I suggest "Stop parking like a w**ker".
Or even "I park like a w**ker".
Stuck on with that really tricky to remove glue, on the windscreen where the tax disc used to go.
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
Meadows-Innocent consultation (and subsequent building & use)
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Just been to see the new Mad Max film (which is unexpectedly amazing). Good few ideas on how to deal with them in there.
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"...like a Clarkson."
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'Because you chose to park in the cycle track, my six-year-old had to ride in the road.'
They can then decide what epithet to apply to themselves...
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When I cycled by yesterday lunchtime there was a council van and two cars parked in it, then another van arrived, and as I picked my way past one of the workers did at least point out to his colleague that he'd just blocked the lane.
Passing again in the evening in a taxi and there were big barriers around it. Will be interesting to see if it gets parked in when it's officially open.
As an aside I know we're used to roads being closed, and driving diversions to be signposted, and not for bikes, but there seems a certain irony to that situation when it's closed to improve bike access and use, and the road in question can ONLY be cut through by cyclists and is signed national route 1.
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Should have posted this yesterday.
Wasn't thinking 'oh they've put barriers up'
Was thinking 'someone's keen to use route'
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Actually I was thinking 'this guy looks a bit confused, looks like he's going to go on the cycle lane on 'wrong' side of road -
But ACTUALLY he must have been thinking 'those barriers weren't here earlier'!
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Will be interesting to see if it gets parked in when it's officially open.
I think we already know the answer to that one. :-(
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I was trying optimism on for size!
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The difficult relationship between cyclists and drivers on the Capital’s roads is often described as a war.
In which case, the four-wheeled army has stormed the enemy’s keep, spiked its guns and run up the banner of victory.
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woo. leader too : http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/leader-council-needs-to-aid-cyclists-1-3779401
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I think the EEN journo needs a bit of a lie down, that's the most overblown article I've read in a long time.
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not to mention that lady they quote!
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Yeah I blame the company he keeps on Twitter.
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But...
Pavement cyclists! And they don't pay Road Tax!
What about the businesses that people won't be able to park at?
etc etc
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Oh goody, I got quoted (Edinburgh Bike Cam) in that EEN article and the twitter abuse has started already!
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screengrab the trolling, send it to the EEN and tell them if they think it's bad being a cyclist online they should try it on the road.
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You couldn't make it up. Just been to take a look at the cycle track, only to find it ripped up. One of the guys said it was because they'd put white chips on the surface and they should be red!
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Sigh.
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And they're installing the wrong kind of tactile paving on the funny little ped and cycle segregated path bit between Rankeillor St and the Toucan to get across St Leonard's St. (Corduroy type rather than Tramline) Anyone know who to report this to?
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wrong kind of tactile paving
*Bangs head off brick wall*
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nooooooooooo!
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Why are they putting tactile paving on a cycle route anyway? No where else in Europe does this, its just a stupid waste of money.
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@Kim personally I agree but that's what they do in Edinburgh to indicate which side of a segregated path is for bikes and which for pedestrians, and they always put down the wrong stuff; viz NMW, Leith Links path.
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Where is the site agent for this project when all this work is being carried out not to the specification provided?
Is there a problem in how the drawings are presented?
Or should we be trans-quoting Micheal O Leary "What is it about a simple specification that you don't understand?"
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Has anyone noticed that the stopping lines in the street are in the wrong place? Hope they will fix this before opening this section.
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The wrong tactiles were specified at this location (3 places) and will be corrected - not a problem anywhere else on scheme.
New Street Design Guidance will include factsheet on how to lay these for cycleways.
Tactiles are used on cycleways all over the UK - Glasgow, London, etc.
Stop line is the old one - will be moved before new lights are switched on.
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