http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Transport blueprint en Wed, 13 May 2026 08:32:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2415 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:30 +0000 chdot 2415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blanket <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=310">20MPH</a> might be cheaper/more effective.</p> <p>Go metric and keep the MPH signs for KPH limits... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2413 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:23 +0000 Kim 2413@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you continue to idiot proof cars and drivers will become idiots. What we need is to make drivers think about <em>their</em> driving and the consciousnesses of getting it wrong. What we really need is Strict Liability.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Bq1vxCUvo" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Bq1vxCUvo</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2412 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:04 +0000 chdot 2412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Look there is a pig flying passed the window..."</p> <p>That method of methane producing transport is in the appendix of the 2030 blueprint. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2411 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:58:12 +0000 Kim 2411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The overall vision is that, by 2030, Edinburgh's transport system will be one of the most environmentally friendly, healthy and most accessible in northern Europe." Look there is a pig flying passed the window... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2393 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:54:32 +0000 chdot 2393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD</p> <p>That's the 'cycle friendly' bit. </p> <p>I wonder what they intend to do between 2020 and 2030 after Edinburgh has become a Cycling City...</p> <p>Unfortunately this story (and the Council's intentions) are all about small variations on the status quo and technological 'solutions'. </p> <p> "DASHBOARD devices which tell motorists when they are speeding and "intelligent" traffic lights that give elderly people more time to cross the road are among a series of high-tech proposals to cut road accidents in Edinburgh."</p> <p>Someone has added an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology#Intermediate_technology">intermediate technology</a> comment on the EEN story.</p> <p>"Tell you what would be impressive though, fitting stingers to all the roundabouts in Edinburgh that deploy when the lights are red." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=316#post-2392 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:07 +0000 SRD 2392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Intelligent-traffic-lights-point-way.6051705.jp">From the EEN</a></p> <p>...By 2030, the council also aims to benefit from a cycle network, an extended tram network, high-speed rail and a Forth crossing.</p> <p>Dave Anderson, director of city development at the city council, said: "The overall vision is that, by 2030, Edinburgh's transport system will be one of the most environmentally friendly, healthy and most accessible in northern Europe." </p>