http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in Enfield / Mini Holland en Sun, 31 May 2026 18:13:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-240328 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:42:11 +0000 chdot 240328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://h2020-flow.eu/news/news-detail/the-mini-holland-scheme-in-east-london-traffic-reduction-and-more-space-for-cyclists" rel="nofollow">http://h2020-flow.eu/news/news-detail/the-mini-holland-scheme-in-east-london-traffic-reduction-and-more-space-for-cyclists</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-235753 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 22:12:37 +0000 chdot 235753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Ross Lydall (@RossLydall)<br /> 04/11/2016, 17:58<br /> Astonishing results from Walthamstow MiniHolland: 10,000 fewer cars a day, traffic down 56% in village, no collisions </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/OoQ2Fr8kWq" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/OoQ2Fr8kWq</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-200979 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:03:18 +0000 sallyhinch 200979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some of it is confirmation bias, some of it is misinformation (their local business association is against it) and as I said on Anth's Facebook post, some of it is plain old intimidation of local businesses being asked to put up anti posters by a large local landlord - it's something my sister is involved in &amp; here's her blog on the subject.</p> <p><a href="https://subversivesuburbanite.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/children-are-traffic-too/" rel="nofollow">https://subversivesuburbanite.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/children-are-traffic-too/</a></p> <p>"Shopkeepers who were personally against the scheme were in the minority. Many had concerns, but had simply been misinformed. Most of those with anti posters had done so because ‘They told us Mini Holland would be bad for business’ or quite simply because they’d been told to put them up. A local business association and a big landlord have put their full weight behind the anti campaign, and some businesses feel they can’t say no."</p> <p>I found this quite interesting - and I wonder now how genuine some other apparent objections from local businesses to various schemes are, or whether they too have been similarly astroturfed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-200978 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:50:42 +0000 crowriver 200978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's confirmation bias. Many business owners couldn't live without their motor vehicles, thus they assume their customers are like them. Duh! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-200939 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:10:09 +0000 chdot 200939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Enfield Town Church Street – another of the borough's four Mini Holland projects – before and after the proposed changes.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Click link</p> <p>Scroll down to main photo</p> <p>Wait for photo to change</p> <p>Think George Street (etc) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15546#post-200929 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:44:06 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 200929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/oct/05/bike-lane-blues-london-local-businesses-cycle-enfield-green-lanes">Businesses going all 'the world is at an end' over some bike lanes</a>.</p> <p>Typical stuff, 'people must be able to park right outside my shop otherwise my business will wither and die'. Ignoring all evidence and research to the contrary. </p>