http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Can we learn from Seville en Sun, 31 May 2026 13:26:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31502 Tue, 17 May 2011 14:48:17 +0000 SRD 31502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>flat and compact city, with good weather?</em></p> <p>compact ...YES<br /> flat ...NO<br /> good weather...NO </p> <p>Sorry Kim, where are you thinking about? Calgary? (not compact, but flat and -45C in winter!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31499 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:58:25 +0000 Kim 31499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>mgj That is a good description of Edinburgh, when compared with a number of cities around the world which I have much higher cycling rates... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31498 Tue, 17 May 2011 12:57:09 +0000 kaputnik 31498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We should learn that shell suits are not and never have been a good look. With specific reference to my parents dressing me in a Hibs shellsuit as a child. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31495 Tue, 17 May 2011 12:15:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 31495@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Can</em> we learn from Seville?</p> <p>Yes.</p> <p><em>Will</em> we learn from Seville? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31493 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:56:59 +0000 wingpig 31493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What was the public transport system like?<br /> Was there any pre-existing emnities between council/police/motorists/others?<br /> What was the attitude of the popular press in the area to cycling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31491 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:50:10 +0000 ruggtomcat 31491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Humm, heat has its own problems. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31488 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:34:59 +0000 mgj 31488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That it's relatively easy to increase cycling from a low base in a flat and compact city, with good weather? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2962#post-31485 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:03:06 +0000 Kim 31485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In fewer than ten years, urban mobility in Seville has been transformed. City residents have been won over to utility cycling, resulting in a tenfold increase in cyclists and fewer traffic jams. The proportion of journeys by bicycle has jumped from 0.2% to 6.6%.</p> <p>The overall effect of the bicycle plan on Seville has been considerable, with pollution falling for the first time since the 1980s and a notable reduction in congestion. The change in attitude is drastic, too, with politicians and the public alike now viewing cycling as a way of reclaiming the European city from an American-style obsession with cars and roads.</p> <p>They now want cycling’s share of traffic to grow from 6.6% now to 15% by 2015.</p> <p>Can Edinburgh learn from this experience? </p>