stickyI made contact with Edinburgh City Council with regards to the cycling provision for those attempting to cross the Gogar Roundabout, specifically heading West along the A8.
I commented on the dangerous pedestrian crossing along the South side of the roundabout for it required the leap of faith (hoping cars use their indicators when turning of) and the difficulty in crossing when there's a steady stream of cars.
The response from the council was that it would be too expensive to implement a traffic controlled crossing as money could be better spent elsewhere and so they intend on putting better signage to direct cyclists to use the shared use pass on the North side. I then replied pointing out that this was not convenient and that the elderly would find it difficult to use the bridge at the RBS and finally mentioned that this is not what the Dutch would do. The response from that was a story about how the Dutch got their infrastructure and that if the road layout changes in years to come then they will consider putting traffic signals in. My final reply was to then suggest improving the crossing at the Maybury junction for crossing there required navigating multiple pedestrian crossings.
The actual letters can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xpn072zgrumckrd/-JkYqaiayz
Overall it was heartening to see that Edinburgh City Council is taking inspiration from the Dutch but simply adding signs does not sound good.
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