http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: QBC now blocked by Christmas Trees en Tue, 19 May 2026 18:43:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-268772 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:28:49 +0000 dk1 268772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes - I remember the reasons now, hadn't realised it was deleted. </p> <p>I'll remember that Frenchy, there was a little bit of advertising board creep onto the edge of the road but it wasn't completely blocked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-268767 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:19:04 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 268767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@nedd1e_h A <strike>Kelbie</strike> Kelpie? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-268747 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:23:14 +0000 neddie 268747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of the threads on this was deleted because...</p> <p>...<strike>you don't want to end up with a horse's head in your bed</strike> reasons </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-268720 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:26:38 +0000 Frenchy 268720@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The cycle lane wasn't blocked when I went past the other day, if it (or the pavement) is blocked, fire an email off to Cllr Steve Burgess, he has previous form for getting this sorted.</p> <p>Another thread on this is here: <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-268713 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:55:00 +0000 dk1 268713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fairly certain there is a more recent thread on this but annual notification that the QBC is now being used for the sale of Christmas trees. Happy days </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=3#post-159395 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:08:24 +0000 chdot 159395@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>May or may not be more temporary than Christmas trees -</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/14636129022/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14636129022_16d2c1c781.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/14633336491/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3871/14633336491_1ff67d4a7d.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/14636571615/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14636571615_46d4069e15.jpg"></a></p> <p>Probably better than on the pavement. </p> <p>Wouldn't matter so much if cycle lane was wider... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-137025 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:41:02 +0000 wingpig 137025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1998051@N24/pool/">Link</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-137018 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:04:45 +0000 chdot 137018@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Link? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-137017 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 23:58:28 +0000 SRD 137017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't forget - there's a Flickr group to put pics of the QBC in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136478 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:52:11 +0000 kaputnik 136478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes the trees and the vehicles will be entirely different when it comes to enforcing their removal. Unless that is they are abandoned vehicles or have expired VED or no insurance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136460 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:46:05 +0000 DaveC 136460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends on the lines painted on the roads. A physical obstruction can be interpreted differently if its a tree or vehicle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136446 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:57:09 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 136446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, there were two cars parked just after the trees last night as well. Be interesting to see if anything happens... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136438 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:34:35 +0000 Slug 136438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Roads inspectors visiting again today &amp; will follow up with a letter giving us power to uplift any obstruction if it remains. Thanks for your tweets"</em></p> <p>I hope that includes uplifting the Defender that's often parked there... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136432 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:18:33 +0000 chdot 136432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> South Team (@south_team)<br /> 11/12/2013 09:43<br /> @urbancyclist @CityCycling @CyclingEdin We appreciate this is an ongoing issue. Roads inspectors visiting again today &amp; will follow up with a letter giving us power to uplift any obstruction if it remains. Thanks for your tweets </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136336 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:42:43 +0000 Dave 136336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was pleased to move away from the QBC. Every day the bitter irony of it made me a little angry, and I didn't like that my better half sometimes had to use it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136335 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:36:14 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 136335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another ride by on the way home tonight then (which I don't like as there are bits of the QBC that feel decidedly unsafe, primarily the section by the library heading south which has no lane and is really poorly surfaced - ah yes, that QUALITY Bike Corridor...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136331 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:44:05 +0000 russellelly 136331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote> Anyone been by there today yet?</blockquote></p> <p>Blocking just over half the 'QBC' about half an hour ago. With a 'Santa' waving (distracting?) passing drivers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136272 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:20:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 136272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone been by there today yet? The Edinburgh South team have (so far, not checked since 9am) not said anything in response to the video I posted.</p> <p>When I first rode by on the pother side of the road the blockage didn't look too bad, then doubling back realised in the dark I hadn't seen how far the trees were protruding from their pots (which themselves are tipped on the kerb and it's feasible they could topple over). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136229 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:49:36 +0000 russellelly 136229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5ajoZ5Vyw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5ajoZ5Vyw</a></p> <p>.</p> <p>Via @citycycling on Twitter </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136153 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:42:19 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 136153@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can't access twitter at work, but if they're still there on my way home tonight I'll take a snap and build on the tweeting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136150 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:32:47 +0000 BaseCut 136150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Trees in planting boxes on it on Sat morning - as per the twitter pic above. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-136147 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:54:58 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 136147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any news on this? (will be riding home that way tonight). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135618 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:52:04 +0000 russellelly 135618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently it's getting visited today (thanks to Sara Dorman cc'ing the 'South Team' on Twitter).</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/justacwab/status/408231970775502849" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/justacwab/status/408231970775502849</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135602 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:19:29 +0000 kaputnik 135602@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It is an offence to obstruct the free passage of the highway. (Section 137 Highways Act 1980)"</p> <p>"The offence can be tried in the Magistrates' Court only*. The maximum penalty is a fine up to level 3 (currently £1,000). There is no power to send a person convicted of highway obstruction to prison."</p> <p>* OK, that's England and Wales, assume it's Shurriff in Scotland? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135597 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:14:44 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 135597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Personally I'm fed up of society giving in like that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135589 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:49:43 +0000 Dave 135589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought the word on the street was that these xmas tree places are best avoided by councillors and CCE alike, for reasons I decline to articulate... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135580 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:02:43 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 135580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or the grinch - which is how it would be spun in the EEN. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135568 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:31:32 +0000 SRD 135568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"My hero" *swoon* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135562 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:05:50 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 135562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm going to start cycling this way every morning from next week, photograph it every morning, and send the picture to the councillors for the area every morning. Who fancies doing the same? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9088&page=2#post-135523 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:10:44 +0000 Min 135523@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"is this Quality Bike Corridor nothing more than .. "</p> <p>Oh it's so much less than that ...</em></p> <p>Fixed that for you Chdot. ;-) </p>