http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Lost dispute doubles cost of replacing roundabout" en Sun, 17 May 2026 16:52:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=275#post-2125 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:44:43 +0000 Kim 2125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The 'motorist friendly' attitudes of the EEN may well be explained by looking at the amount of car advertising it carries. It has become sightly more cycle friendly over the last year or so as the credit crunch sharply reduced the amount of car advertising. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=275#post-2123 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:11:35 +0000 chdot 2123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure what the job of the EEN is.</p> <p>As a business it has to make sure it survives - getting people to buy, and advertise in, it - which obviously becomes more of a problem due to general economics and the fact that more people are reading it online. Journalistically it can therefore tend to be a bit tabloid/sensationalist to grab the readers. </p> <p>The Council is always an easy target. Though one problem here - for councils, newspapers and the public - is that 'the council' is both the councillors (or at least the ones in 'power') and the staff. Just because the councillors have a policy (good or bad) doesn't mean it will get implemented. There are plenty of services that run just fine without political 'interference' and others where, at times, there needs to be a bit more political leadership.</p> <p>But then it's a large organisation run by people with different ideas.</p> <p>Over the years the EEN has always seemed to be a bit 'motorist friendly'. Whether this is because it 'reflects the views of its readers', or the general, car loving, British public or as a way of being argumentative against 'the council' is never clear.</p> <p>Today there's a piece headed "Edinburgh City Council's half-term report card: Coalition in the spotlight" which is (perhaps) surprisingly uncritical.</p> <p>It contains the striking sentence -</p> <p>"Efforts to encourage cycling have also been good."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Edinburgh-City-Council39s-halfterm-report.6030720.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Edinburgh-City-Council39s-halfterm-report.6030720.jp</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=275#post-2118 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:07:55 +0000 Kim 2118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Constant Council bashing? Isn't that the job of the EEN? Warranted or not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=275#post-2117 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:55:27 +0000 chdot 2117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't want to be accuse of constant Council bashing - it's a hard job etc....</p> <p>But things like this will obviously/presumably lead to 'savings' elsewhere - like maintaining/improving cycle infrastructure.</p> <p>"The newly-created junction at Seafield Road cost twice its expected price"</p> <p>"A damning council report later blamed poor planning for the delays and said officials had been "overly optimistic" with their completion dates. Marshall Poulton, the city's transport chief, later apologised for the delays, admitting his staff "got it wrong"."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Lost-dispute-doubles-cost-of.6030722.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Lost-dispute-doubles-cost-of.6030722.jp</a> </p>