@Frenchy
That is brilliant. I do love a journey with an aim other than the destination. It isn't about the bike, obviously, but what were you riding? Hybrid or road bike?
It was just after 5pm when I Left Hermiston just after 5pm
Sure about that?
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
"Queensferry Crossing project ‘months behind schedule’ "
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Posted 7 years ago #
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Road bike. Couple of panniers for all my crap (I have not yet mastered the art of packing light.)
Sure about that?
Tautology is underrated.
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Also, I've not heard much wailing about traffic chaos this week: did they reopen the FRB?
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did they reopen the FRB?
Nope- lots of workmen busy on it, so not seeing that happening for a while.
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@paddyirish: sorry, should have used /sarc
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Whoosh!
Fair enough- the tourists have obviously had their fill and it should be as you were before the QC opened.
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The Bo'ness Road thing seems a structural issue, and it's rather disingenuous of Transport Scotland to suggest things will settle down.
Local Queensferry (and points east) drivers have switched from the B907 to Bo'ness Road as their route to/from the new bridge. That's not going to change unless the junction of Bo'ness Road with the A904 is closed off.
Very unfortunate for local schoolchildren.
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Linky to the petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/make-bo-ness-road-safe-for-our-community
Only 24 more signatures to get to the 400 target...
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403 now, what happens once over 400?
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The Bo'ness Road thing seems a structural issue
nightmare road, always massive conflict
rabid basketcase uk alicante nichts share
one day i woke up in miami
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Rob - yes it's this path - http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/19883634#map=19/55.98975/-3.40456 although on OSM we do have it tagged as allowing foot as well as bikes.
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She said: “The online petition [which has 360 signatures] doesn’t reflect the numbers at all, we have more on paper.
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whats with the signs this morning on the FRB saying
"CYCLISTS DISMOUNT SITE WORKS IN PROGRESS"
didnt seem relevant - although the cycle lane has moved over to the right (going south) and onto a sandy stretch with a wee stretch of tarmac on one side.at least they have removed the metal floor strips at the entrance/exit to site crossings.
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Sign is more
"CYCLISTS DISMOUNT NOW
site works in progress"Could add a lot to the journey if they want us to walk up to the bridge.
On the positive side, the lack of baseplates on the gates is welcome. Think the gates are wider too
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So, it’s a large work site with not a lot happening, but no chance of a proper fenced off cycle route?
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Reckon we may have been too early this morning - we'll see how much work they are doing this afternoon. Or maybe later commuters may have seen more this morning?
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went through southbound at 8:45
failed to notice the dismount signs
habituated to routinely ignoring them on and around FRB
they are merely mitigatory disclaimers in the event of legal action following an incident involving their infrastructure or machinery
two years ago i complained to bridge control that the excessive amount of "cyclists must dismount" signage on FRB makes it impossible for a cycle commuter to comply
their response was that i was free to ignore the signage
which rather missed the point
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Don't think anyone can knock that although I hope cyclists on the Forth Bridge got lift over.
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@laidback.
Yep, we did. Fast, friendly and efficient service as always. Hoping wind will drop as forecast this afternoon, so we don't need it this evening.Posted 7 years ago # -
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Speaking to Forth One Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said that it was almost impossible to end delays altogether on the crossing but that the situation should improve from next month.
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“Congestion should ease significantly especially when public transport starts going over the Forth Road Bridge.
Yes. That nose to tail bus queue that can be seen in the photo is what is really causing the problem.
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Special invisible buses, Min. They're like dark matter.
In the first few days of post-Experience opening I assumed FETA or their successors were making up a phantom broken-down car every day, to provide scapegoat for the queues. After that it was all the flocks of vehicular gawpers. Now, the buses. Once the buses are away to the old FRB they'll need to start pushing over high-sided lorries and blaming them for being too high to avoid the deflected wind.
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No you're all wrong.
The delays are clearly caused by the 40mph speed limit. How very dare they? Any fule know that when speed limit is 70mph, traffic bottlenecks magically disappear!
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whats interesting about the buses -
currently they have to detour to the old bus stops at the FRB bridge, then back to the new QC bridge, both ways, to service existing FRB bus stops at the South Queensferry side.
read that again to take in the magnitude.
its adding at least 15 mins to a journey, sometimes much more, due to the tailbacks at peak time.
its an outrageous scene for fife-edin bus commuters, but no one cares, because these are voiceless working class people who "cant afford a car".
its class war, pure and simple.
its taking my partner about an hour extra to get home in the evening.
she cant cycle, she has MS.
this country is F****D.
ADMIN EDIT: Rule 2.
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...theres a speed detector at the bottom of the bridge going northbound , facing you - tiny wee screen that says
"your speed is xx mph"not sure what that is about....
seems the cycle lane moves around every day - hopefully looks like they are almost done on the main bridge itself as not many barriers left.
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@bax, contractors and Transport Scotland bods with old school SMIDGAF grins all round, no doubt.
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