http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "West End stores call for all-year Sunday traffic ban" en Sun, 31 May 2026 16:12:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42497 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:22:51 +0000 cb 42497@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ahem, we have Princes St too at the moment don't forget.</p> <p>Actually I was on Princes St on Sunday and it was remarkably quiet with no buses (and no tram works), despite the number of shoppers out and about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42494 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:30:28 +0000 DaveC 42494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plus, Mulltrees Walk was designed as a pedestrian street/walk as its name suggests. I do see the odd cyclist but the security are quite good at preventing this. I have also seen Polics cyclists. I wonder if security questioned them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42490 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:58:49 +0000 ruggtomcat 42490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I dont count multreees walk as it is not a public street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42489 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:27:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 42489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ruggtomcat: that was my experience of Germany too. The towns, even small ones had cars banned from at least one main street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42485 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:05:26 +0000 wingpig 42485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure Multrees 'NO CYCLING" Walk would be very offended to be omitted from that short list. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42483 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:19:08 +0000 ruggtomcat 42483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Upon getting back from Europe where every town has at least one walking street I was amazed to realize that Edinburgh only has Rose street and a hundred meters of the Royal mile as its only pedestrianized area. In Copehnagen the entire center is pedestrianized (no bikes either). Even tiny towns in Germany have more walking area than us! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42465 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:02:21 +0000 Cyclingmollie 42465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In Edinburgh this would translate into a call for a traffic ban combined with a demand for compensation due to traffic restrictions. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42391 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:25:20 +0000 chdot 42391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Well everyone knows that if you can't park a car outside a shop the shop may as well just board itself up."</p> <p>Indeed.</p> <p>As I wrote to a City Centre councillor to day -</p> <p>"I would be surprised if Apple and Primark were making their investments based on expectations of improved/more car parking. " </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42390 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:05:27 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well <em>everyone</em> knows that if you can't park a car outside a shop the shop may as well just board itself up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42388 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:41:31 +0000 Instography 42388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[sarcasm]</p> <p>It's probably the experience of having seen how Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street are deserted of shoppers on a Saturday that makes Edinburgh retailers and councillors so reluctant to go down the route of pedestrianisation</p> <p>[/sarcasm] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42362 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:38:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 42362@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here was me thinking this was the 'West End Village' realising that on narrow cobbled streets making it easy for people to walk about might help business.</p> <p>Too much to ask for, clearly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4076#post-42359 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:27:21 +0000 chdot 42359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23993816-west-end-stores-call-for-all-year-sunday-traffic-ban.do" rel="nofollow">http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23993816-west-end-stores-call-for-all-year-sunday-traffic-ban.do</a> </p>