http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling west-east through quartermile en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:26:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-289073 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:42:16 +0000 crowriver 289073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"got fed up with the tutting Heriots kids. Even dismounting and walking with my bike seemed to offend them!"</p> <p>When you spend much of your young life being chauffeured around in a New Town tractor that sort of attitude is unsurprising. Also they would be offended by the mere sight of oiks bending the(ir) rules in any case. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-289012 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:32:46 +0000 Snowy 289012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good point gembo. I wouldn't fancy the chances of the fire brigade getting a ladder to the west side of the block above the shops (sainsbury etc). The only access is Simpson Loan and it's one badly-parked car from not being able to get a fire appliance anywhere close to that side. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288966 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 06:29:19 +0000 gembo 288966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would have thought lack of permeability is a little bit of a fire risk? Can emergency services achieve access easily? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288965 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 23:06:20 +0000 mcairney 288965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep making that stretch past Starbucks officially shared use would be a good start. I used to go along that way to Pure Gym but got fed up with the tutting Heriots kids. Even dismounting and walking with my bike seemed to offend them! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288960 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:07:34 +0000 Snowy 288960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm also not a fan of the complete non-permeable nature of QM in a north-south aspect, for pedestrians/bikes. I assume it was done to preserve some sort of exclusivity/privacy for the occupants of the eye-wateringly overpriced flats in the tower blocks on the southern edge. But it would have been so easy to design in an access point from North Meadow Walk to connect people on the Meadows to the commercial facilities in the middle of QM. As it is, QM's a sterile place due to poorly thought out passage for pedestrians and bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288899 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:25:49 +0000 LaidBack 288899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>QM is designed to not be 'permeable' E/W. The road to the back of Soderberg is very broad but ends there and foot/cycle traffic is squeezed through a narrow but very popular path. Why they haven't put bollards in yet is a mystery!<br /> The northern side by Starbucks could be a cycle route if they made shared use (officially). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288895 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 07:10:00 +0000 gembo 288895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Suppose any cycling champion will be told to tow the party line? Thus the remit is flawed at conception? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288888 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 22:33:22 +0000 jdanielp 288888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got into the habit of taking Nightingale Way when heading west and went the 'wrong way down a one way street' on Nightingale Way before turning up Archibald Place when heading east while MMW was partly closed. On a couple of occasions I even cycled by police officers whilst doing the latter... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288887 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 22:00:49 +0000 dessert rat 288887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i expect to see zero change in cycling championing issues then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288884 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:01:06 +0000 gembo 288884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Prof Scott would be good Cycling Champ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288881 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:54:05 +0000 neddie 288881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think David Key has stood down from Cycling Champion </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288874 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:42:53 +0000 SRD 288874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've written to David Key to ask if it could be changed to 'except cycles'. presume he will write back and say 'private road....blah...blah...blah'.</p> <p>sara </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288873 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:13:08 +0000 sharpie 288873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It has always been like that, the only way to enter Quartermile on a bike without breaking any rules is via Nightingale Way from Lauriston Place. In reality, folk coming from the west along the Meadows ignore the no-entry sign on Simpson Loan but the entrance is only wide enough for one car so you have to hop onto the pavement if a car is coming out.</p> <p>Don't get me started on the cyclist dismount signs! I work there and am trying to get the office managers to engage with QM estates. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19049#post-288865 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:47:58 +0000 SRD 288865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just* realised that both of the roads that go through quarter mile parallel to NMW say 'no entry' from Chalmers St. </p> <p>On googlemaps Nightingale way shows as one way, but Simpson loan only shows 'no entry'. </p> <p>Have they always been like that? I thought Simpson Loan used to be two-direction for its full length? </p> <p>Yet another clear case where cyclists should surely be allowed a contraflow.</p> <p>*actually spotted this a while back, but kept thinking it was either temporary because of roadworks or I had imagined it/gotten confused. </p>