http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Family call for Maybury Road improvements” en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:06:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960&page=2#post-330517 Sat, 23 May 2020 15:11:17 +0000 acsimpson 330517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have just been sent a copy. PM me your address and I'll forward it on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960&page=2#post-330512 Sat, 23 May 2020 13:15:11 +0000 CycleAlex 330512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone happen to have a copy of the Maybury Road feasibility study? Might make interesting reading! (if you only have a pdf, feel free to PM me for my email and I can host it)</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Mr_Mark_Brown/status/1263870578202681345?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Mr_Mark_Brown/status/1263870578202681345?s=20</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-324086 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:44:33 +0000 neddie 324086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm only a wee bit mad... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-324084 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:31:50 +0000 HankChief 324084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Went for a frustrated twitter rant.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1236350361201508352?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1236350361201508352?s=19</a></p> <p>Apologies for hijacking @maddie's thread.</p> <p>(I also sent in the FOI request I threatened above) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-324071 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 12:06:22 +0000 chdot 324071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It’s not -</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/22553/map-of-edinburgh-s-core-paths" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/22553/map-of-edinburgh-s-core-paths</a></p> <p>(Generally) no apparent benefits/resources for CPs by SG or LAs.</p> <p>After a massive consultation process, helped by the notion that there would be money for improvements/maintenance, maps and not a lot of action.</p> <p>Great document, only 12 years old -</p> <p>Edinburgh's core path plan </p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/12899/core-paths" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/12899/core-paths</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-324068 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:34:29 +0000 HankChief 324068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The pavement still have been scraped back to it's full width.</p> <p>So now a couple of local retirees are have a go bit by bit.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Mr_Mark_Brown/status/1235577720219881478?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Mr_Mark_Brown/status/1235577720219881478?s=19</a></p> <p>How can we tell if it is a Core Path and what status does that bring? Anything about clearing it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-313439 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 23:57:00 +0000 acsimpson 313439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good work HC.</p> <p>I dread to think what the future will look like if the council is taking to prioritising work based on the number of likes on social media. Although I suppose it wont be altogether different from today's priority based on press coverage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-313427 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 20:11:42 +0000 HankChief 313427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interestingly, my tweet isn't really taking off but a similar post on the local 'friendly' FB group has now received nearly 100 likes, so maybe that will be enough to get some action.</p> <p>If we don't get any traction, I have been mulling a FOI request to work out what on earth is going on with CEC's prioritisation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-313424 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:32:33 +0000 acsimpson 313424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Twitter needs a this pisses me off too button. Like just doesn't feel the correct response. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-313418 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:55:47 +0000 HankChief 313418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another grumpy <a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1167819719795257344?s=19">tweet</a>, well more of a thread.</p> <p>This time with a before and after photos of me showing CEC how it should be :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-312954 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:36:11 +0000 neddie 312954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Ferry Rd path and SMW need doing as well.</p> <p>This should be standard maintenance, not only done ad-hoc when someone shouts loud enough... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-312951 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:11:25 +0000 acsimpson 312951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That link goes to last year's tweet. Although they have been ignoring it for far longer than that.</p> <p>Did you perhaps mean this one:<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1164608013648498693" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1164608013648498693</a></p> <p>I think you're being pretty generous saying half the job. They have barely done half of one side.</p> <p>Of course now that it's been a year since the cleared the north eastern pavement they need to come back and give it a sweep too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-312922 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:53:21 +0000 HankChief 312922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>After a bit of badgering the Council have been out and cut back the undergrowth by the Maybury Road pavement.</p> <p>But only on one side of the road and they have left the soil &amp; roots still covering large parts of the pavement. And guess what, after 3 days green shoots have started to appear where the undergrowth will once again take over...</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/hank_chief/status/1033768164486725637?s=19">grumpy tweet</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-312317 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:51:19 +0000 acsimpson 312317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-causing-fatal-maybury-road-crash-1-4979890">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-charged-with-causing-fatal-maybury-road-crash-1-4979890</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-309149 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:46:02 +0000 HankChief 309149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Something about turning it from a road into a street...</p> <p><a href="https://edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/428152/start_time/17488000?force_language_code=en_GB" rel="nofollow">https://edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/428152/start_time/17488000?force_language_code=en_GB</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-309139 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:31:40 +0000 CycleCommute.CC 309139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@HankChief was there any answer? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-309136 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:40:10 +0000 HankChief 309136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>30mph passed.</p> <p>No satisfactory answer to why Active Travel paying for it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-308819 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:08:07 +0000 gembo 308819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No one else had any budget?</p> <p>Spending the active travel budget is difficult as Tories and some others object? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-308818 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:11:35 +0000 acsimpson 308818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"6.5 The costs of reducing the speed limit would therefore be met from funding allocated towards active travel improvements within the Council’s Transport Capital Investment Programme."</em></p> <p>Can anyone explain why the active travel budget should be paying for a change to the motorised speed limit in advance of new housing being built. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-308804 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:53:42 +0000 HankChief 308804@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dropping the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph is being recommended at next week's TEC despite 11 objections to the TRO</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/61138/item_710_-_maybury_road_-_reduction_in_speed_limit_-_objections_to_traffic_regulation_order" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/61138/item_710_-_maybury_road_-_reduction_in_speed_limit_-_objections_to_traffic_regulation_order</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-302300 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:05:57 +0000 acsimpson 302300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I said up thread I don't think the roundabout needed it's sightlines improved. There is already a regular stream of drivers attempting to go round it faster than their tyres allow. Just look at the amount of damaged iron work around it (incidentally the crash barrier was also repaired again this week).</p> <p>Cutting the vegetation off hasn't made visibility noticeably different so my fear is that they are planning to come and remove some of the soil too.</p> <p>Either way it seems like a lot of expense for a roundabout they are planning to remove during the next decade anyway. Especially as that is the excuse they are hiding behind to avoid making other improvements to Maybury Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-302298 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:54:25 +0000 chdot 302298@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“no real change to sightlines (yet)”</p> <p>What will/should they do? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-302295 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:50:59 +0000 acsimpson 302295@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well it seems the "trimming" of bushes on Maybury Road Roundabout has come to pass. By "trimming" I mean complete removal from ground level up. It took a team of 4-6 workers 3 days to do and has left an unsightly bare mound an no real change to sightlines (yet).</p> <p>Meanwhile they have cleared another 30m or so of the pavement. It's a shame they couldn't be bothered to do the whole thing while they had a crew on site.</p> <p>I've taken some pictures which I will post when I get the time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-300099 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:36:06 +0000 acsimpson 300099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As far as improving Maybury Road the new buildings can't come soon enough. It's just a shame we have to sacrifice green space to improve a road.</p> <p>The new cycle path will be going up the western side of the road with the surplus lanes being used for filter lanes at each junction (or so I am told). Sadly this mean maintaining the status quo of one lane for drivers and another for speeders for large stretches of the road. It also means that they have given somewhere around zero consideration for the fact that many cyclists will be going to or from NCN 1 on Whitehouse Road.</p> <p>They should have removed the extra lanes at the same time as reducing the limit to 40mph almost a decade and a half ago. It wouldn't have been beyond the realms of possibility to put cycle lanes in at that time.</p> <p>however given that they can't even be bothered to clear the overgrowth of the pavements I don't hold much hope yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-300083 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:14:31 +0000 Harts Cyclery 300083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also, we could maybe do something for bicycles with that ENTIRE lane they hatched off going south-bound. North-bound outside lane between Maybury junction and East Craigs roundabout is also redundant for vehicles and could be much better utilised. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-300082 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 19:03:13 +0000 HankChief 300082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plans to drop the speed limit on Maybury Road from 40mph to 30mph due to the new housing going in.</p> <p>Please support the TRO by 15th Feb.</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/2777/tro1889_-_maybury_road_-_speed_limit" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/2777/tro1889_-_maybury_road_-_speed_limit</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-288315 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:13:18 +0000 Snowy 288315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>GPS black box in every car and automatic speeding fines.</p> <p>Anyone who thinks this would be 'new' and a breach of their liberties has got some catching up to do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-288314 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:00:00 +0000 neddie 288314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Since they built the new motorway extension from the M9 to the M90 / Extra Bridge, there is no need for the Maybury Rd to be considered as an extension to the city bypass.</p> <p>Reduce the speed limit to 30mph. Put a segregated bike lane on each side. Narrow the general traffic lanes (only 1 on each side) to make it look like a 30mph road. Re-time the traffic lights at Barnton and Maybury to make the Maybury Rd unattractive as a rat-run. </p> <p>This will need doing anyway, once the new housing goes in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-288313 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:46:45 +0000 neddie 288313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe they should put white wooden crosses on the road where every fatality has been.</p> <p>They (used to?) do that in New Zealand and it was certainly an effective reminder to drive carefully. Of course, the nut-jobs that drive at crazy speeds think that could never happen to them anyway... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18960#post-288312 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:39:20 +0000 acsimpson 288312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>With due respect to Mr Smith's family I'm not convinced that all their requests are sensible. Installing any sort of barrier, temporary or otherwise down the middle of the road may have a small safety benefit but I don't think it will stop it being used by otherwise law breaking motorists to flout the speed limit. It may also have the detrimental side effect of encouraging drivers to pass closer to cyclists who choose not to break the law and ride on the pavement.</p> <p>Trimming bushes on the roundabout to improve sight lines (in my mind at least) will encourage faster speeds not safer driving. I have seen a number of incidents on the roundabout over the years. The majority of these are caused by drivers going faster than their competence levels permit and skidding off the road. If anything needs done here it is to tighten up the angles of approach so that drivers can't carry their momentum onto the roundabout. The state of the crash barrier next to the roundabout is testament to just how many incompetent drivers there are.</p> <p>Reducing the speed limit should in theory make any road safer. However is it simply paying lip service to safety in this location? There is approximately zero enforcement of the current speed limit and with often highly excessive speeds in the area will a reduced limit make much difference to safety. I suspect it's not the drivers going at 40mph who create the safety problem. For instance last night I witnessed a driver pulling off the roundabout onto the 30mph Maybury drive and flooring their accelerator until they were out of sight. </p>