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"Plan makes city more pedestrian and cycle-friendly"

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  1. chdot
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    Planners point to the revamped Forest Road, near Bristo Square, with its tree-lined streets, extended walkways and reduced traffic as an example of what the paper is trying to achieve.

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    Mmm

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    Taxi driver Mark Richard, 44, of Polwarth, would prefer more parking spaces to “poorly thought out street art”. He said: “People like me pay their taxes for useful stuff – like being able to park near home – not nice street benches.”

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    Ah the "useful stuff" argument...

    http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/plan-makes-city-more-pedestrian-and-cycle-friendly-1-3326358

    There are comments.

    I haven't read them.

    Posted 11 years ago #
  2. PS
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    Cllr Ian Perry, convenor of the planning committee, said the greatest impact from the new street design guide would be “less space for cars and more for pedestrians and cyclists”.

    "Less space for cars and more for people" would be a better way of putting it...

    All looks very sensible, kudos to the Council, although I'm not sure Forest Road is a shining beacon of road design. It's somewhat cluttered most of the time.

    Posted 11 years ago #

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