http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A real quality bike corridor? en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:07:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-27013 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:05:49 +0000 Kim 27013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh: £500k bridge for cyclist/pedestrians too expensive<br /> Denbighshire: £4.3m bridge for cyclist/pedestrians <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-12757100">to go ahead</a>?</p> <p>Spot the difference... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-27012 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:50:29 +0000 chdot 27012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"am I being to cynical?"</p> <p>Now there's a question. </p> <p>There is a longstanding disconnect between good ideas, reports and resources. </p> <p>It's not just CEC. </p> <p>It's politics (party and other), inertia, optimisms, assumptions, dogmas, vested interests etc. </p> <p>Bridge goes rusty - better replace it. </p> <p>Exercise, 'prevention rather cure' - 'yes, but we've "got" to build more hospitals, employ more doctors' etc. - 'it's what the voters want' etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-27010 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:28:00 +0000 Kim 27010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CEC would rather spend money on producing reports about how they are going to increase the level of cycling in Edinburgh, than spend the money on actual infrastructure...</p> <p>or am I being to cynical? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-26915 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:47:32 +0000 Dave 26915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So we could only have a thousand such bridges instead of a tram line running from not-quite-the-airport to not-quite-the-city-centre?</p> <p>Yes, I can see their point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-26912 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:29:43 +0000 chdot 26912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I wonder why we can't just build a bridge over the south suburban railway"</p> <p>CEC has actually looked at this (can't remember if this was the exact place) but decided it was too expensive (£500k or more). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-26911 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:29:20 +0000 SRD 26911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't they consider this, but it would cost gazillions? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2530#post-26909 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:21:46 +0000 Dave 26909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder why we can't just <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=55.9288,-3.182173&amp;daddr=55.928599,-3.181856&amp;geocode=&amp;hl=en&amp;mra=mift&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=18&amp;sll=55.928739,-3.182184&amp;sspn=0.00122,0.005617&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=55.928739,-3.182184&amp;spn=0.00122,0.005617&amp;t=h&amp;z=18">build a bridge over the south suburban railway</a> - effectively linking South Meadow Place with Langton Road. </p> <p>That way, without any hassle about parking bays and pinch points and what have you, we'd have a fast direct link between the Kings Buildings and Meadows... </p>