http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Gardners Crescent en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:14:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-26752 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:48:11 +0000 wingpig 26752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there an EEN equivalent to that alleged thing you can use to read stuff on the Daily Mail without contributing to its advertising revenue? I assume the EEN habit of sticking the last sentence on a second page is solely to generate additional clickage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-26751 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:39:37 +0000 kaputnik 26751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Council-to-celebrate-new-traffic.6733704.jp">Council to celebrate new traffic lights</a>.</p> <p>CCE not invited it would seem...<br /> As ever don't waste your time reading the ill-informed EEN comments. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12412 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:29:42 +0000 druidh 12412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em><blockquote>Yeah that chicane is not wide at all</blockquote></em></p> <p>That's what the steps are for..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12379 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:40:27 +0000 steveo 12379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I go down Morrison Street becuase it avoids having to ride on the pavement when i leave the office on Semple Street but yeah great fun with taxis et al coming out of Grove street paying not a jot of attention. Might just push round the corner some days and go that way but knowing me i'll continue to fight with the taxi's. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12373 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:22:17 +0000 kaputnik 12373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can sympathise with why it's being done but have just realised what - for someone who heads west out of Fountainbridge then north down Grove Street - this is another set of blasted lights to contend with. If it weren't such a deathtrap (and also another 2 sets of lights to contend with) I'd go down Semple then west onto Morrison Street.</p> <p><strong>ANYTHING TO AVOID LIGHTS!</strong></p> <p>Imaptient? Moi? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12365 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:11 +0000 Arellcat 12365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I think the only reason I was aware of it was that it's on the Spokes map.</em></p> <p>Likewise. After checking out the building works on Morrison St, the map suggested I could get across to Fountainbridge, roughly where the bingo hall was, by cutting through Scottish Widows. That really didn't feel like a bona fide cycle route, yet there are indeed little blue signs here and there. Gardner's Crescent would have probably sufficed but I was in an exploratory mood that day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12355 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:11:18 +0000 spitfire 12355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah that chicane is not wide at all </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12352 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:52:09 +0000 PS 12352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a nice quiet route as a shortcut through some pretty traffic-heavy areas. It does feel like a secret though: I think the only reason I was aware of it was that it's on the Spokes map.</p> <p>I've never had a problem cycling along the pedestrianised bit at Exchange Crescent, but I do feel a bit out of order cycling across the SL bridge if there is anyone coming the other way - it's not the widest bridge in the world, so in those circs I get off and push. The chicane at the end of it tends to encourage me to dismount as well... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12350 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:42:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 12350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've walked that way loads of times, and seen cyclists using it, and I have to admit I thought they shouldn't have been there and were contributing to tarring me with the same brush.</p> <p>I agree, that route needs proper signage! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12345 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:20:09 +0000 kaputnik 12345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>on the rare occasions I've used that bridge over the West Approach road between the Sheraton / Rutland Square I always seem to get shouted at like I shouldn't be there </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12344 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:18:16 +0000 kaputnik 12344@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>One day it will be possible to cycle straight from Lochrin Place onto the canal</em></p> <p>Splash! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12340 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:46:03 +0000 Kim 12340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I never knew that route was there... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12339 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:20:25 +0000 chdot 12339@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"would never have struck me as proper cycle routes"</p> <p>Quite. This is world class, iconic, cycling city, Edinburgh. </p> <p>"I will need to hunt down the bit between Lochrin Place and Cargo"</p> <p>West of Tollcross Primary and dogleg through the Napier student residences. </p> <p><em>One day</em> it will be possible to cycle straight from Lochrin Place onto the canal - when the old Arnold Clark site is developed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12336 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:08:24 +0000 spitfire 12336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a nifty route chdot. I will need to hunt down the bit between Lochrin Place and Cargo but the rest I knew although I was not aware it was an official cycle route (needs some signage to prevent pedestrians getting snippy with cyclists)<br /> Takes you past a creche as you go under(?) Scottish Widows also Exchange Cres, and the bridge over to Standard Life would never have struck me as proper cycle routes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12334 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:32:24 +0000 chdot 12334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This has been coming for <em>ages</em>. Good to know it's about to happen - finally. </p> <p>How useful it will be will partly depends on the details - like how quickly the lights will change to a cycle phase if bikes are waiting. </p> <p>Of course things like the ramp to Scottish Widows is a bit sinuous, no doubt to slow bikes down. I have never used the route at 'commute' time so I don't know how much (potential) pedestrian 'conflict' there is. </p> <p>Then of course there's the question of how long it will be before it's possible to cross Morrison Street. </p> <p>It will be interesting to see how well it's signed. <a href="http://spokes.org.uk">Spokes</a> has been campaigning for YEARS to get the route marked through the Exchange to the bridge over the Western Approach Road. </p> <p>'Most' people still don't realise that this has always been an official cycle route.</p> <p><a href="http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=62875">This is what it was like 2 years ago</a>. (GPS accuracy has improved since then!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1333#post-12333 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:46:45 +0000 druidh 12333@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Starting Sept 20th, and lasting for 12 weeks, the roundabout at Gardners Crescent/Fountainbridge will be removed and replaced by a set of traffic lights. These will include a cycle crossing, to allow bikes out of the Cargo area of the canal, over to the shiny new Lochrin buildings and through Scottish Widows. Another crossing over Morrison Street (scene of the current road narrowing) will make this a through route to the West End. </p>