http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Councillors call for Barnton junction overhaul to ease ‘congestion crisis’ “ en Tue, 19 May 2026 22:48:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18780#post-281257 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:14:18 +0000 acsimpson 281257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You've got to admire the ostriches in the comments:</p> <p><em>"The junction used to flow pretty well when it was a double roundabout - heaven knows which moron in the planning department thought that it was a spiffy idea to replace roundabouts with one-direction-at-a-time traffic lights."</em></p> <p>and</p> <p><em>"It did flow quite well as a double roundabout but it was a nightmare for the local pedestrians to cross. Possibly that might have been a factor in having lights."</em></p> <p>I'd love it to be possible to put the roundabouts back for a day with current traffic volumes as watch as the whole of that corner of Edinburgh grind to a standstill.</p> <p>I'm also not sure why they think a 6 stage pedestrian crossing, taking well over 5 minutes at times, is much better than what was there before. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18780#post-281200 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:01:37 +0000 14Westfield 281200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had to check the date on that article:the picture of Barton Hotel still to be transformed into pensioners apartments and the reference to 'Barnton roundabout' really threw me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18780#post-281197 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:28:07 +0000 chdot 281197@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/councillors-call-for-barnton-junction-overhaul-to-ease-congestion-crisis-1-4731081" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/councillors-call-for-barnton-junction-overhaul-to-ease-congestion-crisis-1-4731081</a> </p>