http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Council wants greener policies to reduce pollution" en Fri, 22 May 2026 07:51:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141887 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:08:54 +0000 Calum 141887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Long lengths of guardrail on shopping streets are to be ditched as they’re seen as a nuisance to shoppers."</p> <p>Rip it all out! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141871 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:38:46 +0000 crowriver 141871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Right...</p> <p>So the key initiatives are:</em></p> <p>That's according the EEN of course. What they call 'highlights'. If you have read the transport strategy there's a lot there that the article barely mentions, including cycling initiatives, 20mph zones, etc. (Though in fairness some of the quotes further down the page note these in passing). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141856 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:24:07 +0000 Morningsider 141856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's great that the Council are investing 6% of the transport budget in cycling, but I don't think you can claim 6% is a significant proportion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141851 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:09:29 +0000 neddie 141851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right...</p> <p>So the <strong>key </strong>initiatives are:<br /> <ul><li>encouraging more council workers to work from home</li><li>electric car charging points</li></ul></p> <p>It's as if <em>only </em>council workers work in Edinburgh!</p> <p>Other (<strong>minor</strong>) initiatives are...<br /> <ul><li>installing more pedestrian crossings</li></ul></p> <p>We don't need <em>more </em>pedestrian crossings to coral pedestrians across 7 lanes of traffic in hops of 2 lanes at a time e.g Brougham St to Earl Grey St. What we need is to eliminate the need for such crossings, by reducing the traffic lanes to 1 in each direction, with motorised traffic treated as the guest, rather than the pedestrians. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141847 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:53:48 +0000 tammytroot 141847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boo, no comments - yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141845 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:49:35 +0000 kaputnik 141845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is the same Edinburgh Council whose traffic engineers and planners try and MAXIMISE the flow of polluting motor vehicles in an effort to REDUCE pollution, through the twisted logic that they pollute more if they aren't moving qute as fast, right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12165#post-141838 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:11:04 +0000 chdot 141838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>City transport and environment convener Lesley Hinds, said Edinburgh is part of a pan-European push for better air quality.</p> <p>She added: “We’re making it even easier to swap your commute-by-car for cycling or walking thanks to our continued and much-praised commitment to invest a significant proportion of our transport budget towards active travel improvements. This will certainly have a further positive impact on air quality.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/council-wants-greener-policies-to-reduce-pollution-1-3294781" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/council-wants-greener-policies-to-reduce-pollution-1-3294781</a> </p>