http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A Vision for the West Approach Road en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:18:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154462 Fri, 23 May 2014 12:12:18 +0000 I were right about that saddle 154462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah...one of the most delightful city cyling experiences I've ever had was due to a navigational error in Gorgie. I tried to go through some waste ground and up a bank, only to find myself confronted with a gravel-filled, tree-lined canal. My head swam for a moment before I realised it was in fact the West Approach road which had been closed for resurfacing. Much nicer without tarmac or cars on it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154452 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:51:33 +0000 Stickman 154452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Hamburg plans look pgreat. They are such a contrast to the designs from the 50s and 60s which had the huge sweeping grey concrete motorways cutting through everything in their path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154451 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:43:42 +0000 twq 154451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh lovely.<br /> I've spent some time looking at maps of central Edinburgh, and wondering which roads could be closed to motor traffic, or made one way with contra-flow cycle lanes. Can't find many obvious choices, but West Approach Road is ideal! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154447 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:23:38 +0000 kaputnik 154447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See also <a href="http://inhabitat.com/hamburg-is-building-a-giant-green-roof-cover-over-sections-of-the-a7-motorway/">what Hamburg are up to</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154443 Fri, 23 May 2014 10:10:11 +0000 cc 154443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Superb. I'd love this.<br /> And imagine it leading into a de-roaded Lothian Road, a generously sized park or city square for strolling, cycling, sitting by the fountains and trees. It'd be wonderful.</p> <p>*weep* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12853#post-154403 Thu, 22 May 2014 23:59:05 +0000 kaputnik 154403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/14060989480/"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2919/14060989480_a7e8726538.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/14060989480/">Midtown Greenway, looking east from Aldrich overpass, Minneapolis.</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/urbanadventureleaguepdx/">urbanadventureleaguepdx</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>How about something more useful than that short stretch of nowhere-to-nowhere urban motorway that shaves a few seconds off a small number of journeys (only to end them right back onto single carriageway urban and residential roads)?</p> <p>(Bus and/or tram could run along the dust to the right of the fence?) </p>