http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Parking in Edinburgh should be free en Fri, 22 May 2026 07:51:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-176967 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:24:39 +0000 Min 176967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pretty disgusting that they have free parking at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-176955 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:23:12 +0000 kaputnik 176955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-council-staff-to-lose-free-parking-1-3652233">Edinburgh council staff to lose free parking</a></p> <p><em>DOZENS of councillors and staff at Edinburgh City Council face losing their free parking perks as part of planned £22 million budget cuts.</p> <p>The local authority wants to impose parking charges at its headquarters in the city centre and at reserved spaces in a nearby car park.</p> <p>The move, which is proposed as part of the council’s budget from April, is expected to raise £65,000 a year.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94645 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:24:36 +0000 DaveC 94645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't recall the cyclist who brought the lorry demo to a halt on Princes Street, do tell us! Did they just stop on Princes Street and the lorry drivers refused to run them over? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94634 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:23:21 +0000 Cyclingmollie 94634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was the opposite during the fuel strike. Portobello High Street was almost empty of traffic. Remember the cyclist who brought the lorry demo to a halt on Princes Street? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94633 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:11:47 +0000 Min 94633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That more or less happened the last time there was a bus strike. I cycled in and it was a wall of cars the whole way. It was a number of years ago though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94630 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:45:55 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 94630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>I was thinking of having a day where ALL cyclists with cars drive and all people who take bus instead of driving drive. It would be insane gridlock in Edinburgh. Might be good to make a point...</em>"</p> <p>National Drive to Work Day - I'd mooted the idea a few years back, but lack the resources of time to really push it. Someone actually set it up this year, and it was last week. Yeah, there was a lot of promotion about it. I think there's mileage int he diea, though, to become an annual point-maker. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94615 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:23:15 +0000 ARobComp 94615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was thinking of having a day where ALL cyclists with cars drive and all people who take bus instead of driving drive. It would be insane gridlock in Edinburgh. Might be good to make a point... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94588 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:16:44 +0000 neddie 94588@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm all in favour of a complete free-for-all one day a week on a weekday. All traffic lights would be switched off and parking allowed anywhere. The only rule would be a blanket 20mph limit. It could be called "Appreciate buses, traffic wardens and cycles day".</p> <p>The City would grind to a halt and there would quickly be calls to regulate parking, enforce bus lanes, build cycle paths, etc... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94462 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:34:41 +0000 cc 94462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yuck!<br /> No wonder nobody used to like being there.</p> <p>That's how Leith Walk looks today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-94451 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:12:48 +0000 kaputnik 94451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A little reminder about what Edinburgh with "free parking" looks like <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixtiesedinburgh/8125791499/">Grassmarket, c. 1972</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-93894 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:23:20 +0000 Nelly 93894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"And they park on double yellows ALL day every day on Hatton Place in Marchmont and that's NEVER enforced"</p> <p>I live nearby, and my son goes to school round the corner - cant recall the above happening regularly, but if it does, you need to call it in - just call the police - badger them and they will deal with it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-93892 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:09:28 +0000 cc 93892@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Double yellows have a two minute restriction don't they? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-93884 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:55:36 +0000 DaveC 93884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure there is but I assume the passenger being collected should be on the pavement waiting for the car. Not thats likely to happen in winter at 4am. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069&page=2#post-93882 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:29:43 +0000 cb 93882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is it not the case [can't be bothered looking] it up, that "loading" permits you to be away from your vehichle for up to 5 mins?</p> <p>Even when there are loading restrictions you are still allowed to set down or pick up a passenger. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93879 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:00:26 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 93879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>If you leave the vehicle unattended then it's parking, not loading.</em>"</p> <p>If there's only one of you it's difficult to load without leaving the car unattended for a short period of time... [/pedant] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93878 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:57:51 +0000 AKen 93878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>You can load/unload on double yellows...<br /> </em></p> <p>If you leave the vehicle unattended then it's parking, not loading. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93869 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:07:10 +0000 crowriver 93869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>yellow striped bars on the pavement/kerbstones, which prevent this.</em></p> <p>Oh, if only that were true. They'd have to be armed with land mines or sidewinder missiles to prevent Edinburgh drivers from parking next to them.</p> <p>My "favourite" chancer parking around McDonald Road/Brunswick Road is the old "I'll only be a minute" routine to justify blocking the cycle lane/junction. Either: driver/passenger sitting in car, therefore "waiting/loading"; or empty vehicle but leave driver side window half open, thereby hinting "oh, I've just popped to the bank/library/shop/auntie Flo's, it's loading/unloading really it is". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93867 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:56:56 +0000 kaputnik 93867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can "unload" (whatever that means) on double yellows, so long as there aren't yellow striped bars on the pavement/kerbstones, which prevent this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93858 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:05:49 +0000 bdellar 93858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On Leith Walk / Brunswick, people often park on the double red lines. Heurgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93755 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:15:47 +0000 recombodna 93755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"You can load/unload on double yellows..."</p> <p>I think he was probably there for more than 60 seconds. At that time in the morning the warden would have been in a car or on a moped. The driver would have had to be away from the vehicle for the amount of time it took the warden to stop write the ticket, print the ticket, stick the ticket on the window then take a photo of the ticket on the window the drive away into the Night ....... or morning... </p> <p>Mind you I got a ticket on sunday in stockbridge because my front wheel was slightly in a bus stop...... that bus doesn't even run on a sunday.... OUTRAGEOUS!!!! Maybe I should write to the evening news!!!....... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93737 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:01:01 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 93737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>You can load/unload on double yellows...</em>"</p> <p>Does that include passengers....? ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93736 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:56:40 +0000 cc 93736@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course people park on double yellows every day on the Quality Bike Corridor. And they park on double yellows ALL day every day on Hatton Place in Marchmont and that's NEVER enforced. Nice to hear that there is one small segment of road which isn't invisible to the parking wardens. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93731 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:45:29 +0000 fimm 93731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Tell that to the folks in the colonies who lost their homes last year... </em><br /> ?<br /> The only time I ever saw our street blocked by a double parked car - it was a police car...<br /> (People do often double park the bins, though, which means the bins sometimes can't be emptied.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93729 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:44:34 +0000 wangi 93729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can load/unload on double yellows... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93721 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:21:43 +0000 recombodna 93721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Double yellow lines are 24 hours and are an instant ticket..... where's the story?</p> <p>"Traffic warden does job properly shocker"??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93718 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:17:39 +0000 steveo 93718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>“I really cannot believe it. There wasn’t a ­sinner to be seen on the street when I pulled up. Granted I did park on double yellow lines but they pounced on me within a minute.</em></p> <p>So he admits his guilt and then complains. You were busted man up and move on. Non.Story. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93706 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:50:18 +0000 cc 93706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also the parking wardens have mopeds. You can get quite far on a moped in sixty seconds.</p> <p>Also the warden could have walked round the corner.</p> <p>I have no sympathy for this law breaker. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93702 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:42:35 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 93702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>We have trackers on all our cars and it shows that I pulled up outside the Missoni at 4.03am; the parking ticket shows that he began writing me up just one minute later at 4.04am so he must have been hiding in a doorway or something.</em>"</p> <p>That does sort of assume the time on the tracker and the time on the ticket machine, are synchronised... If one is 3 minutes fast, the other 3 minutes slow, plus the one minute differece, that's 7 minutes right there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93699 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:40:06 +0000 cc 93699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Evening News is beneath contempt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9069#post-93694 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:34:25 +0000 cb 93694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Another</em> <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/chauffeur-shocked-at-parking-warden-s-4am-fine-for-one-minute-wait-1-2677859">parking story</a>. </p>