I might be going a bit off piste here but.........
With the cycling 'infrastructure' we presently have, it is no surprise to me that conflict war stories emerge from the EEN and others.
I rarely use the canal, but I will wager that the summer is annoying for regular cycle and pedestrian commuters, given the increase in bikes and bodies on that (in places) tight path.
I am not 'blaming' anyone here, just stating the obvious - if a path / road / track becomes popular, it becomes busy, and when something becomes busy, conflict is all but inevitable.
People use paths as roads can be dangerous - If CEC is serious about increasing cycle / ped traffic, then it needs to seriously invest in infra, including closing key roads to all but bike and pedestrians - not get all excited about a 20 yard stretch of poorly laid tarmac next to the meadows.
Bike and ped infra wont work if they simply put a few stretches in 'strategically important' spots.
I will know we can stop whingeing if my son can safely go the half mile from my house to Sciennes PS on his own, by bike - and this aint going to happen while he is there.
Until then, kids will cycle on pavements because the roads are too dangerous, and seasonal cyclists will continue to use paths as the roads scare them.
As to stupid cyclists going too fast on paths?
Well I was turning right into Napier road yesterday at about 6.45 am and was almost taken out by a car doing 50-60mph coming up colinton road, had I been a kid or less observant?.....not a nice thought.
So, while the occasional 'speeding bike hit my child' (or worse, as evidenced by the Livingston accident) story gets headlines, bikes and people are rarely the problem.
The problem is the city which is presently designed round the car.
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