http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Source sought en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:58:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14343#post-179889 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:16:43 +0000 chdot 179889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"widening cycle lanes would cause congestion"</p> <p>Might do - but not a 'valid' reason not to do it. </p> <p>In Edinburgh there are policies for increasing cycle use and reducing car use. </p> <p>But there are also political pronouncements (and officer action) advocating 'smooth traffic flow'. </p> <p>Apart from being mostly impossible, it conflicts with the more enlightened policies. </p> <p>Not clear on the balance between 'lack of understanding' and 'saying different things to different people'. </p> <p>Ignorance, hypocrisy or just politics? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14343#post-179887 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:05:04 +0000 gembo 179887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a bonkers claim this week that widening cycle lanes would cause congestion. Did anyone else spot it. I can only find an older article in cycling weekly from November 2014 where some lunatics in Leicester make such an assertion.</p> <p>I was in maryhill earlier in the week so could have been evening times but sure that was just all acid attacks and murders. </p>