http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Walk on Wednesdays en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:05:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250575 Thu, 18 May 2017 16:51:58 +0000 acsimpson 250575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So is this a target, a shared vision or just a suggestion? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250516 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:48:32 +0000 gibbo 250516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How about something radical like banning private motor vehicles from city centres on Wednesdays? </em></p> <p>Now there's a proper suggestion.</p> <p>Or, if that's too extreme (not IMO!), ban them from many central streets. Like Paris will close the Champs some Sundays. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250514 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:44:46 +0000 gibbo 250514@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you want to see what's possible - and in what time frames - it's worth reading about Mayor Hidalgo's plans for Paris.</p> <p>For example, her target to ban diesel cars from Paris by 2020. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250513 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:44:31 +0000 crowriver 250513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah sure, also eat your Five A Day, quit smoking, drink sensibly, go to bed early, etc.</p> <p>How about something radical like banning private motor vehicles from city centres on Wednesdays? A bit like the old half day closing (for shops) but more of a full day closing (for motor vehicles)?</p> <p>Ah, but then that would mean doing something instead of just asking folk nicely. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250511 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:42:14 +0000 gibbo 250511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>2030? Kicked well into the long grass.</p> <p>My questions to Mr Yousaf would be, </p> <p>(A) what % of the transport budget will be assigned to active travel in order to encourage this?</p> <p>(B) In what year will he hit that %?</p> <p>If cycling is the "norm" for most city journeys</p> <p>(A) What % of parking spaces will be for bikes?</p> <p>(B) What other obstacles have to be overcome to encourage such high use of cycling?</p> <p>(C) How and when will he overcome these?</p> <p>(D) What disincentives will he use to discourage people from driving those distances?</p> <p>I suspect his answers to these questions will be nothing other than fluff.</p> <p>As I said, 2030 as a goal is kicking the ball so far into the long grass that he can continue to do nothing to encourage cycling/walking... or discourage driving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17756#post-250509 Thu, 18 May 2017 12:24:34 +0000 cb 250509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/walk-on-wednesdays-transport-minister-tells-scots-1-4447010">http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/walk-on-wednesdays-transport-minister-tells-scots-1-4447010</a></p> <p>Not sure if this has been posted already.</p> <p>"<br /> Everyone should walk on Wednesdays for short journeys, transport minister Humza Yousaf urged today.<br /> "</p> <p>"<br /> Ministers have already said they want walking to be the norm for journeys up to two miles by 2030, and cycling up to five miles.<br /> " </p>