"In the last 100 years cities, (particularly waterfronts), have been defined by transportation decisions that were geared largely in favor of the car. The result is a system of streets and highways that reinforce a design ethos that is more about seeing or viewing rather than participating in communities. However, we are now seeing a massive shift in cities throughout the world where people want to get back to the idea of place, connecting within communities, supporting local services, spending time in public spaces and being part of local communities rather than in disjointed, unconnected places with no local character.
In this new vision, the automobile plays a secondary role to transit, bicycles and the pedestrian. Waterfronts are the key place in cities where these issues are enacted."
From conference blurb -
http://www.amiando.com/waterfrontsynopsis.html
Of course Edinburgh has it's own 'waterfront' - and indeed Waterfront.
Whether any attention has been (or will be) paid to such ideas (past the 'masterplan' 'vision') is another matter.
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