http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Dundas Street cycle lanes en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:07:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861&page=2#post-262737 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:13:33 +0000 Tulyar 262737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe if the road was restored to the design criteria of a quality setted street with self cleaning side gullies and a steady flow of water along the kerb-line can flush away dust and debris to collection sumps - as they do in Paris </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861&page=2#post-262536 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:05:48 +0000 dessert rat 262536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>they are back today - I do hope they make use of the water feature, not enough fountains in Edinburgh.</p> <p>Fountains for everyone, not just the 1%. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861&page=2#post-262385 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 18:40:26 +0000 dessert rat 262385@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dublin St leaky road update.</p> <p>Good: they came, they dig/dug/digged, they relaid it lovely and smoothly.</p> <p>Bad: There is still water leaking out of the road.</p> <p>Maybe its a feature ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861&page=2#post-261679 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:12:19 +0000 kaputnik 261679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>It's only been two months since the junction was resurfaced and already they are digging it up again.</em></p> <p>They just sprayed that new scratch and sniff surface onto Albion Road and the lines haven't even been painted on it and Morrison Utilities have dug some of it up already to access the wiring into some utility cabinets. Certainly less than 3 weeks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861&page=2#post-261655 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:44:51 +0000 dessert rat 261655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there's been water pouring out of the road since Sat afternoon - still, we had a nice smooth surface for nearly 8 weeks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-261653 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:30:34 +0000 neddie 261653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's only been two months since the junction was resurfaced and already they are digging it up again.</p> <p>I thought there was supposed to be an 18 month moratorium on newly surfaced roads? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254814 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:49:26 +0000 Colonies_Chris 254814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ok. Tweeted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254757 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:44:26 +0000 chdot 254757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Who do I complain to?"</p> <p>Anyone you want!</p> <p>If you're on Twitter try <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/edinhelp" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/edinhelp</a></p> <p>Or 200 2000 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254752 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:15:01 +0000 Colonies_Chris 254752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just below the newly surfaced section, on the uphill side, there's an incredibly shoddy pothole repair - they haven't even bothered to try to flatten it, it's just a lump. Who do I complain to? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254673 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 09:04:57 +0000 chdot 254673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Photo -</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/116mcd/status/883427920928280576" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/116mcd/status/883427920928280576</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254648 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:22:35 +0000 Colonies_Chris 254648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now I've seen the new red chipping properly (minus distractions of cars, machinery, cones, weather etc) I can see that it is indeed a cycle lane going around the parking spots. Definitely an improvement. And so is the new surface. Shame work seems to be stopping part way up though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254615 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:11:24 +0000 fimm 254615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Went that way last night (as far as Cumberland Street). As Chrispaton says, it is only lower down the road. It does look like uphill only, although it isn't finished yet. The uphill lanes are a bit unexciting - not that wide, and door zone - but at least they are not under parked cars, I suppose. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254379 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:12:39 +0000 gembo 254379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>hopefully that will be helpful </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254378 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:10:07 +0000 fimm 254378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Uphill only?<br /> Even better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254377 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:03:46 +0000 chrispaton 254377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi folks,</p> <p>Kudos to the Active Travel team; they replied really quickly to my email. I was just slow to reply here :-)</p> <p>But yes, they've basically taken an opportunity to add an uphill cycle lane during programmed resurfacing -- hence why segregation wasn't considered as that would be a separate project. The work they're doing here doesn't' require any TROs or RSOs etc. in the way that a full segregation project would.</p> <p>The resurfacing and hence new cycle lane is unfortunately only from Fettes Row up to Great King Street, but the good news is that it is indeed 1.5m wide and goes around the parked cars with a 0.5m buffer -- so as good as you're going to get without segregation. Definitely an improvement.</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Chris </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254227 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 14:40:32 +0000 chdot 254227@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)<br /> 01/07/2017, 14:18<br /> @116McD @CyclingEdin @Edinburgh_CC Note this funded via road resurfacing, not cycle budget. Extra cost virtually zero, just red chips instead of black! </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/116McD/status/881138232293044225" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/116McD/status/881138232293044225</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254160 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:07:04 +0000 neddie 254160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently, the (new?) uphill lane is to be 1.5m wide with a 0.5m door zone buffer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254113 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:16:53 +0000 Frenchy 254113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Twenty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254111 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:07:03 +0000 fimm 254111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is the speed limit 20 or 30 there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254104 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 08:36:13 +0000 jonty 254104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be clear, the downhill lane was there already. Hopefully any new lane will be painted outside of any parking bays like the uphill one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254082 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:55:17 +0000 gkgk 254082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose that putting in a downhill bike paintlane under the parked cars lets them charge the roadworks to the bike budget. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254070 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 18:42:00 +0000 Min 254070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Yes indeed!</p> <p>My Flickr Uploadr was misbehaving, so I couldn't find this when I looked for it earlier."<br /> Well you learn something new every day. :-)</p> <p>I would like for them to reset the traffic lights so you get enough time to clear the junctions going uphill if you are still crossing when the lights change. I ended up actually stranded in the middle of Queen Street because of this once and it was terrifying. For me that would be much more useful than bike lanes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254057 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:16:27 +0000 chdot 254057@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It was news to me that there are downhill cycle lanes"</p> <p>I think it's really just an ASL lead-in lane.</p> <p>But even so - useless if not 'protected' by double yellows.</p> <p>"But drivers hate that - I've been bullied and aggressively overtaken, even though I'm easily keeping up with traffic down the hill."</p> <p><em>Might</em> be better if the surface is decent.</p> <p>OBVIOUSLY plenty of room for a separate uphill cycle lane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254056 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:12:53 +0000 jonty 254056@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From what I've seen the red chipping clears the parking bays with a modest door zone buffer added. If you think it's that far out then it can only be good as the door zone buffer must be bigger than I thought. Or maybe we're thinking of different sections - the one I'm thinking of is the first uphill section they've done.</p> <p>I had never noticed the old bike lane until recently either! Didn't occur to me that the only reason it's visible will be the parking ban for the roadworks. What a waste of paint. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254055 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:04:41 +0000 Colonies_Chris 254055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was news to me that there are downhill cycle lanes, and I travel up and down there almost every day. It's always fully parked up. The only safe route downhill is to take the lane, as others have said. But drivers hate that - I've been bullied and aggressively overtaken, even though I'm easily keeping up with traffic down the hill.<br /> @Frenchy - no, the red chipped area is too far out to be going around parking bays - almost on the centre line. It's a mystery to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254047 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:13:03 +0000 chdot 254047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Really??"</p> <p>Yes indeed!</p> <p>My Flickr Uploadr was misbehaving, so I couldn't find this when I looked for it earlier.</p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4233/34798997093_33b627cb48.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254044 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:03:54 +0000 Frenchy 254044@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Colonies Chris -maybe I've misunderstood your description, but sounds like the bike lane is being diverted around parking bays? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254043 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:57:18 +0000 Min 254043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Because of the resurfacing work I noticed last week that there already is a cycle lane downhill - must normally be parked on!</em></p> <p>Really?? Never knew that! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254036 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:33:44 +0000 Colonies_Chris 254036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going up there yesterday, what I could make out is that there seems to be red chipping in the centre of the road, with a branch diagonally leftwards leading up into the ASZ. I can't figure out what that's about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17861#post-254025 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:33:14 +0000 chdot 254025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Because</em> of the resurfacing work I noticed last week that there already is a cycle lane downhill - must normally be parked on! </p>