http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Livable, sustainable, bike-friendly communities en Sun, 31 May 2026 06:01:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-4071 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:27:43 +0000 cb 4071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Go Outdoors to open in <a href="http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/clydebank-store-heralds-scottish-expansion">Edinburgh</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-4007 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:36:16 +0000 wee folding bike 4007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a Go Outdoors in Coatbridge which offers a discount card.</p> <p>I just had a keek at their web page and it looks like they stock Craghopper pants so I might go and see the real shop. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-4005 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:27:39 +0000 SRD 4005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just so that we are not accused of parodying American culture too ruthlessly (something I am _never_ guilty of ;)...I notice that no one has responded to my <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=516#post-3870">post </a>about the prevalence in US and Canada of membership co-ops from which cycling and other outdoor gear can be purchased, in contrast to the rather more profit-oriented industry over here. We miss REI and Mountain Equip Coop a lot! </p> <p>They also do good lines in ethical clothing, and excellent kids winter-coats that are actually waterproof, kids boots that have linings and stuff like that. Not necessarily cheap (although the £ goes a long way), but durable, and the sales can be brilliant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-4003 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17:01 +0000 chdot 4003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"peek oil"</p> <p>Is that a typo or are you referring to <a href="http://www.onepagenews.com/p/tag/peek-oil/">THIS</a>!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-4001 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:31 +0000 Kim 4001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Roll on peek oil! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-3999 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:53:46 +0000 TwoWheels 3999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Being a 'merkin, I can intelligibly propound on this subject. As in Scotland, various luminaries are constantly propounding guidelines, goals and multi-faceted objectives without anyone going to the bother of actually taking them seriously. </p> <p>The day that pedestrians and cyclists are elevated to equality with automobiles on the road in the U.S.A. will be the day our entire edifice of individual freedom crumbles and falls to the ground like a paper-mache statue of Saddam Hussein. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=509#post-3736 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:05:17 +0000 Kim 3736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A proposal for an unexpected source</p> <p><ul><li>Treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes</li><li>Ensure convenient access for people of all ages and abilities</li><li>Go beyond minimum design standards</li><li>Collect data on walking and biking trips</li><li>Set a mode share target for walking and bicycling</li><li>Protect sidewalks and shared-use paths the same way roadways are protected (for example, snow removal)</li><li>Improve nonmotorized facilities during maintenance projects</li></ul></p> <p>Sounds like the sort of policies you would get from a liberal neo-socialist European country, but no just look at the spellings (this was cut and pasted) from the <a href="http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/03/my-view-from-atop-the-table-at-the-national-bike-summit.html">official blog of the US Secretary of Transportation</a>.</p> <p>Can we expect to this sort of thing in a Manifesto landing on our door step any time soon? </p>