http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: George square lane - bollards? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:30:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108088 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:51:08 +0000 SRD 108088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cc i did kinda hope i'd discover that they 'd put them in wrong and they were supposed to be across the road :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108087 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:49:14 +0000 cc 108087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bollards <em>across</em> that road would be more like it. Let the cars enter and exit at the bottom end, leave the access to MMW to pedestrians and cyclists. While they're at it they could link the lane to a right-round-George-Sq smooth segregated cycle lane and protect <em>that</em> with bollards too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108085 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:44:13 +0000 Calum 108085@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In fairness, the only way the motorists will ever be prevented from dumping their vehicles on pavements is to have bollards along pavements. Appealing to their better nature or handing out parking tickets will not work. Having said that, these look rather flimsy and plasticky; one by one they will be crashed into and before too long they will all have disappeared. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108080 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:17:47 +0000 chdot 108080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes. </p> <p>And the university will revoke any academic qualifications (even if they didn't award them in the first place). </p> <p>They have POWER you know. </p> <p>"<br /> South Team (@south_team)<br /> 19/04/2013 14:08<br /> @SRDorman No, as it belongs to them they have the right to make any alterations they wish to it.</p> <p>"</p> <p>"</p> <p>South Team (@south_team)<br /> 19/04/2013 14:27<br /> @CyclingEdin @SRDorman There are restrictions - they cant build on it - but they can put up bollards.</p> <p>"</p> <p>"</p> <p>Cycling Edinburgh (@CyclingEdin)<br /> 19/04/2013 14:31<br /> @south_team Thanks </p> <p>If @Edinburgh_CC wanted to put in bollards (on its roads) presume there would be consultation + TROs?</p> <p>@EdUniTransport</p> <p>"</p> <p>"</p> <p>South Team (@south_team)<br /> 19/04/2013 14:34<br /> @CyclingEdin @Edinburgh_CC @EdUniTransport @SRDorman Yes, thats correct.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108075 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:07:15 +0000 Arellcat 108075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does that mean that trikers will be breaking the law if they use the contraflow lane but straddle the solid white line in doing so? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108073 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:46:10 +0000 amir 108073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"sounds like H&amp;S"</p> <p>So no H &amp; S issues with having bollards in the cycle lane? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108070 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:28:17 +0000 chdot 108070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Normal way of doing this would be to put them on the pavement!"</p> <p>Not sure 'we' would approve of that - squeezing pedestrians is not progress. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108069 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:25:49 +0000 kaputnik 108069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Normal way of doing this would be to put them on the pavement! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108068 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:23:30 +0000 SRD 108068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NOPE. not according to the guy I talked to who said 'the lane's still inside the double yellows' and 'not much traffic down here anyway'</p> <p>I suppose if it is a private road, they don't have to meet minimum cyclelane widths anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108067 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:21:38 +0000 chdot 108067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So they'll be moving (and painting) the cycle lane?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108066 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:20:20 +0000 SRD 108066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8662147297_8449e63ae8.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108065 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:17:18 +0000 SRD 108065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently it's to stop lorries parking on the pavement and breaking the slabs. sounds like H&amp;S - someone's tripped on a slab and complained. so they're putting in the bollards and then repairing the slabs, instead of (a) enforcing existing double yellows or (b) asking their contractors not to double park there when they're doing building work in the basement of CMB. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108062 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:09:15 +0000 EddieD 108062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are they bringing in another humungous crane for the MLRP?</p> <p>They've stopped updating the RSS feed for that project, and I can't find our Estate superintendat, otherwise I'd ask. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9977#post-108060 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:50:25 +0000 SRD 108060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone know what is up with George Square lane? there is a row of tall bollards going in, on top of the double yellows. i.e. on the road in what is supposed to be a cycle contraflow. </p> <p>Can't figure out what possible use the bollards could be. Sometimes coaches do park there, but not on the pavement. </p> <p>All very odd. </p>