http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "M9 is Scotland’s slowest motorway with average speed of 26mph" en Sun, 31 May 2026 19:35:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-232011 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:26:55 +0000 Boff 232011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I drive the M9 most days around peak time (8am-8:30 for me) and reckon that the average speed is 70+mph as far as Grangemouth. I was even awarded three points in April this year for helping keep the average speed up on the return leg. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231964 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:51:05 +0000 cb 231964@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"It's only 43 miles"</em></p> <p>I saw that! It just got a mile longer in the last five minutes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231963 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:49:59 +0000 cb 231963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does sound like a pretty dubious figure.</p> <p><em>"<a href="http://www.ramtracking.com/blog/post/2016/09/20/understanding-average-speeds-of-uk-motorways">This data has been extracted from the RAM Tracking software from monitored customer vehicles from the months of January to June in 2016</a>"</em></p> <p>There doesn't seem to be any information on how many vehicles were tracked for each motorway. I wonder if it was a pretty small number for the M9, mostly on the congested final leg into Edinburgh of a morning.</p> <p>Aside from that bit, the M9 must be the quietest motorway in Britain with the fewest lorries (apart from a few miles at Falkirk and the bit north of the M80 merge there are practically none). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231959 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:38:07 +0000 crowriver 231959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The M9 between Edinburgh and Dunblane, with an average of 26.74mph"</p> <p>It's only 43 miles. So over an hour and a half to drive that distance at peak time?</p> <p>Probably worth taking the train instead. Only takes an hour (via Falkirk) and you can get some work done, read a book, or log on to soshul meedja without becoming a physical danger to anyone else... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231951 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:38:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 231951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends which way you're going. To Stirling in the morning I was making 70mph pretty much all the way every day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231945 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:55:38 +0000 kaputnik 231945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>26mph would be a fine thing. I took the #35 from Fountainbridge to Easter Road yesterday afternoon. Worked out at 2.5mph average journey speed... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16937#post-231934 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:14:34 +0000 chdot 231934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/m9-is-scotland-s-slowest-motorway-with-average-speed-of-26mph-1-4240266" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/m9-is-scotland-s-slowest-motorway-with-average-speed-of-26mph-1-4240266</a> </p>