http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Edinburgh’s unbuilt Inner Ring Road" en Thu, 21 May 2026 05:48:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-368694 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:41:35 +0000 cb 368694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting listen:</p> <p><a href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p6xaz-142b29b">The Scottish Roadscast | Edinburgh’s City Centre Motorway Struggle</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261143 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:00:21 +0000 crowriver 261143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Effectively the inner ring road exists informally at least.</p> <p>London Road - Picardy Place - Queen Street - Lothian Road - Melville Drive - Queen's Drive</p> <p>If you really wanted to, you could drive in an endless loop using that circulatory system. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261127 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:38:13 +0000 LivM 261127@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The former roads planner who is a member of Murrayfield Community Council and who has been, um, resistant to the proposals in Roseburn was in the city planning dept in the 60s. Just saying... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261126 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:37:01 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261126@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>People who <em>really</em> want something always find a way to have it, even if it has to be symbolically. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261125 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:32:26 +0000 Trixie 261125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funny, I thought the same. I wonder if that's where the inspiration came from. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261124 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:29:32 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The St James Gyratory is just this plan in miniature. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18154#post-261121 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:19:04 +0000 chdot 261121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This has been mentioned many times on CCE, but there are some illustrations I haven't seen before.</p> <p>Edinburgh c/would have been very different. Mix of ThisIsEdinburgh inertia and objections.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Stuart goes on to reveal that, at one point, the Scottish Office had set aside 5 to 6 million pounds for stage one of Edinburgh’s motorway. </p> <p>However, the city’s continued reluctance to proceed meant the money ended up going to Glasgow to build the Renfrew Motorway instead.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/edinburgh-s-unbuilt-inner-ring-road-1-4564604" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/edinburgh-s-unbuilt-inner-ring-road-1-4564604</a> </p>