Well, today is the first day of the massive temporary one-way system in South Morningside and Braid. SGN is doing lots of pipe replacement, so a block or two of Comiston Road is closed. That is significant.
The traffic management system has southbound buses – and the rest of the traffic – going up a one-way Braid Road (!) to the mini roundabout; cars go straight on*, buses go right to Braid Burn Terrace. For cyclists that road has been increasingly hostile for a few years now, the on-street parking going through the roof, the road surface increasingly neglected, yet it was the better option compared with the lunar landscape of Comiston Road itself.
Now though, CEC has installed three plastic speed bumps to reduce vehicle speeds. They were effective immediately. I hope that they are replaced in time with permanent speed bumps.
But Braid Road is now a horror to use by bike. It's also horrible to try to cross on foot – and this is school holiday time.
I ended up walking my bike up the hill to the roundabout.
* Other options, such as turning right, are available if you're a scofflaw drivist.
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