CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
stickyIn recognition of the growing number of parades and processions, the Council has developed a detailed policy and code of conduct for parades and processions. The proposed policy and code of conduct aim to provide organisers with a greater understanding of the Council’s expectations, and a clear and consistent approach for future event planning.
https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/public-processions/
Closes 31 March
Road safety on Braid Road
Somebody who was at the Progress Meeting on this seems to be very keen on putting more parking bays in, in order to slow down traffic.
What points would people here use to respond to the consultation in order to argue that a [segregated] cycle lane is a better use of road space here?
Well Braid Road is 12.75m wide according to Google. There's ample drive space on Commiston Road, so no constraint on width.
Advisory lanes just get ignored, erased by the passage of cars' wheels or filled with parked cars.
Segregation works, especially for vulnerable road users.
The Scottish government has a target/vision/dream of 10% of journeys by bike by 2020.
Urgent action like this therefore needed.
Not specific to cycling, but there is a consultation on "Road Safety in Braid Road" open until 26 march. https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/braid-road/ (Edit: missed the link further up the thread)
There is a mention of a cycle lane on the hill up from The Hermitage in one of the comments, but this is not part of the proposals.
There are several locations where the junction radii are to be tightened, which would be very welcome across the whole city, not just here
Suggestions for new street names
Closes 2 Apr 2017
We would like to invite suggestions from the public to be included in these banks.
Potential names should not duplicate any currently in use and meet at least one of the following criteria:
• commemorate local history, places, events or culture, and in particular any that relate to the development site;
• honour and commemorate noteworthy persons associated with the local area, or the City of Edinburgh as a whole;
• celebrate cultural diversity in the City of Edinburgh;
• commemorate national and international noteworthy persons, who have been deceased for five years or more;
• commemorate national and international events;
• strengthen neighbourhood identity;
• recognise native wildlife, flora, fauna or natural features related to the community or the City of Edinburgh as a whole.
I'll get Roady McRoadface out the way now.
- Motor Avenue
- Freedom Turnpike
- Brexit Brae
- Pollution Wynd
- Nitrous Gait
- Carbon Crescent
- Seven Lanes Park
- Rubber Burn
@edd1e_h
You'll Have Hed Your T-Junction?
London's got it bad;
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Over eight years, cycling increased by 53%.
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@ chdot, you misquote the article:
Over eight years, cycling increased by 53%. Not bad: but on the new central London segregated superhighways, which we opened in May, we saw the same percentage rise in six months.
So 53%, then another 53% on top of that.
Tarmacing the path through the wood at Davidsons Main
Park to the Toucan at Clermiston. Closes 7th April
IWRATS goes radge on the Parades and Demos consultation;
Section 3.2
Proposes banning music after 20h00. Edinburgh is the national capital, not a dormitory town. There are occasions where music at night is culturally appropriate and indeed fantastic. Particularly drumming. A blanket ban is not appropriate.
Section 3.3
Proposes processing 4 to 6 abreast. For Pedal on Parliament this is impossible. Participants are mostly on bicycles and space themselves according to speed and road conditions.
Prioritises 'traffic' and seeks to avoid its 'dislocation'. Citizens having access to and using motor cars in the centre of our city have no more rights than anyone else. Pedal on Parliament seeks in some regards to disrupt normal traffic flows for a few minutes precisely to show how inefficient and harmful they are.
Proposes one marshal for ten participants. Pedal on Parliament has had twenty marshals for four thousand participants with no trouble at all. This rule is absurd.
Section 3.4
Proposes avoiding the High Street. This street is ours. It does not belong to the traders located there. It is the center of our city and just the right place for a procession to be seen. Traders gain by the people drawn to that street, but they have no right to treat the area as a private shopping center. None at all.
Section 3.6
Proposes that organisers exclude those having taken drugs. How are we to identify these people exactly?
Proposes that organisers are responsible for the behaviour of all participants. Responsible how exactly? Legally? Are organisers to be subject to criminal sanction for the actions of others? Some kind of vicarious liablity? Details please.
Section 3.9
Parades and processions are the right of ctizens. It isn't up to you to tell us how to protest.
Section 3.11
Places of worship should have no particular status. Any deity offended by a human procession isn't worthy of the name. Any religious human offended by a procession should have no rights not equally attributed to non-religious human beings.
Good response IWRATs
Cheers! And I should add in a personal capacity - not trying to speak for PoP, just about PoP.
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Consultation on Edinburgh's World Heritage Site Management Plan
Building on the awareness raised over the years on support available for building repairs is one of the actions included in the proposed management plan for Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns’ World Heritage site.
Improving the quality of architecture, and the experience of residents and visitors were some of the others.
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City and Region Deals consultation:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15306#post-246438
Edinburgh Design Guidance consultation:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12549&page=2&replies=39#post-246440
Dear Sir/Madam,
The City of Edinburgh Council is proposing improvements to the city’s walking and cycling network known as the ‘QuietRoutes Network’. As you will be aware consultation on these initiatives has recently been undertaken at the following locations:
• Lower Granton Road;
• Roseburn Park;
• Bankhead Drive, Bankhead Avenue and South Gyle Access;
• Balgreen Road;
• Carrington Road;
• Grange Road, Lauder Road, Tantallon Place and Lover’s Loan;
• McDonald Road; and
• Niddrie, Moredun and Gilmerton.
To capture and record all your feedback as well as the Council’s responses, consultation reports have been developed for each of these schemes. These can be accessed from the Council’s walking and cycling webpage: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cyclewalk.
These reports also contain the design changes that are to be incorporated in the detailed design stage. When these detailed design drawings are ready we shall make them available for public consultation. The consultation shall be public accessible and any person who has asked to be kept informed about the scheme shall be alerted when this process begins.
Thank you for your time and participation in helping us shape better outcomes for the QuietRoutes Network.
The reports are actually quite interesting, especially the surprisingly small number of responses.
Are the consultations advertised in places other than on the council consultations website?
Taxi age and pollution consultation:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14208&page=4&replies=106#post-247855
Consultation regarding Taxi and Private Hire Provision in Edinburgh:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17659
Note, this is a separate and broader consultation from the one above (taxi vehicle age & pollution), although it does also include a question about that
Just a thought on consultations.
Certainly many more than there used to be, which may well lead to consultation fatigue/cynicism.
Not that many people respond to most.
It's a chance to influence thinking and (perhaps) balance/counter other views.
Don't think there can be much doubt that people commenting on 20mph proposals made it easier for politicians to back the idea strongly.
Edinburgh Union Canal Towpath Study – Consultation Event:
20 mph default in all urban areas - consultation
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10940&page=18#post-250212
Energy Policy Consultation (including transport)
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EdinWorld Heritage (@EdinburghWH)
16/05/2017, 16:00
The Management Plan for our #Edinburgh #WorldHeritage site is available for comment. We want to know what you think!
https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/onte-whs-draft-plan/
http://pic.twitter.com/LaGZjzabED
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Drop-in consultation for The Causey:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14856&replies=29#post-251122
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