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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:30:38 +0000 neddie on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372126 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:23:25 +0000 neddie 372126@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Advent calendar of crap infrastructure, from the Infrasisters I'm sure they had no difficulty finding examples... <a href="https://www.infrasisters.org.uk/advent" rel="nofollow">https://www.infrasisters.org.uk/advent</a> Murun Buchstansangur on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372122 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:58:16 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 372122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ A tractor was gritting the Comiston Rd southbound lane earlier this evening Arellcat on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372121 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:47:26 +0000 Arellcat 372121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Done, but it usually doesn’t work Also describes too much of our cycle infra! chdot on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372119 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:19:41 +0000 chdot 372119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Done BUT it usually doesn’t work, no idea why. Maybe it can only do one thing?? At least it adds a star. Arellcat on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372118 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:38:42 +0000 Arellcat 372118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Is there way to make this topic sticky? I don't think I have the admin superpowers to do it. Arellcat on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372116 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:25:37 +0000 Arellcat 372116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Haha! I went round the houses trying to work out how to report it, and ended up on the gully cleaning page that then told me to e-mail <a href="mailto:waste@edinburgh.gov.uk">waste@edinburgh.gov.uk</a> to request sweeping. Maybe you or I will reach the right department eventually. Frenchy on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372115 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:14:31 +0000 Frenchy 372115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've snapped and reported the huge piles of dead leaves littering the Comiston Road cycle lane southbound from Greenbank crossroads. I also had the pleasure of cycling up there last night. I reported them last week too, and have done so again just now. Might be worth noting that <a href="https://twitter.com/edinhelp/status/1720472570556805283">edinhelp say that</a> the correct way to report leaves needing cleared is to report them as litter using <a href="https://webforms.edinburgh.gov.uk/site/portal/request/litter">this webform</a>. Arellcat on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-372114 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:08:08 +0000 Arellcat 372114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I've snapped and reported the huge piles of dead leaves littering the Comiston Road cycle lane southbound from Greenbank crossroads. It's a bear of a job trying to get the torpedo up there at this time of year, with my back wheel sliding around, and me expending extra energy ploughing three wheel tracks though the leaves. We were once able to <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20966&page=36#post-372107">find the funds for emergency cycle infra</a> but as I predicted at the start of the pandemic, we sure can't maintain it. cb on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-371644 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 22:46:37 +0000 cb 371644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ That's a useful addition. For some reason I only ever seem to negotiate that bit going from the canal to the road and bumping down the kerb is less of an issue. (Weird place for someone to park) Greenroofer on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-371643 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:01:58 +0000 Greenroofer 371643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ I have removed the relevant pin from @Arellcat's map of Mostly Stuff That Needs Fixed above. Greenroofer on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-371642 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000 Greenroofer 371642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Pleased to say that there is now a dropped kerb here: <a href="https://w3w.co/spit.movie.asserts" rel="nofollow">https://w3w.co/spit.movie.asserts</a> which has appeared in the past month or so. I hope it was related to me submitting a request for same through the Council's portal, but I'm sure I'm not the only person to have done so. It's rather good actually, and does make getting onto the canal there much easier, particularly with a bike that I can't lift easily. Of course, when I came past on Saturday, so Rule2-er had parked on it. Not next to it, not near it, but on it. SRD on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360586 Mon, 16 May 2022 09:31:06 +0000 SRD 360586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "I'd add here the use of self-flushing swales and side gullies, with armoured (stone/bricks &c) inverts (even the most basic concrete channels can work). All sitting slightly lower than path verges and draining down to an outfall" this is what is needed all of Edinburgh's paths. Dave on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360582 Mon, 16 May 2022 01:10:12 +0000 Dave 360582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ 1km per day for a team of 4, 250m/day, roughly 50km / year. A thousand workers could cover 50,000km / year. That's the same length as the UK's A road network. So while it seems like a lot, in the end the number's not that big at all... chdot on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360576 Sun, 15 May 2022 15:17:16 +0000 chdot 360576@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ “The important detail is that there is coordination between the various departments & utilities“ …! “We might start by steadily eliminating or moving those problem poles & barriers?” Good idea. Tulyar on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360575 Sun, 15 May 2022 14:46:15 +0000 Tulyar 360575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ 30 years ago we defined the design of Sustrans paths in Scotland to facilitate high output mechanised vegetation management - basically an annual blitz with a tractor & boom mounted chain flail. Verges = 1 metre cut right down to 'lawn' height, bushes a vertical line from verge edges to 3.0m, creating a clear envelope 4-5m wide & 3m high. This took place when the wildflower seeds had set and birds/small mammals had 'fledged' (usually around July), with a team of 4-5 and per HSE requirements appropriate for a moving works protocol, covering 0.5-1.0 Km per day, every year. 1 driver/operator - 2 vanguards front/rear in charge of all 'work-site' movements - 1 or 2 sweeper/trimmers to clear larger boughs & debris to sides After the first day there is a certain starkness where growth has been trimmed, but in a couple of weeks.... The important detail is that there is coordination between the various departments & utilities to keep lamp posts, guard railings, seats, signs, location cabinets, clear from the verge, so that the cutting goes through without fiddling, stop-start to dodge all the above noted crap, and with the benefit of delivering a tactile and colour defined edge for the path pavement, which allows those with sight impairment to track along with one foot on 'grass' & one on pavement Intelligent & co-ordinated design of infrastructure for high output or self maintaining operation can save ££'s and deliver inviting & serviceable paths I'd add here the use of self-flushing swales and side gullies, with armoured (stone/bricks &c) inverts (even the most basic concrete channels can work). All sitting slightly lower than path verges and draining down to an outfall We might start by steadily eliminating or moving those problem poles & barriers? paddyirish on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360556 Sat, 14 May 2022 06:36:06 +0000 paddyirish 360556@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Thanks Frenchy- reported crowriver on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360555 Fri, 13 May 2022 22:44:53 +0000 crowriver 360555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ The entrances to the segregated cycle lanes on Portobello Road at Jock's Lodge / Piershill need double yellow lines. Won't stop drivers from blocking them with parked vehicles but might make them think twice... Frenchy on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360551 Fri, 13 May 2022 19:56:18 +0000 Frenchy 360551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Can be reported here: <a href="https://webforms.edinburgh.gov.uk/site/portal/request/foliage" rel="nofollow">https://webforms.edinburgh.gov.uk/site/portal/request/foliage</a> paddyirish on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360550 Fri, 13 May 2022 19:41:17 +0000 paddyirish 360550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ A8 Cycle Path between Airport and Newbridge has large number of low branches around or below head height for a cyclist, covering the whole path in places. Is it the west team we are supposed to ask? Morningsider on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360545 Fri, 13 May 2022 15:27:11 +0000 Morningsider 360545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Dropped kerb on the access to the shared use path over the WAR at Rutland Square. Also be nice to install contraflow cycle lanes on Rutland Street and Canning Street - so you can easily get to/from Rutland Square. Only occurs to me as I cycled it today. Arellcat on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360537 Fri, 13 May 2022 09:18:40 +0000 Arellcat 360537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Might be worth reviewing this google map of Mostly Stuff That Needs Fixed: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1OI0X-LpZj4TEULgH30-BCAwDLb0&ll=55.95016368848158%2C-3.18617849999999&z=13" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1OI0X-LpZj4TEULgH30-BCAwDLb0&ll=55.95016368848158%2C-3.18617849999999&z=13</a> chdot on "List of “Active Travel” items that ‘new council’ needs to fix" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20944#post-360533 Thu, 12 May 2022 22:30:42 +0000 chdot 360533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ From 4 years ago - “<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17876">our new Transport Convenor, Lesley McInnes has asked for details of other small items that make Active Travel harder than it needs to be</a>.” (It may or may not still be her)