http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Worst streets in Edinburgh for NO2 pollution? en Sun, 17 May 2026 05:44:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98901 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:03:25 +0000 kaputnik 98901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The St Johns and Queensferry Roads make it in there. Two of those "key strategic routes" that the council wants to keep as 40mph and "free-flowing traffic", aren't they? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98898 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:11:29 +0000 crowriver 98898@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, I presume Main Street in Broxburn, which can get congested. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98887 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:42:19 +0000 gembo 98887@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The whole of Broxburn too? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98882 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:27:02 +0000 chdot 98882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But, in the scale and urgency of our climate change challenge, we need to think bigger, smarter, bolder. From rail freight to relocalisation, car clubs to cycling – we need to not just think better, but think different."</p> <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/car-pollution-breaches-safety-limits-at-26-urban-sites.20084752" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/news/home-news/car-pollution-breaches-safety-limits-at-26-urban-sites.20084752</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98881 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:25:08 +0000 crowriver 98881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Top 15 NO2 polluted streets here, with precise figures showing they all exceed EU limits. Plus top ten for particulate pollution (from diesel) - Salamander Street is there:</p> <p><a href="http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/news030213" rel="nofollow">http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/news030213</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98878 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:51:04 +0000 chdot 98878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> On the question of pollution in Glasgow, the government added: "A number of measures are being implemented to reduce air pollution in the city, including a commitment from Glasgow City Council to introduce and enforce Low Emission Zones at the Commonwealth Games venues in 2014."</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21307075" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21307075</a></p> <p><em>Just</em> when Games on?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9406#post-98876 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:35:25 +0000 gembo 98876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have a guess or just check BBC Scotland news.</p> <p>St John's Road 4th worst in the poll, Queensferry Rd 8th worst. Streets in whole of Scotland. Surveyed by Friends of the Earth </p>