For once the headline actually sums up the story - just that the story has a very slanted take on the facts!
Lesley Hinds deserves some credit/support.
Won't be reading the comments...
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"Council declares war on drivers in budget"
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Nice illustration...
(You might need to right-click and View Image.)
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Not sure if it's intentional but they've captured 3 single-occupant vehicles in that image.
I hope their approach is more than just pushing up parking charges while still insisting on painting advisory cycle lanes that are used as off-peak parking and filling them full of loading bays and turning a blind eye to endless infringements (a la Quobblers Bike Corridor)
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The article states that "an extra £2 million is set to be wrung from the pockets of car owners over the next four years" - that is just £500,000 per year. The 2011 census states that there were 181,000 cars owned by Edinburgh residents in 2011. So the additional annual average cost increase for each car is £4.13. Obviously, lots of cars come into the city to park - so the average for Edinburgh residents will be less.
The largest price increase I can find is for an annual parking permit for a 3 litre + engined car in central Edinburgh - which goes up £37. I'm sure all those new town dwelling Range Rover owners will have to sell a kidney to afford that...
Posted 11 years ago # -
"The Meadows to Innocent Path is to be refurbished at an estimated £500,000 cost"
Refurbished? Created surely?
Posted 11 years ago # -
The thing that keeps getting forgotten when these stories come up is that One mile on a bike is a £0.26 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a £0.12 loss. It might not sound like a lot until you look at the amount of driving and cycling in Edinburgh, then you realise just how much the local economy is loosing through not doing more to encourage more active travel.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Kim's link is faulty. Here's a corrected version:
Posted 11 years ago # -
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A slew of fees are set to rise, including school milk and the cost of cremations. But, most controversially, parking charges face major hikes with pay-and-display fares increasing by 20p – pushing city centre rates to £3.20 per hour – while permits for central Edinburgh will climb by ten per cent across the board.Edinburgh Conservatives branded the measures a “war on motorists”.
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/council-budget-bid-to-offset-36m-savings-1-3306214
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Will the Conservatives whinge and the EEN start running stories about a 'War On Shoppers' if Tesco increase the price of an item by 20p, or a 'War On Bus Passengers' next time Lothian Buses put their fares up?
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War is such an emotive term. In the struggle between drivers and cyclists, with the deaths on only one side, couldn't the papers cool things down by using genocide instead?
Posted 11 years ago # -
But, most controversially
Says who?, apart from the Chipwrapper's sub-editor?
Posted 11 years ago # -
The Chipwrapper's editor lives in my folks' street. Each time I pass the house I'm tempted to knock on the door and ask him why he encourages the stirring up such hatred against me.... ;-)
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