Matthew Davis (@matt_p_davis)
02/05/2013 20:38
@CyclingEdin path next to EICC has reopened, can now cycle off-road from canal to festival sq & rutland sq again :)
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"path next to EICC has reopened"
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Between the two conference centres and comes out at the pedestrian crossing? Good show. Any sign of the bike racks being reinstated?
Posted 11 years ago # -
That route has a kind of 'unwelcoming feel' to cyclists. You almost feel like you shouldn't be there.
Plus, they've made it as awkward as possible for both pedestrians & cyclists to traverse the '3/4 circle building' between Fountainbridge & Morrison St.
Still, it's more inviting than Lothian Rd... Grateful for small
thingsscrapsPosted 11 years ago # -
"they've made it as awkward as possible for both pedestrians & cyclists to traverse the '3/4 circle building' between Fountainbridge & Morrison St."
Nothing new though(?)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Is that where the big open space used to be where you had to pick your route to avoid the step either go we left of way right?
Posted 11 years ago # -
You mean here?
Posted 11 years ago # -
@gembo, there's now a tree between the entry coded door used by staff (to the right of the main entrance) and the Morrison Street pavement edge, with 2 stands on one side and 3 on the other forming a line parallel with the street.
There's another 10 of these to the left of the main back entrance of the separate office space building.Posted 11 years ago # -
Thanks for info will check this out at some point
Posted 10 years ago # -
Spokes* have published a really good presentation on the problems, missed opportunities & planning failures of new 'developer contributed' routes such as the Canal Basin - Festival Sq.:
This presentation has already been delivered to a group of city planners who received it positively.
* Note this presentation was put together by 2 Spokes volunteers & does not necessarily represent the views of Spokes
Other presentations/talks here: http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/documents/odds-and-ends-may-be-exciting/talks-about-spokes/
Posted 10 years ago # -
I'm surprised to see Slateford Green held up as a shining example! It's a right pain to navigate round that place by bike.
That said, it's a very good presentation. It raises the lack of cycle parking at the various new "metro" supermarkets we were discussing on the Dundee Street pinch-point thread.
Posted 10 years ago # -
"This presentation has already been delivered to a group of city planners who received it positively."
It really is about time "city planners" knew what a 'good idea' was without being told by Spokes!,
As I have said before it sometimes seems that CEC 'relies' on Spokes.
Spokes has been 'advising' the council(s) for 36 years - probably longer than staff have been in most relevant posts.
Spokes has undoubtedly got politicians to change policies and proclaim that Edinburgh is (more of) a cycling city. It's also played a major part in getting a rising cycle budget - and getting it to pay for things like off-road gritting.
But somehow the 'good stuff' doesn't filter to the planners who allow things like the new one way street without contraflow at Fountainbridge or the people who design the road crossings or plonk smooth sheets of metal over potholes, etc. etc.
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