http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: West Crosscauseway to be pedestrianised? en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:26:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318445 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:27:50 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 318445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite frankly, is there any point if CEC does its usual 'pedestrianisation'? Just back from a walk down Rose St. Was driven at by several vans, some driving the wrong way. Said vehicles were only slowed occasionally by the many illegally parked vehicles. What's the point in CEC laying new setts near Hanover St at no doubt large expense when they will be trashed in no time by being driven on by 10+ ton lorries? </p> <p>Let's face it, CEC has no competence whatsoever in enforcing restrictions on its vehicular plague. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318408 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 04:26:31 +0000 chdot 318408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“POSTED 9 YEARS AGO”</p> <p>That’s just this thread - idea around for a while already. </p> <p>ThisIsEdinburgh. </p> <p>“POSTED 9 YEARS AGO”</p> <p>Just put in a few planters... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318406 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 00:25:56 +0000 jonty 318406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Huuuge sigh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318392 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:05:40 +0000 CycleAlex 318392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The costs to implement the proposed improvements for the Causey Project will be approximately £1.7m. Current Council funding has identified £250k.</blockquote>That doesn't sound particularly promising... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318391 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:59:42 +0000 CycleAlex 318391@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's sitting with the DPEA (shocker): <a href="https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?ID=120449" rel="nofollow">https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?ID=120449</a></p> <p>Can't imagine there will be much activity until well into 2020 when CCWEL and Leith Street TRO/RSOs are sorted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-318388 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:42:10 +0000 jonty 318388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this still happening?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-283222 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:56:31 +0000 dessert rat 283222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More power to social media shaming. </p> <p>Same lorry now sensibly parked two morning in a row whilst unloading. Never seen it do that once in the two years I've been passing this.</p> <p>I had previously emailed several times to both the company and restaurant who was getting the delivery, neither responded. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-283138 Tue, 22 May 2018 14:30:30 +0000 dessert rat 283138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>West Crosscauseway yesterday - standard occurrence</p> <p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/885/41376446295_b71ed09dd8.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-283133 Tue, 22 May 2018 13:46:51 +0000 chdot 283133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Forgot to post this before (taken 25th April).</p> <p>No idea if the hiviz people have anything to do with Causey, but the others are on a clear desire line!</p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/966/27873797208_ee2eed3742.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-283125 Tue, 22 May 2018 13:14:26 +0000 jonty 283125@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do we know what the story is here? Have the legal orders been approved? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-283091 Tue, 22 May 2018 08:45:23 +0000 chdot 283091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(This thread is SEVEN years old. ThisIsEdinburgh.)</p> <p>“</p> <p>Causey Development Trust AGM 2018 is on Tues 19 June at 7pm. All welcome! Guest speaker is @Daisynmurphy. Full details on poster @Edinburgh_CC @SustransScot @planningedin #TheCausey #active_travel #placemaking pls r/t </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/The_Causey/status/998688890067279872" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/The_Causey/status/998688890067279872</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-272907 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:36:18 +0000 chdot 272907@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should probably revisit the QBiC too, but that’s a whole other other!</p> <p>“Probably worth doing by 'us' after Innocent link opens.”</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856#post-189185" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856#post-189185</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-272905 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:33:35 +0000 chdot 272905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta.</p> <p>I saw that and the QBiC mention and assumed there must be a different Causey thread.</p> <p>Maybe revert to this? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-272897 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:14:19 +0000 Frenchy 272897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I’m sure there must be another more recent thread.</em></p> <p>There's this one (possibly others): <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-272896 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:11:23 +0000 chdot 272896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I’m sure there must be another more recent thread.</p> <p>This has already be on the go for (more than) 7 years -</p> <p>#ThisIsEdinburgh</p> <p>“</p> <p>Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)<br /> 18/01/2018, 15:52<br /> #TheCausey drop-in Sat 20 &amp; Tue 23. Times &amp; place HERE--&gt;thecausey.org Background here--&gt;thecausey.org/1712_CDTCommun… New plans re-instate Chapel St cyclelanes &amp; they become mandatory @CyclingEdin @edfoc @The_Causey @TheCycleService @EdinPolSE @TheBikeStation @EdSust </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/vlgYffBfrG" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/vlgYffBfrG</a></p> <p>“ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-198741 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:55:13 +0000 gembo 198741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ah but the enormous duck in the artist's impressio will be used to eat cars</p> <p>our taxi driver on sat night took daft route from Canongait on to Prnices St, said he was avoiding the cowgate. What was wrong with Lawn Market i wonder? he did then say he was a cyclist so I gave him a tip anyway (oh yes and he was so embarassed he switched the meter off whilst we were waiting on trams and traffic light sequences. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-198711 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:26:49 +0000 kaputnik 198711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> I guess the idea is that traffic calming will discourage people from driving along here?</em></p> <p>All the "traffic calming" in the world doesn't seem to stop any other traffic-calmed parts of Edinburgh being full of parked and otherwise mobile vehicles.</p> <p>I cycled home through the "closed to traffic" Grassmarket the other night after Akva, was quite perturbed to find it full of taxis from one end of the other which get in by sneaking down the side streets and then ply up and down doing pick-ups and drop-offs.</p> <p>Rose Street is another example of that particular pedestrianisation that Edinburgh seems to like, which provides 2 4hour vehicle access and parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-198701 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:02:21 +0000 paulmilne 198701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The retention of two way traffic on Chapel Street is a disappointment. Not sure how this will work as during rush hour, north-south traffic counts can be pretty high along here. I just don't see how this will work for pedestrians, cyclists and quite a lot of motorists sharing. I guess the idea is that traffic calming will discourage people from driving along here? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-198558 Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:15:28 +0000 chdot 198558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/300k-funding-boost-for-causey-urban-oasis-plan-1-3884801" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/300k-funding-boost-for-causey-urban-oasis-plan-1-3884801</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-184208 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:44:01 +0000 neddie 184208@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What's with the silver squiggle?</p> <p>Interesting that they put a genuinely small car (an original Mini) in the mock picture. Wonder how a few BMW X5s would appear? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-184202 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:55:37 +0000 UtrechtCyclist 184202@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks great! I like the funky paving. Not so sure about the fact that they're scrabbling around to try and find another two parking places so that none are lost... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-184199 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:15:17 +0000 chdot 184199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://goo.gl/dTpWvw">Details</a> (big pdf) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904&page=2#post-184003 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:51:53 +0000 chdot 184003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>We’ve got more plans…come and see them</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.thecausey.org/news.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thecausey.org/news.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26559 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:20:10 +0000 wingpig 26559@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Once upon a time cars were required <a href="http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians/inventions.htm">by law</a> to give adequate warning if their approach.<br /> Standard Life's tallest-ever managing director was killed by an out-of-control horse on George Street. I expect a few of us here have had to take evasive action to avoid them on the WOL path when they've slipped the clutch or otherwise accelerated to a canter unexpectedly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26557 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:29:53 +0000 steveo 26557@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I expect very similar conversations were had around keeping people out the way of speeding buggy carts, handsome cabs, coaches and rich folk on horses. Road conflict is nothing new i doubt.<br /> However I think I'd rather be hit by a modern car than a horse coach, at least cars are designed to push you up and over, a horse would trample you then the ton of coach would flatten you. Let's not pretend that these things were safer because they were slower, they also had no real stearing or effective brakes and a four horse coach can still get up to a lick of pace. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26536 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:15:24 +0000 Kim 26536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.kimharding.net/blog/?p=1531">Are our streets for people or only for people in cars</a>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26522 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:00:08 +0000 kaputnik 26522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>If it is to be suitable for bikes, can they change the road surface from setts to one that doesnt require an FSR?</em></p> <p>Yes! It's time for cyclists to reclaim the streets from the tourists :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26520 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:40:08 +0000 mgj 26520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it is to be suitable for bikes, can they change the road surface from setts to one that doesnt require an FSR? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26517 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:19:57 +0000 Morningsider 26517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>cc - there are pavements running alongside some of the streets in Pompeii, which makes them at least 2000 years old. They certainly feature in Scottish urban areas far earlier than 100 years ago - e.g. I'm pretty sure they were a feature of New Town when it was built (begun 1765).</p> <p>Obviously, streets were far more 'communal property' before the advent of mass car ownership and people were far more likely to walk, play and even work on the road than they do now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=904#post-26512 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:29:39 +0000 cc 26512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik The original purpose of streets was for people to get about. The idea that they were there mainly for vehicles, and the relegation of mere people to "pavements" at the edges, came much later - only a century or so ago, when cars started to become common. </p> <p>There was a great article about this in one of the cycling blogs a month or two ago, about the considerable popular anger there was when people were forced off the streets and/or mown down by motorised maniacs. Sadly I can't find the link :-( </p>