +0000 wingpig 290008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Feedback from a colleague: today, there were kids on the footway and adults on the footway accompanying them. Footways were being blocked at junctions, with some elderly footway-users in particular struggling to cross safely. The group were apparently taken up Sciennes House Place, which is through a valid cycle contraflow but an unsegregated one on a very narrow road which happened to be into the path of an oncoming car, with the person at the head of the ride taking the corner very widely - Sciennes Place further on is not open to motor traffic and is a lot wider. Anyone on here on the parent council or know any of the organisers who can feed this back to them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214777 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:09:50 +0000 sallyhinch 214777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice plug for POP here <a href="http://stv.tv/news/east-central/1346933-up-to-a-hundred-to-take-part-in-schools-cycling-event/" rel="nofollow">http://stv.tv/news/east-central/1346933-up-to-a-hundred-to-take-part-in-schools-cycling-event/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214686 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:43:56 +0000 chdot 214686@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It's always wonderful to see these pictures."</p> <p><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/19473027@N00/sets/72157663738228004" rel="nofollow">https://flickr.com/photos/19473027@N00/sets/72157663738228004</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214682 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:33:58 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 214682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>What a place we live in where kids cycling to school is considered newsworthy. </p> <p>Not meant in any way as a slur on the Sciennes event which I think is great.</em>"</p> <p>x 2 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214681 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:25:46 +0000 cc 214681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's always wonderful to see these pictures.</p> <p>I must have just missed the ride: that photographer was packing up and going away when I passed this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214679 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:17:10 +0000 weezee 214679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was quite an impressive number by the end. Sorry we didn't participate with photos at school: once we arrive at any destination it's impossible to keep kids kettled in the big bike for long. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214672 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:13:05 +0000 chdot 214672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The notion was partly as a 'we're getting ready for PoP' (there will be a feeder ride from the school) but don't know if that'll get mentioned. </p> <p>STV were a couple of streets 'early' about 1/2 of people join just after. </p> <p>Almost 100 people at the school - not bad considering the dreich. </p> <p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1495/25249358793_33fa74f23c.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214669 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:33:30 +0000 Stickman 214669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What a place we live in where kids cycling to school is considered newsworthy. </p> <p>Not meant in any way as a slur on the Sciennes event which I think is great. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214666 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:49:51 +0000 chdot 214666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>STV due to appear too! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-214451 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:34:48 +0000 chdot 214451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This Friday again.</p> <p>8:15 at KB (West Mains Road/Mayfield Road junction).</p> <p>All welcome, ride takes about 15 mins. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-186862 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 08:29:52 +0000 chdot 186862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The programme for the 2015 Edinburgh Festival of Cycling was officially unveiled by Commonwealth Games double silver medallist Louise Haston and Scottish elite mountain biker Kerry MacPhee alongside 150 pupils from Sciennes Primary School.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/bloggers/cycle-pathic-programme-for-the-2015-edinburgh-festival-of-cycling-unveiled.1429873827" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/bloggers/cycle-pathic-programme-for-the-2015-edinburgh-festival-of-cycling-unveiled.1429873827</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-186844 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:13:01 +0000 LaidBack 186844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's brilliant. Huge variety of ages. A 'civil disobedience' level of cycling but with a real purpose. The QBC was never intended for such levels of use!. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-186831 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:48:00 +0000 chdot 186831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And now the movie -</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILRHVm1bDs8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILRHVm1bDs8</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-186770 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:54:49 +0000 chdot 186770@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>First 'monthly' ride of 2015. Picked up about 140 by the time it got to school -</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/s12fpG"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7639/17065519550_64be245483.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-155555 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:47:43 +0000 chdot 155555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some pix</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/sets/72157645005770373" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/sets/72157645005770373</a></p> <p>Last ride of term June 20th, 8:15 @ KB. </p> <p>All welcome. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-155285 Thu, 29 May 2014 22:16:09 +0000 chdot 155285@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tomorrow again -</p> <p>Leaving KB 8:15, picking up all along QBC. </p> <p>All welcome. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-150374 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:54:47 +0000 DaveC 150374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This looks fab!! I'd love to join you guys one day. :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-150372 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:35:07 +0000 chdot 150372@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/sets/72157644290667671">More photos</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-150251 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:21:31 +0000 chdot 150251@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/14004902264/"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5012/14004902264_4ae7150dc0.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-149910 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:57:14 +0000 chdot 149910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This Friday again. </p> <p>8:15 at KB (West Mains Road/Mayfield Road junction). </p> <p>All welcome, ride takes about 15 mins. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10007&page=2#post-146964 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:32:49 +0000 LaidBack 146964@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes... if this is the turn out with a 'less than quality' route then imagine what it would be like if cycling was safe and easy! </p>