http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "George Street should be the Edinburgh equivalent of Las Ramblas in Barcelona" en Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95788 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:10:33 +0000 neddie 95788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once joked with a Californian pick-up truck owner about how impractical an <em>urban pick-up truck </em>would be in Scotland. I said they would never work in Scotland as all your tools would get wet, and then get stolen!</p> <p>He looked at me sheepishly as if to say: "Yeah, your stuff would get stolen in LA too"</p> <p>Hopeless! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95764 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:13:50 +0000 crowriver 95764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>still can't get my head around the rise of the urban "pick up" truck.</em></p> <p>Clearly you've not been Americanised enough. A holiday in Texas ought to sort you out. When you get back you'll wonder how anyone in Scotland can survive without a Cherokee at a minumum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95763 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:12:12 +0000 PS 95763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's parking for the bar and food suppliers, which kind of detracts from the whole point of making the street a pedestrian space. But what they really seemed to mean was pedestrianise the street to the east of the Assembly Rooms...</p> <p>Nice to see it was sunny in August. I think I must have been away on holiday that day. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95748 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:26:52 +0000 kaputnik 95748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I note from your bottom photo how, despite "closing" George Street to traffic, a significant section of it just had to be turned over to being a car park. How very Edinburgh. I can see the practicality in a transit van for moving and carrying things, but still can't get my head around the rise of the urban "pick up" truck. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95729 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:12:39 +0000 crowriver 95729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As usual, things like this are only tried during the festival. The rest of the year, it's back to motor city. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95727 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:11:02 +0000 chdot 95727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't suppose it's legal to cycle on the pavement if the Street is no longer a road(?)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7757981298/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/7757981298_0cb4dd773c.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7757977870/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/7757977870_575ce86955.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7757982444/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8434/7757982444_4722a15bb5.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95724 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:33:48 +0000 cc 95724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That sounds positive. I hope they close George St to motor traffic permanently. Surely even Edinburgh could manage that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9205#post-95722 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:36:05 +0000 chdot 95722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/spiegeltent-paves-way-for-al-fresco-makeover-in-edinburgh-1-2719725" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/spiegeltent-paves-way-for-al-fresco-makeover-in-edinburgh-1-2719725</a> </p>