http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Spokes canal discussion document" en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:50:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152820 Fri, 09 May 2014 22:19:47 +0000 Dave 152820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, I read it. Lots of "enforcement to stop anyone ever parking on this proposed bit of paint" (just like QBC?) or "ideally segregated" (aspirational to the point of hopelessness?)</p> <p>As I say, if somehow a Dutch-class facility was built, great, and surely we should ask for it. But even the comparatively tiny problem of connecting the Innocent to the Meadows is noteworthy for not removing more than a couple of parking spaces. A segregated route for several miles, knocking out hundreds of parking spaces? People can't even stop themselves parking on the double yellows *on* the roundabout at Polwarth, so I'll believe it when I see it...</p> <p>@chdot, agreed on the minimum width of the canal, but there are some bridges which have obviously reduced the width of the canal in favour of the general public (at the eastern end) and many further out where the canal is at least twice as wide as required. It wouldn't be hard to fix, except politically. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152784 Fri, 09 May 2014 19:32:45 +0000 crowriver 152784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Dave, have you read the report? I suggest you do so, as the recommendations are more sensible than your criticism suggests. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152769 Fri, 09 May 2014 18:15:19 +0000 chdot 152769@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"They'd be better off spending a relatively tiny amount of money just actually improving the canal, by widening / aligning the towpath under bridges etc."</p> <p>Probably. </p> <p>There are two problems -</p> <p>'Historic monument status' which inhibits/restricts/prevents a lot of improvements. </p> <p>There is a limit to how much towpath can be widened under bridges because of boats!</p> <p><em>However</em> it <em>ought</em> to be <em>possible</em> to have 'boardwalks' ahead of some bridges to produce a new bit of path with better sightlines. </p> <p>Mirrors too. </p> <p>BUT, of course, that <em>might</em> make 'speeding issues' worse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152766 Fri, 09 May 2014 17:38:32 +0000 Dave 152766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Building a new NEPN / painted car park facility vaguely parallel to the canal isn't going to divert a significant number of current canal users off it, IMO. </p> <p>Obviously a Dutch-class facility would work, but there's zero chance of the council building it, since they weren't even willing to do so on Leith Walk.</p> <p>They'd be better off spending a relatively tiny amount of money just actually improving the canal, by widening / aligning the towpath under bridges etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152748 Fri, 09 May 2014 14:12:39 +0000 AKen 152748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting article but ruined by whatever idiot decided to put a 'bikes versus walkers war' headline on it. Jornalists who come up with needlessly inflammatory headlines should be dragged out and shot - in a 'AKen versus journalists war' stylee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152721 Fri, 09 May 2014 12:46:29 +0000 chdot 152721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/bid-to-end-bikes-versus-walkers-war-1-3404744" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/bid-to-end-bikes-versus-walkers-war-1-3404744</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12758#post-152071 Tue, 06 May 2014 10:25:52 +0000 chdot 152071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The canal and its towpath are succeeding in attracting more and more users. How can the pressures be accommodated?…</p> <p>The towpath is already busy, but in the next few years its use will grow even more…</p> <p>• The new Boroughmuir school will be adjacent to the towpath<br /> • The vacant brewery sites are already being redeveloped with flats, shops, etc – and much more is on the way<br /> • New accesses to the towpath are being opened up – recently for example by the new student flats at Gibson Terrace<br /> • The Council is planning a much-improved link to the canal (and to south Edinburgh) from the North Edinburgh network, probably via Telfer Subway</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/05/spokes-canal-discussion-document" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/05/spokes-canal-discussion-document</a> </p>