http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: School run cars banned from streets in Haddington en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:05:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-142044 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 10:40:58 +0000 SRD 142044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>here in edinburgh, Council has agreed in principle to trial the 'school streets' concept, but will be guided by requests from parent councils in choosing pilot. seems a good blend of top-down and bottom-up to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-142041 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 10:29:07 +0000 Simon Parker 142041@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Ranty Highwayman discusses the school run <a href="http://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-school-run-well-walk-cycle-anyway.html">here</a>.</p> <p>He concludes: "Officers can make suggestions until they are blue in the face - it needs local people to step up and demand change from their elected representatives and remind them who their current and future voters are!" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141761 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:46:35 +0000 Simon Parker 141761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hadn't seen it before - it looks like it's worth reading. Now, where did I put my pipe? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141758 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:40:57 +0000 chdot 141758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"As a result, 60% of the journeys made by schoolchildren are by bicycle."</p> <p>@Simon do you know about this report?</p> <p><a href="http://www.cancer.dk/fagfolk/forebyggelse/fysisk+aktivitet/cykling+og+sundhed/Healthy+and+bicycle-friendly+school+roads" rel="nofollow">http://www.cancer.dk/fagfolk/forebyggelse/fysisk+aktivitet/cykling+og+sundhed/Healthy+and+bicycle-friendly+school+roads</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141755 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:31:56 +0000 Simon Parker 141755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“According to his or her physical aptitudes, balance, agility, rapidity of reflexes and clarity of perception, the adult cyclist will instinctively choose his or her routes […]. Cyclists must therefore be enabled to circulate everywhere, on both secondary roads and major routes.</p> <p>“Children are a different category. Less capable than adults of choosing their itinerary according to their skills, they need guidance and various facilities all along their route. Routes leading to schools merit particular attention, therefore (and parents and schoolchildren are, moreover, very good at advising on possible improvements).</p> <p>“In the town of Courtrai (Belgium), the town council is paying special attention to these routes and has not hesitated to take special measures during peak traffic times regarding school routes (some streets are closed to traffic in one direction, policemen are on duty at hazardous crossroads where there are no special facilities provided). As a result, 60% of the journeys made by schoolchildren are by bicycle.”</p> <p>(<em>Cycling: the way ahead</em>) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141744 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:00:30 +0000 Cyclingmollie 141744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Unless Haddington only has one street, banning parking in one must displace traffic into several others. Perhaps it's taking drivers a while to find the pedestrian cut-throughs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141741 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:56:03 +0000 Stickman 141741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Mum-of-one Megan Dunlop, 24, whose three-year-old Riley attends Haddington Nursery, agreed it improved safety but said it had simply shifted the congestion elsewhere. She said: “It is a lot better but we could do with more parking. The streets around it are heaving and I’m having to come five to ten minutes earlier to find somewhere to park. It’s definitely safer for the wee ones which is the main thing.”"</em></p> <p>I'm making no comment...... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141732 Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:49:53 +0000 chdot 141732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/school-car-ban-helps-beat-parking-woes-1-3293465" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/school-car-ban-helps-beat-parking-woes-1-3293465</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141065 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:18:30 +0000 KeepPedalling 141065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep all schools should be remodelled to provide that McDonalds/Krispy Kreme drive through experience! Jeezo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141063 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:49:43 +0000 recombodna 141063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Motoring journalist Allan Douglas actually said on the radio yesterday that we shouldn't be blaming people in cars but blaming the schools for being in the wrong place....... And people agreed with him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141028 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:49:49 +0000 MeepMeep 141028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Even though I have no children myself, I am pleased about this move and think that this is an excellent step in the right direction for supporting more active travel.</p> <p>The cynic in me, however, believes that those 'renegade' drivers will not care about transferring their behaviour to the nearest available streets, no matter whether these are main roads or not. Their god-given right to drive everywhere and park closest to their destination <em>obviously</em> supercedes any child-boosting initiatives being bravely pushed by local schools.</p> <p>My mother-in-law is a teacher and she says the children who have had some form of exercise in coming to school are by far more settled, ready to learn, and less restless and troublesome than those who roll out of cars (and don't get her started on the ones who haven't had breakfast and are bundled off to school with no coat). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141025 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:40:34 +0000 Darkerside 141025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Scooting is a superb word. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141018 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:54:33 +0000 Smudge 141018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw this on the news at ten and it seems very sensible, hope it's adopted countrywide.<br /> I assume they're only closing cul de sacs and minor back streets from the pictures, what is the plan for schools on main roads I wonder.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141007 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:59:25 +0000 SRD 141007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As some of you will know, our council has also approved this as an option. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-141005 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 20:49:17 +0000 kaputnik 141005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Neil "the sage" Greig tweeted that he's been asked for his opinion about this, as is now mandatory on anything involving wheels or tarmac. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-140999 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:33:53 +0000 chdot 140999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On BBC1 shortly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-140996 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:30:29 +0000 Calum 140996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The fact that they're actually trying to tackle the root problem - too many cars around schools - is very encouraging. It would be so easy for them to give the kids reflective armbands and all the rest of it, or get them to make a poster begging lawless drivers to behave themselves, which are the kinds of things you usually see. I really hope this is enforced and that it spreads across the country. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12111#post-140946 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:46:14 +0000 LaidBack 140946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25913984" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-25913984</a></p> <p>Been debated a bit this morning. The local council have tried to dissuade car use on the cul-de-sacs leading to these schools before.</p> <p>From what I hear parents go on board for a while but often revert when they see that 'others' still do it.</p> <p>Cycling and scooting was mentioned. Walking is what they really want initially maybe.<br /> Unless they put up bollards on the roads (and pavements) then results will be mixed I fear. Local residents still have to get in too.... </p>