You know, all this tinkering just plays right into their hands - the proverbial 'two bald men arguing over a comb'.
We can argue til the cows come home about cycle lanes inside/outside parking - both are nonsense.
None of this plan is really suitable, and eddie_h comment above is correct - this will be another QBIC.
What we need is road closures (full and partial - i.e. access only), utilisation of wider / quieter roads for segregation, and properly though out solutions.
IMO (and this is a 5 minute back of a fag packet drawing) its relatively simple Meadows to KB -
Light controlled crossing at Melville Terrace allowing cycle/pedestrian crossing at Victor Hugo to a bollarded off Livingstone Place, which is parking East side only and double red lines other side up to Sciennes Road.
Given that they are proposing extending the playground at Sciennes school at this point, crossing into Tantallon Place and then to a (bollarded at tantallon pl end) Hatton place should be easy?
Lauder Road / S Lauder Road all the way to Relugas Road, light controlled crossings created, parking on one side only again double red lines.
Finally a bridge (been mentioned before) for bike/peds across to Langton Road (This one might be tricky as its a bit tight but again we might need to be brave and stop parking !) and on up to KB
OK, I am being simplistic here, but we simply cant accept stupid infra 'improvements' which try and squeeze cars/peds/bikes into spaces which were designed for horse and carriages a century and a half ago - bravery and road closures (even some partial ones)is all that will work IMO.
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