Hi,
Wondered about the reference to the review of arterial road cycling mentioned in the Spokes Bulletin 122.
Any idea where I can find out more about it?
Cheers
Angus
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CEC review of arterial road cycling
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Posted 9 years ago #
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'We' have discussed this idea -
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14608
Don't know if the CEC review has been mentioned on here.
Posted 9 years ago # -
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Posted 9 years ago # -
Dunno, the Spokes thing looked to me to be referring to summat more concrete...
Posted 9 years ago # -
My reading of the Spokes Bulletin is that it is referring to consultation on the Roseburn to Leith Walk proposals, which are getting a bit of chat over here.
From the Spokes Bulletin:
ROSEBURN TO CHARLOTTE SQUARE
Early workshops with Spokes, Pedal on Parliament and Community Councils discussed options for the somewhat easier Roseburn to Charlotte Square section. The agreed route follows the A8 from Roseburn to Rosebery Cres, but for bus/tram/traffic reasons the council vetoed continuing via Haymarket, so it then uses back streets [with cycle facilities] to Charlotte Sq. This rules out our proposed Haymarket tramline-crash solution [Spokes 118].
The A8 section is direct and passes near the station and many handy shops at Roseburn and Haymarket Terrace – even this gives the council plenty headaches negotiating shop loading and parking! Its design will probably be similar to the segregated links in the Innocent-Meadows route [see p1 photo and the sketch on this page].
Despite the Princes St/ Haymarket disappointments this is Edinburgh's first lengthy segregated main-road route, which we hope will lead the way for other arterial roads. Reaching so near Haymarket it also gives scope to lobby for future extension to Princes Street.
The Council (with Sustrans match-funding) is now designing Roseburn to Charlotte Square in more detail. A full public consultation is expected this summer.Posted 9 years ago # -
If CEC wants to retain Haymarket for grown-ups with their big buses and cars, and have cyclists go round the houses, for crying out loud take enough road space away from motorists so that you can build proper segregated infrastructure with wide corners, not this shoehorned-in right-angley approach at St Leonards and Rankeillor Street.
The whole raison d'être for on-street hard segregation is to make it a better option than using the road, and this velomobile pilot is getting pretty damn fed up with bicycle infrastructure that cannot be used.
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