I know we write and read about it all the time, but I just had the worst ride through the city centre, It wasn't helped by the wind and snow and it being so dark I needed my lights on, but it was the roads that were the real problem.
I needed to get from the bottom end of Broughton to George square. Broughton was full of trucks loading/unloading and taxis blocking 'grid' intersections. Queen St had tram tracks, busses, and a racing skip lorry. I hit every set of lights - no green wave there. Hanover street had one of those massive restaurant supply trucks (white/green colours) loading on double yellow/yellow bars. Hanover at Princes St had traffic so backed up Lothian bus was blocking part of pedestrian crossing and pedestrians on both sides started out just as our light was going green (after pedestrian cycle). George IV bus lane was a van park. And Bristo Place has a skip blocking the left hand lane, pushing all the traffic into the right hand.
horrible, horrible ride. only grateful I don't have to do it more often.