http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "City pledges £1.2m for cycling infrastructure" en Mon, 18 May 2026 15:27:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156505 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:09:15 +0000 algo 156505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>very well written SRD... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156500 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:50:50 +0000 chdot 156500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah good!</p> <p>Hope you weren't misquoted...</p> <p>"Edinburgh’s new cycle-funding is a win-win scenario, not just for “cyclists”, but it needs to be well-implemented to bring real benefits for all."</p> <p>Except perhaps people who comment on EN stories (haven't looked!)</p> <p>"Well implemented" -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12646" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12646</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156488 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:30:34 +0000 Morningsider 156488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD - nice one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156485 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:18:38 +0000 SRD 156485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/sara-dorman-make-most-of-cycling-funding-1-3438647" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/sara-dorman-make-most-of-cycling-funding-1-3438647</a></p> <p>I really shouldn't have claimed expertise in signage etc - that's you guys more than me. But was trying hard to write in the first person.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156406 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:56:38 +0000 crowriver 156406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In my limited experience, journalists do this all the time. I now think that they (subconsciously presumably) <em>believe</em> that you said (or meant) what they wrote rather than what you actually said. I mean, in the past I have been misquoted from an e-mail reply! As Americans say, go figure... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156402 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:43:16 +0000 kaputnik 156402@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Evening Chipwrapper in MAKING UP WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY shocker.</p> <p>Wouldn't be the first time, I wouldn't speak to them again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156398 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:56:47 +0000 SRD 156398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the fix isn't much better. but the point is obviously too subtle to convey in a newspaper. </p> <p>will have to resort to only giving written replies to journos </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156394 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:45:14 +0000 acsimpson 156394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>“Take for instance the type of tactile surfacing introduced by the council in the Meadows recently, or the introduction of chicanes which only create conflict between cyclists and walkers.”</em></p> <p>Better, but I'm guessing it's still a misquote. The comments are still there but now don't appear to make much sense. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156393 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:37:36 +0000 cb 156393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"update: just been told they're fixing it."</p> <p>A few of the comments picked up on the misquote and are basically saying that you hate all blind people. Do you think the EEN would remove those comments too? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156390 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:20:57 +0000 SRD 156390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did not say that and have been on the phone asking them to correct it.</p> <p>update: just been told they're fixing it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156387 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:14:41 +0000 twq 156387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD they did make it sound like you want to remove facilities for blind people. I doubt this was what you said/meant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156384 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:10:54 +0000 threefromleith 156384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just post a reply in the comments. If you wait for the EEN to correct their nonsense you'll be waiting for a long time! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156380 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:03:45 +0000 chdot 156380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"There's no excuse for them not to in an online format."</p> <p>Except that EN online just tends to mirror the paper version. </p> <p>It's not the <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/06/alistair-darling-interview-salmond-behaving-kim-jong-il">New Statesman</a>...</p> <p>... inaudible mumble ... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156377 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:51:44 +0000 Stickman 156377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD - I'd ask for an immediate correction of your quote, with an acknowledgment of their error. There's no excuse for them not to in an online format. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156375 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:39:06 +0000 chdot 156375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think he misquoted you correctly then!</p> <p>(In a cycling/chicanes context at least.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156372 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:22:02 +0000 SRD 156372@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I will be pointing out to Mr O'leary that I was misquoted. </p> <p>I said that 'incorrect tactiles' were dreadful for cyclists, not tactiles on their own. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12953#post-156370 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:04:36 +0000 chdot 156370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't <em>think</em> there is anything new here -</p> <p>"</p> <p>MORE than £1.2 million will be ploughed into the Capital’s cycling infrastructure this year as plans are developed for a bike corridor cutting through the heart of the city.</p> <p> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/city-pledges-1-2m-for-cycling-infrastructure-1-3437647" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/city-pledges-1-2m-for-cycling-infrastructure-1-3437647</a></p> <p>I won't be reading the comments. </p>