http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: North Edinburgh Active Travel (NEAT) en Sun, 31 May 2026 05:31:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-383896 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:54:25 +0000 chdot 383896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>North Edinburgh Connections: A Chance to Get Street Design Right<br /> POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2026 BY JAMES GARRY</p> <p>Streets as civic spaces, not just routes for movement</p> <p>A consultation is now open on the North Edinburgh Connections project, previously known as NEAT. Though framed as an active travel scheme, it is more consequential than that label suggests. It will reshape some of north Edinburgh’s most important streets and, with them, the everyday experience of the communities they serve.</p> <p>…</p> <p>The language of “active travel” is useful shorthand, but it can obscure what is truly at stake. Streets are not simply corridors for movement. They are the most immediate and widely shared public spaces in any city. For decades, many of Edinburgh’s arterial roads have been shaped around vehicle throughput, often at the expense of pedestrian comfort, safety and environmental quality. North Edinburgh’s main roads are a clear example: wide carriageways, fast-moving traffic and fragmented crossings have created places that feel inhospitable, particularly for those on foot or using mobility aids.</p> <p>…</p> <p>The risk of doing it halfway</p> <p>Edinburgh’s experience of street redesign over recent years offers some instructive lessons, and not all of them are encouraging. Cycle routes interrupted at junctions, planting that feels incidental, materials that age poorly, layouts that do not reflect how people actually move through an area: these are not minor imperfections. They erode confidence in the process and limit the long-term value of the investment.</p> <p>(more)</p> <p><a href="https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/north-edinburgh-connections-a-chance-to-get-street-design-righ/?" rel="nofollow">https://www.cockburnassociation.org.uk/news/north-edinburgh-connections-a-chance-to-get-street-design-righ/?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-383549 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:28:48 +0000 chdot 383549@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now MORE consultation </p> <p>citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17102&amp;page=21#post-383512 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-372974 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:42:45 +0000 chdot 372974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53479338412_df1d1cb823.jpg"></p> <p><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53479338412_85503f5b90_h.jpg">Bigger</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-372912 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:25:31 +0000 chdot 372912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walking-projects-1/neat-connections/2" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walking-projects-1/neat-connections/2</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21434#post-372654 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:41:54 +0000 chdot 372654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As posted on the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&amp;page=7&amp;replies=202#post-372652">tarmac thread</a></p> <p>“Looking through <a href="https://www.showcase-sustrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cameron-Baillie-Granton-Waterfront-Sustrans-Presentation-29-11-22-Updated.pdf">link</a> above I realise that Pennywell Road is the subject of North Edinburgh Active Travel (NEAT).</p> <p>“I’ve been aware of NEAT since some time last year when I despaired at discovering yet another large/detailed/expensive/etc consultation/project full of good work/community involvement/identification of problems/ideas/etc”</p> <p> <a href="https://neat.scot" rel="nofollow">https://neat.scot</a></p> <p>I went to one ‘drop in’ session. Someone from CEC and Sustrans.</p> <p>Anyone else had any involvement (or even aware of this)? </p>