http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Where the money goes (by council ward) en Mon, 18 May 2026 11:42:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140835 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:02:07 +0000 Snowy 140835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting about £34,600 for a Toucan crossing on Balgreen Road.</p> <p>Because the workman I spoke to said it was going to be a Pelican crossing.</p> <p>Hopefully he's wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140822 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:00:53 +0000 gembo 140822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes that do be them, like the pink one heavy duty for sign posts </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140819 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:27:13 +0000 crowriver 140819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the bolted on double diamond brackets that make fastening your bike easier<br /> </em></p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclehoop.com/products/cyclehoops/">Cyclehoops</a>?</p> <p>I like the ones for lamp posts and bollards... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140818 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:06:04 +0000 gembo 140818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better tho </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140811 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:33:59 +0000 wingpig 140811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo [ code ] tag it, which forces it to a fixed-width font.<br /> Meh. Doesn't keep whitespace, though.<br /> <code>...¦...</code><br /> <code>..d¦b..</code><br /> <code>...¦...</code></p> <p> <code>. .</code> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140808 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 11:04:17 +0000 gembo 140808@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Continuing the lights on the canal towpath to wester hailes is a good thing. a fair number of poles now have the bolted on double diamond brackets that make fastening your bike easier </p> <p> I<br /> d I b<br /> I</p> <p>Some more racks appearing around the place.</p> <p>Whilst not enough, I am just trying to accentuate the positive</p> <p>My attempt at a diagram looks ok when I have typed the spaces in the box but when actually posted it doesn't work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140807 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:27:50 +0000 crowriver 140807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So £1400 of cycling cash was spent on the stupid bloody gate chicanes on Crawford Bridge, which amounts to a fair chunk of the cycling spend in Leith Walk ward this year. </p> <p>This is a facility that actually discourages cycling*. I don't remember seeing anything in CAPS about investing in these type of 'improvements'.</p> <p>So I'm not going to congratulate the council for this. </p> <p>*- I xame off trying to negotiate one of the gates last week (uphill, heavy panniers). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140803 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:49:23 +0000 chdot 140803@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IF you want to write to them to say that you are glad that CEC is spending money in your/their ward you might as well send an email to them all. </p> <p>You may or may not just want to send to one (or more) for personal or party reasons. </p> <p>If there is an issue on your commute the same applies. Some councillors take the attitude that 'you are not one of my constituents so I can't help you'. </p> <p>You could also write to one or more councillors on the Transport committee. </p> <p>Boss Lesley H, 'responsible for cycling' Jim O. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140802 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:31:54 +0000 Charterhall 140802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I found the whole councillor ward thing totally confusing. Even if the issue was in the ward in which I live, with multiple councillors per ward I wouldn't know who to write to about it. And most of the time the issue is in another ward anyway. Advice please ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140757 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:20:19 +0000 chdot 140757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Though, thinking about it further as I type, is this past or future or both?"</p> <p>Current financial year (to April). </p> <p>So, done, about to be or perhaps running over to 'next year'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140755 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:12:46 +0000 fimm 140755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dunno about the "by ward" thing, but it is useful/interesting to see what they are proposing...?</p> <p>e.g. <em>"NCN1 - Golf course path: Widen, resurface and edge marking"</em> - if that is where I think it is, that's a useful improvement to the cycle route.</p> <p>Though, thinking about it further as I type, is this past or future or both? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140747 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:31:55 +0000 chdot 140747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Also is creating this sort of spreadsheet the best use of cycling officer time?"</p> <p>Suspect it wasn't done by cycling officer, also think CEC is already ITed up such that things <em>can</em> be split by ward by asking right questions. </p> <p>"Most wards are pretty small compared to most journeys, and on your trip to shops, work, cinema etc you are likely to pass through several wards."</p> <p>All true, but one 'problem' mentioned by some councillors is that other councillors aren't all in favour of 'spending on cycling'. </p> <p>This <em>may</em> be because they (simply) have parochial views. At least this shows what money is (or isn't) being spent in their area. </p> <p>SOME <em>might</em> decide it's 'a waste of money', but I would hope they <em>might</em> take a bit more interest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140741 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:14:25 +0000 DdF 140741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fascinating, yes. Useful, I'm not so sure.</p> <p>Most wards are pretty small compared to most journeys, and on your trip to shops, work, cinema etc you are likely to pass through several wards.</p> <p>I live in Linlithgow but would prefer cycling cash spent on a decent Princes St cycleroute than in my own ward [and that is in a different council, not just different ward!]</p> <p>I can see councillors arguing that, for equity, their ward should get more funding, even though the overall need and/or potential demand is much greater elsewhere.</p> <p>Also is creating this sort of spreadsheet the best use of cycling officer time? - though I imagine it was requested by a councillor so they had to do it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12099#post-140726 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:37:38 +0000 chdot 140726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fascinating <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wdrzw2mdl9m6b4/Cycle%20Capital%20Programme%20-%202013-14_By%20Ward_22-01-14.xls">spreadsheet</a> of expected capital expenditure (in the current financial year) on cycle infrastructure broken down by ward. </p> <p>Useful for councillors to know how their ward is benefiting (or not - SURELY there is some infrastructure improvement in Colinton/Fairmilehead ward??) from the council's cycle budget. </p> <p>Useful for people in those wards to tell their councillors that they welcome this investment - and perhaps suggest other things that need improving - and of course maintaining. </p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/councillors/search">Find your councillor by postcode</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12116151413/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/12116151413_c8cd56c65b.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12116520976/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/12116520976_462352cdcf.jpg"></a> </p>