http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: People in their houses in Balerno are trapped by fir=Erie, bad drivers on school en Mon, 18 May 2026 21:54:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21880#post-383097 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:35:07 +0000 gembo 383097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The school is at south end of village and new houses to the southern edges. If everyone agreed not to drive up there it would help The newer estates on Ravelrig Hill [particularly] need better crossings The A70 needs to be 20mph etc. I do see P6s and P7 walking themselves to school but the new estates have led to the roll at the school increasing gradually and the similar gradual return to driving to work has led to the issues reported </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21880#post-383095 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:48:33 +0000 pringlis 383095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not familiar with the area but looking on Google Maps it's such an obvious candidate for a <a href="https://www.streetsaheadedinburgh.org.uk/school-streets-1/school-streets">School Streets Scheme</a>. There are only two streets that feed into the area, so close them to everyone except permit holders at pick up and drop off time.</p> <p>Unfortunately the School Travel Plan review has been a complete farce with most schools now years overdue having the travel plan completed, never mind actually having anything implemented. The document at <a href="https://www.streetsaheadedinburgh.org.uk/downloads/download/9/school-travel-plan-review-programme" rel="nofollow">https://www.streetsaheadedinburgh.org.uk/downloads/download/9/school-travel-plan-review-programme</a> makes for sorry reading. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21880#post-383093 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:53:14 +0000 chdot 383093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p> "Some kind of traffic management needs to be implemented." </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-kids-nearly-run-over-33363896" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-kids-nearly-run-over-33363896</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21880#post-383091 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:09:52 +0000 gembo 383091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh Live story of some length about terrible driving around the primary school trapping old biddies in their houses. </p>