http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Thoughts on the Quality Bike Corridor en Tue, 19 May 2026 01:02:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371698 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:43:20 +0000 chdot 371698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Hey @edinhelp , Causewayside appears to have re-opened to motor traffic before the protection for people cycling has been reinstated and with the pedestrian crossing is blocked by barriers. Can this be resolved urgently? Cc @CllrScottArthur @SteveAMBurgess</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/justacwab/status/1724037580658762096" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/justacwab/status/1724037580658762096</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371613 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:27:32 +0000 pringlis 371613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You're right there were, but it was painted double yellow then. Maybe a mix up between the existing TRO and the ETRO that added the dividers? Hopefully they'll update those single lines and add them...</p> <p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/JnQT1tgW/temp-Imagebn-Oo15.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371611 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:22:34 +0000 neddie 371611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why is it only single yellow there, it was previously double yellows. And there were dividers:</p> <p><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/pYKDPzVKCqnxyNKv6" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/pYKDPzVKCqnxyNKv6</a></p> <p>We can only hope its not finished (global shortage of yellow paint, surely?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371610 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:15:21 +0000 pringlis 371610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a shame they couldn't mark it as a mandatory cycle lane. It'll be clogged up with parking outside the yellow line time. Unlikely to be dividers if it's a single yellow line vs double?</p> <p>I was ruminating on mandatory vs advisory lanes earlier this week when cycling to my dentist in Liberton, I don't think I've once actually been able to use the advisory lane on the A701 uphill as it's just parking for residents. They're really not worth the paint. </p> <p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/TwK0gQNC/temp-Image-Mt-K6-Kd.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371607 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:02:57 +0000 chdot 371607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Previously -</p> <p>“</p> <p>All cycle lanes should have red surfacing </p> <p>The entire route should have cycle lanes or bus/cycle lanes </p> <p>The entire route should be part of the 20mph zone </p> <p>Cycle lanes outside car park spaces should be designed with door-opening problems in mind </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2010/12/quality-bike-corridor-spokes-comment/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2010/12/quality-bike-corridor-spokes-comment/</a></p> <p>YES, that’s THIRTEEN years ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-371605 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:48:06 +0000 chdot 371605@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday </p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53321413483_ea6bc0a6a4_c_d.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53321531869_51023f3fc2_c_d.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53322311818_f6c2c0b89f.jpg"></p> <p>Good to see that stretch resurfaced (finally)!!!</p> <p>Shame about the ‘invisible when dark/wet’ chips. </p> <p>No idea if there will be any physical lane dividers. </p> <p>No surprise work not finished on time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221149 Fri, 27 May 2016 10:34:47 +0000 neddie 221149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's so obvious they just need to swap the parking lane with the bike lane and everything would be fine... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221083 Thu, 26 May 2016 16:22:55 +0000 Big_Smoke 221083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would consider it to be a benifit of a different kind of butcher but whatever. This thing is hopeless. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221081 Thu, 26 May 2016 16:22:12 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 221081@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has the TRO changed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221075 Thu, 26 May 2016 16:12:34 +0000 chdot 221075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>About an extra car length of loading - probably (mostly) for benefit of butcher. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221070 Thu, 26 May 2016 15:54:00 +0000 Frenchy 221070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noticed the repainted lines, but couldn't tell if they had actually moved. Have they?</p> <p>People parking in the bike lane on the double yellows there was one of the most annoying things about my commute when I commuted that way. I once asked a parking inspector why they ignore it, but he didn't seem to understand my question - instead saying something to the effect of "the original design was better, but they changed it for some reason". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-221024 Thu, 26 May 2016 13:05:52 +0000 chdot 221024@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There has been a minor change in last few days. </p> <p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7347/26591167954_ef0e0c269c.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-83232 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:23:44 +0000 Claggy Cog 83232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The QBC was for, as far as I can make out, students and to make their commute from on faculty to another easier, and as we all know students all cycle! That said, sorry to say, the QBC has not impacted on motorists, car parking, or the lack of consideration by car drivers to cyclists. It has had little or no impact and made little or no difference at all. The only up is that the road surface has improved immeasurably but it remains to be seen how long that lasts, come the utilities workers, who invariably wreck whole sections!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-83231 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:18:09 +0000 alibali 83231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LOL, or alternativey I have a pair of car skates you could borrow... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-83228 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:07:56 +0000 sallyhinch 83228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>can you find 7 or 8 burly chaps?</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqhUeDTAyYs&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqhUeDTAyYs&amp;feature=youtu.be</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-83222 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:20:16 +0000 LaidBack 83222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just love this vehicle....</p> <p>Every Sunday it's parked at the ASL on the QBC beside NMS.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/7914136296/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/7914136296_3bf9ff24b9.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/7914136296/">Regular Sunday parking in an ASL</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/66067108@N08/">LaidBackBikes</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-79902 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:11:21 +0000 holisticglint 79902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The most striking thing about the QBC - if it is supposed to be a demonstration of quality cycling infrastructure - is how far behind Edinburgh is in terms of mindset.</p> <p>"So now it's getting redone so it adheres to the Best Practice in the rest of the city. And that 2.80 metre width is one way, of course."</p> <p><a href="http://www.copenhagenize.com/2012/07/communicating-cycle-tracks-to-citizens.html">copenhagenize</a></p> <p>At times like these I usually start looking at jobs in Denmark but I'm not sure the resulting degree of smugness is safe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=6#post-79797 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:01:02 +0000 Claggy Cog 79797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik</p> <p><a href="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531530_10150904402051027_2045553737_n.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531530_10150904402051027_2045553737_n.jpg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79781 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000 kaputnik 79781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't have my phone as I was just popping to the shops, but I've noticed that the signs at top of Argyle Place for the QBC diversionary route are misaligned. </p> <p>If you were coming along Sciennes in direction of Marchmont for instance, the sign tells you to turn left for KB after you've gone past the turning. It's on the right hand side of the road also, which makes no sense as why would you be looking for direction signs on the wrong side of the road? It suggests more like it you've to go up Marchmont Crescent than hang left into Chalmers Crescent. Coming down Chalmers Crescent, the "straight ahead" sign indicating you down Argyle Place is parallel to the direction of travel so you can't read it as you approach it!</p> <p>You can see the spraypaint marking on the ground for the signpost, so it's clearly been planned by someone. It's also clearly not been planned or tested by anyone who's ever ridden a bike along the route.</p> <p>I'll try and get some photos for the Flickrgroup soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79739 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:05:18 +0000 kaputnik 79739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Probably OK now</em></p> <p>Unless you want to lock more than 1 bike to the Sheffield stand... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79737 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:19:39 +0000 Dave 79737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The reduced protection of the lane at the island is close to our flat. Really hard to understand (there's less room for traffic to pass cyclists safely, so the safety lane is made *smaller*? Who on earth thinks up these things?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79736 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:15:26 +0000 chdot 79736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7662657156/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7662657156_9e97bc7eef.jpg"></a></p> <p>Probably OK now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79735 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:00:24 +0000 chdot 79735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7662668486/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7662668486_1e7f210df8.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79667 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:44:36 +0000 kaputnik 79667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In my opinion, this is EXACTLY why they won't put in some form of segregation / protection on the lane, i.e. kerbstones, as the council secretly tried to pander to the "cycling lobby" by wasting money on paint and red tarmac, while not upsetting the motoring / white van / taxi lobby by preventing their accepted practice of operating their businesses from double yellow lines.</p> <p>Cyclists are distinct from motorists in that they want roads only for one purpose - getting places. The motorist wants the road both to get somewhere and then to park on it once they are there.</p> <p>I saw a great picture on Twitter yesterday (from US) of a bikehoop in the middle of the freeway, with a bike locked across it, with caption along the lines of "you wouldn't like a bike parked like this any more than we like a car parked across a bike lane". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79662 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:23:38 +0000 cc 79662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Agreed. I walked [bike out of action] along it today at lunchtime, both ways, and despaired at how many vans and lorries were on double yellow lines. There seems to be no law enforcement on the QBC at all. Certainly the Hua Xing supermarket people seem to direct all delivery vehicles onto the double yellow lines even when legal parking is available a few yards away. Presumably they know fine well that they can get away with it. Whether the road just isn't policed, or whether someone has been indulging in the grand old Embra tradition of brown envelope passing, I haven't a clue.</p> <p>Feeling very downhearted. Is this the best we can do? How many lifetimes does it have to be before <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2012/07/first-fietsroute-in-groningen.html">this sort of route</a> and thinking is routine here? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79599 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:47:02 +0000 Claggy Cog 79599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is no better and no worse than it ever was. Not sure that any serious money has been spent, and if it has, then I am uncertain what it has been spent on, a few red chuckies as far as I can tell.</p> <p>Resurfacing of the road has been piecemeal over the years and there are still areas that need it doing very badly. Outside of the Dick Vet and all along that section until you get to just before where the Bike Station is, has been crap for years, and the pavement is also absolutely awful too, and I feel for the pedestrians. In fact the best bit of the whole route is the section where the Bike Station is, beyond it is not great and the amount of traffic that you have to contend with is awful, as well as lots of traffic lights where you get completely squeezed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79563 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:05:47 +0000 cc 79563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today's routine blockage of the Quality Cycle Corridor<br /> <ul><li>white transit van MV54 WLL, just outside Hua Xing supermarket</li><li>YE06 HZT "Speedfresh Exotics" lorry, delivering to Hua Xing supermarket</li><li>Hua Xing supermarket van, delivering to Hua Xing supermarket</li><br /> </ul> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79427 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:23:49 +0000 PS 79427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course, whilst the fringe poster thingee may be off the cyclepath, punters reading said posters will presumably have to stand slapbang on top of the path to peruse them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79423 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:57:43 +0000 wingpig 79423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They're moving it against the fence! It is.unfolded and currently encroaches neither on pavement nor path!<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/7643403276/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7643403276_d58c73fca3_m.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/7643403276/">IMAG0410</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>A bloke with the look of a uni servitor about him is currently using one of the workmen's phones to speak to their boss. Something about ownership of the bit of grass behind the (permanent) fence, on which one panel of Heras has now been lain.</p> <p>Two cyclefuzz just went past.</p> <p>Non-fence-moving guy has wandered off.<br /> Looks like we'll end up with six panels against the wee fence, possibly fewer...</p> <p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/7643435910/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8028/7643435910_c8ffd1766a_m.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/7643435910/">IMAG0411</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7331&page=5#post-79422 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:54:57 +0000 SRD 79422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just took a look. there is one square barrier out to edge of cycle path, and another squashed quadrilateral above that that looks like it was the one that was moved. </p> <p>It is still possible to get from cycle lane on road, over dropped kerb, onto MMW cycle lane to the left of the stone pillar.</p> <p>But this path should obviously have some white paint marking it out. </p>