http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Morrison St car parking no more en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:12:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12348#post-144692 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:12:29 +0000 kaputnik 144692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They could park in any of the many other half-empty pay-to-use NCP car parks in the centre of town?</p> <p>Greenside, Castle Street, St. James Centre, Royal Mile, St. John's Hill, Riego Street, Market Street, Quartermile, Semple Street...</p> <p>There's 4314 spaces in above sites (totalling up from Parkopedia website), so the loss of 450 spaces is a shocking 9% decrease in (private) parking capacity. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12348#post-144628 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 21:13:41 +0000 Morningsider 144628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting thought - where have all these cars gone? Unfortunately, the removal of the car parking is only temporary. According to the transport assessment for the development, there were 450 spaces in the old car park. The new development will have 381 car parking spaces (244 as a public car park). Add in service trips generated by the new development (deliveries, staff travel etc) and there may well be an overall increase in traffic in the area when it is all open.</p> <p>Details: <a href="http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/063081D16FFF2E12F04C9AD028A0F2D3/pdf/10_02373_FUL-TRANSPORT_ASSESSMENT-1061127.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/063081D16FFF2E12F04C9AD028A0F2D3/pdf/10_02373_FUL-TRANSPORT_ASSESSMENT-1061127.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12348#post-144619 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:06:11 +0000 Arellcat 144619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course, all of CCE's resident railway history enthusiasts will be familiar with the site of the former Caledonian Railway's Morrison St Goods and Mineral Yard, latterly the unkempt NCP for drivists.</p> <p>Today I have a cold and with my energy far below torpedo-propelling levels I took the long, winding and traffic-avoiding route home, taking in the Stenhouse-Balgreen path, Roseburn Park, Haymarket Yards, and Morrison Circus zigzag. It occurred to me that, now the NCP is gone and new development commencing, all that lovely car parking has disappeared.</p> <p>Was there an outcry from motorists about it? Is CEC duty-bound to provide for them elsewhere, or can it use this as a precedent for doing likewise elsewhere in the city and returning the land to the people (or at least, the rich hotel-developing people)? </p>