http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Confessions of a recovering engineer" en Sun, 31 May 2026 18:12:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4829#post-51294 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:10:59 +0000 kaputnik 51294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's what I mean. The council is too scared or broke or whatever to put up the cash to actually redesign streets to reduce speed and increase safety, but they will pay lip service by designating some streets that are already de-facto c. 20mph zones thanks to being narrow already by sticking up a few signs. Even though our own Police have already said they can't or won't enforce them...</p> <p>20kph is too slow for narrow streets. Us cyclists would always be getting stuck behind cars! (More often than we already do...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4829#post-51291 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:12:16 +0000 ruggtomcat 51291@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>err, I don't think he would agree with you, the point being its how you make the environment, not how you zone it. You know there are lots of places on the mainland where the limit is 20<em>kph!?!</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4829#post-51277 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:22:06 +0000 kaputnik 51277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting!</p> <p><em>narrower, slower streets dramatically reduce accidents, especially fatalities.</em></p> <p>This man should come give the Council a lecture about 20mph zones. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4829#post-51274 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:38:54 +0000 ruggtomcat 51274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>*bump* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4829#post-51258 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:23:35 +0000 chdot 51258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A fair percentage of my time was spent convincing people that, when it came to their road, I knew more than they did."</p> <p><a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-22-confessions-of-a-recovering-engineer" rel="nofollow">http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-22-confessions-of-a-recovering-engineer</a> </p>