CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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Look at Life: Living with cars
"By 1970, there'll be 18 million cars on the road. Inside 40 years, 40 million."
Inside 40 years was seven years ago, and at the most recent count (June 2013) we were at 35 million vehicles, of which 29 million were cars. And we're still building more motorways. There are a few bicycles sprinkled around in the video, but I guess everyone wanted to own a car back then.
"but I guess everyone wanted to own a car back then"
Too many politicians still work on that assumption.
And believe it's desirable/inevitable.
That is some quality Clockwork Orange shizzle right there.
Very prophetic ending statement.
A bit closer to home, I just found this gem from 1968;
FORTH - POWERHOUSE FOR INDUSTRY
A must watch for any industry / engineering / Edinburgh / Fife nostalgics.
If you want to find out about the tunnel under the Forth, you'll just have to watch :)
Nice shots of the stump of the chimney at Longannet under construction, and the slurry-grab at Methil in use.
Livingston had the biggest and most powerful steel press in Europe at that time.
Uniroyal tyres were "Made in Edinburgh".
What's it called? Cumbernauld! I didnt see that coming
There has been tunnelling under the forth at Culross since the 17th century.
I once worked at the bingo hall in Cumbernauld our slogan was
Your numbers called in Cumbernauld
What I think is interesting about the film is the way it treats motor vehicles as a problem to be "dealt with". Indeed it's almost entirely negative about them! In contrast Cumbernauld is presented as a pedestrian's paradise, with loving shots of kids playing in traffiuc-free streets and footways bearing a line of bricks (in case you lose your way?).
I can't help feeling the film was made by someone rather nostalgic for a childhood lived before the onslaught of mass motoring.
Rather depressing that even in the 60s, some people realised that you couldn't just infinitely build your way out of congestion and that at some point you just had to stop people using cars so much but that our overlords STILL have not realised that themselves.
Gregory's girl has one car in Cumbernauld , Gregory's dad's as he is a driving instructor. Everyone walks everywhere. Also very sunny throughout. Certainly nostalgic. The residents of Cumbernauld have voted for it to be knocked down as it is not wearing well
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