http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION" en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:23:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-12765 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:19:47 +0000 spitfire 12765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik - oh they'll manage it, ther's some that wid caw Govan tae Partick emmagratin'!</p> <p>(and think that someone called Emma was being tortured with a cheese grater, unless they thought cheese was created already grated by some weird cow or magic factory) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-12763 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:17:14 +0000 recombodna 12763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brilliant! I hope no one turns up </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-12762 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:14:35 +0000 steveo 12762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm 'a callin you out pigrim....</p> <p>/bad John Wayne impression </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-12761 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:11:53 +0000 kaputnik 12761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They hardly count as "pilgrims" if they're pilgrimage is <strong>from</strong> glesca <strong>to</strong> glesca! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-12754 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:48:23 +0000 spitfire 12754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now Gleska folk are up in arms about being <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11228012">told to use public transport</a> when he visits </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11756 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:03:44 +0000 spytfyre 11756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LOL<br /> <a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/In-the-name-of-God.6493373.jp#5520542">Pope wants Tram moved</a><br /> You seriously have no idea how hard I am laughing about this. You cannot make this stuff up. This is a Festival Show if I ever saw one. "The Pope and the Tram"</p> <p>plus the comment:<br /> "could they not just get one of their priests to blow it up?" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11753 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:38:57 +0000 chdot 11753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Waterfront-regeneration-back-on-track.6493412.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Waterfront-regeneration-back-on-track.6493412.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11508 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:39:49 +0000 chdot 11508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I don't really understand the "(particularly waterfronts)" bit. "</p> <p>Yep.</p> <p>I think it's called 'justification for a conference'... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11507 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:38:17 +0000 cb 11507@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"In the last 100 years cities, (particularly waterfronts), have been defined by transportation decisions that were geared largely in favor of the car"</p> <p>I don't really understand the "(particularly waterfronts)" bit. Citation needed...<br /> If anything waterfronts are often a place where you /can't/ take a car. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11506 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:11:41 +0000 kaputnik 11506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Conincidently I was having a cycle around down at the waterfront with the camera last night and it's such a waste that so much of the waterfront is inaccessable, particularly due to empty building plots that are all fenced off, despte there being lovely unused roads running all the way around. Unlikely that it is that they're going to complete all the works down there in the very short term, they should open up at least the access roads to let people get down there, it's really rather pleasant on a nice evening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1259#post-11484 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:48:52 +0000 chdot 11484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>              </p> <p>"In the last 100 years cities, (particularly waterfronts), have been defined by transportation decisions that were geared largely in favor of the car. The result is a system of streets and highways that reinforce a design ethos that is more about seeing or viewing rather than participating in communities. However, we are now seeing a massive shift in cities throughout the world where people want to get back to the idea of place, connecting within communities, supporting local services, spending time in public spaces and being part of local communities rather than in disjointed, unconnected places with no local character.</p> <p>In this new vision, the automobile plays a secondary role to transit, bicycles and the pedestrian. Waterfronts are the key place in cities where these issues are enacted."</p> <p>From conference blurb -</p> <p><a href="http://www.amiando.com/waterfrontsynopsis.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.amiando.com/waterfrontsynopsis.html</a></p> <p>Of course Edinburgh has it's own 'waterfront' - and indeed Waterfront. </p> <p>Whether any attention has been (or will be) paid to such ideas (past the 'masterplan' 'vision') is another matter. </p>