http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Red Chips en Tue, 19 May 2026 12:39:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19926#post-316902 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:06:55 +0000 LaidBack 316902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My error.<br /> Of course Glasgow's orange buses were on red 'greenways'.<br /> Cyclists on green. (There is at least one cycling green path in Edinburgh from underground parking on Semple St.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19926#post-316890 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:14:29 +0000 LaidBack 316890@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@davecykl<br /> <em>blue (as in København, but felt to be politically inadvisable for Glasgow).</em></p> <p>:-)</p> <p>But were bus greenways ok as buses on them were mainly orange? One cancelled out the other (and one was under a bus?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19926#post-316874 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:34:03 +0000 davecykl 316874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think that in very general terms, coloured surfacing is used to indicate something special/different about the area so-surfaced, but it's the road lining and associated Traffic Regulation Orders (where relevant) that are the official indication to their purpose/restriction.</p> <p>There is no requirement to make cycle or bus lanes a different colour, but obviously it helps with visibility (similar for hatched areas on roads to protect turning lanes or traffic islands, or indeed, sometimes, speed humps).</p> <p>Once upon a time, Edinburgh made cycle lanes pink/red, and bus lanes (greenways), green.</p> <p>Also way back then, Glasgow decided to make cycle lanes green and bus lanes pink. At the time I did wonder what would happen if ever cycle lanes in <strike>Strathclyde</strike> and <strike>Lothian</strike> were to eventually meet up? (Somewhere there must be a similar salt-and-vinegar, salt-and-sauce watershed?)</p> <p>I was around when Glasgow was thinking of what colours to use: apparently the permitted (or available) colours also include yellow (has been used on semi-raised pedestrian crossings in Shawlands in Glasgow), beige (as used for anti-skid surfacing) or blue (as in København, but felt to be politically inadvisable for Glasgow). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19926#post-316869 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:40:12 +0000 CycleAlex 316869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are red chips actually meant to mean anything?</p> <p>I see them used for plenty of things from cycle and bus lanes to pavements and even a raised table near me!</p> <p>I’m not convinced contractors aren’t just using a dartboard to decide what colour to use. </p>