http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Roads in West Edinburgh very quiet en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278975 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:44:14 +0000 gembo 278975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Retired Murrayfield Colonel was happy with the CC so long as his house was inside the boundary and he did not need to pay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278963 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:49:14 +0000 acsimpson 278963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder what the retired Murrayfield colonel's thoughts on the congestion charge were. Seems like a pretty good way to charge people coming into the city from outside. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278933 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:24:46 +0000 minus six 278933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>paywall - fifers Pay on leaving the kingdom south</em></p> <p>so mote it be</p> <p>this judgement reflects</p> <p>the mandate of heaven </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278931 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:09:06 +0000 gembo 278931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax-San, paywall - fifers Pay on leaving the kingdom if travelling south? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278929 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:59:23 +0000 minus six 278929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Johnny Cash is originally from Strathmiglo</em></p> <p>hail from the grampians pictish free state, myself</p> <p>now, about that wall..</p> <p>will we get the fifers to pay for it, or might it be funded by the largess of the black empire of edinbvrgh itself </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278927 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:53:23 +0000 gembo 278927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fair point @bax, last Sunday morning we were passing thru from rosyth down to the scene of the battle of Longannet (1973, 'mon McGaghey) and. Saw almost no activity.</p> <p>Johnny Cash is originally from Strathmiglo! So remains The Kingdom to me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278926 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:35:00 +0000 minus six 278926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the kingdom is free to move</em></p> <p>alas in name only</p> <p>for a more lardy kingdom</p> <p>has yet to be survey'd </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278925 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:31:03 +0000 gembo 278925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aw Cuh mon bax-San, it was just a week or two. Five bridges now , the kingdom is free to move </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278924 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:29:12 +0000 minus six 278924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>all of fife had to stay in Fife</em></p> <p>truly righteous vision, gembo-san</p> <p>one day they will build that wall </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278908 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:00:28 +0000 crowriver 278908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Merchiston Castle are on hols too it would appear.</p> <p>For some reason, visions of Billy Bunter and lashings of ginger beer spring to mind.</p> <p>Wrong holiday, but never mind:</p> <p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/236x/21/89/b7/2189b797bc8278e27bcef27e518935d6---s.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278904 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:22:08 +0000 ELPSF 278904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is definitely a south west Edinburgh thing. West Lothian schools are on holiday as are Watsons. Edinburgh state schools and the other private schools are not. Watsons and Mary Erskine are not well located for public transport compared to Stewarts Melville, Heriots, Edinburgh Academy and St Georges. Kids from East Lothian for these schools pack the trains in the mornings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278897 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:07:51 +0000 gembo 278897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@CHdot, an Edinburgh Motoring Tax would be a great idea, I am very surprised the great Prof David Begg never thought of something like that. (obviously he did but called it CC)</p> <p>You do not notice this phenomenon except when school holidays do not overlap</p> <p>Or when the FRB was closed for falling down reasons and all of fife had to stay in Fife - which was around Xmas IIRC and I had traffic free roads home out of city until maybe Diggers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278881 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:12:56 +0000 crowriver 278881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perhaps points to the fact that much of the traffic in Edinburgh is not created by local residents.</p> <p>Commuters from the commuting belt is one major factor. I'm assuming also that a fair proportion of children attending the city's fee-paying school hail from outwith the urban areas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278880 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:07:02 +0000 Luath 278880@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I suppose the surprising thing for me is that much of the traffic in Edinburgh* doesn't seem to be connected to people with children at Edinburgh state schools. </p> <p>Though that's maybe obvious.</p> <p>*Gross and anecdotally based over simplification. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278879 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:55:54 +0000 chdot 278879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Stagecoach East Scot (@StagecoachEScot)<br /> 28/03/2018, 3:50 pm<br /> All Perth services are subject to delays due to high volume of traffic on the Dunkeld road and Crieff road. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.</p> <p>“ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278878 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:46:42 +0000 ejstubbs 278878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>@Luath</strong>: <em>At least we now know where all the traffic comes from.</em></p> <p>It's not just the school run: people take time off work during the school holidays to look after the kids and/or* take them away on holiday, so there's fewer commuters as well.</p> <p><em>* I say "or" since plenty of parents choose resorts specifically because they provide childcare services!</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278871 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:04:49 +0000 crowriver 278871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye, Leith Walk and Easter Road surprisingly quiet today too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278864 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:35:46 +0000 chdot 278864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Council tax in Fife and West Lothain should pay for the upkeep of Edinburgh roads”</p> <p>Or maybe some sort of Edinburgh motoring tax(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278862 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:28:31 +0000 gembo 278862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Luath, lot of it also comes from Fife - 78000 trips a day ove tver the new forth crossing. THese trips have to end somewhere and that where is Edinburgh (mostly)</p> <p>Council tax in Fife and West Lothain should pay for the upkeep of Edinburgh roads (a retired colonel living in Murrayfield suggests) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278849 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:23:58 +0000 Luath 278849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, I noticed that, felt very odd. Colinton Road all the way down to Ardmillan much quieter than usual.</p> <p>At least we now know where all the traffic comes from. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18694#post-278842 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:14:58 +0000 gembo 278842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not much traffic this morning - All West Lothian schools and Edinburgh private schools already on their hollybags </p>