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resolvedAnyone know the best route?
Not actually sure yet cycling is particularly viable, 14 minutes from desk in new office to platform walking. Not been able to match it on bike yet by the time you faff with security doors, locks etc.
Today I cycled King stables road > west approach > canning st > Morrison st.
Reverse is easy enough along west end, then down Lothian rd.
If you walk/hop across half the crossing at Lothian Road you could try Rutland Place - Rutland Square - Shandwick Place - Torphichen Place - Morrison St - Haymarket but I assume it's not quicker than walking except in situations of extreme luck with traffic lights. Perhaps going out the back/southwest of Rutland Square to Exchange Crescent - Conference Square - Morrison Street to avoid a couple of sets of lights? The ped crossing between Roti and the EICC is fairly ped-responsive, at least at lunchtime.
Reverse is easy enough along west end, then down Lothian rd.
Why not do this the other direction too? You're supposed to detour via Torphicen Place, since West Maitland St is one-way for cyclists. This is quite stupid, but is probably still the fastest route.
Going via Canning Street is a bit twistier, but has far fewer traffic lights, so may end up being faster.
@baldcyclist
I always go back out to the east end of KSR and turn right up West Port and straight across Lothian Road to Fountainbridge -> Semple St -> Morrison St. Same in the other direction except it's straight up Morrison St -> Bread St. It's a bit longer but I don't like getting off at the other end of KSR and waiting at the horribly hemmed-in crossing.
Hope to see you in the building some time! (and good luck with the showers...)
Please email the Uni transport office and ask them to actively lobby the Council for improved routes in light of the zero carbon plan. cc the sustainability office
http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/sustainability/themes/climate-change/climate-strategy
A kick scooter is probably the fastest way to do it. Or pavement skateboarding.
I'd just walk it, frankly. Not very far and Lothian Road is a nightmare. Ten minutes on foot?
Walking is probably quickest, but I'm reluctant to give up the last wee bit of cycling I actually do.
New office does make home / work a train closer though, which is really nice. But it also makes cycling a more difficult choice when there's no real gain from it.
@panyagua we've all settled in quite nicely. I've got a nice view of the Castle out my window, and the Uni have given us a nice common room. Social lunches are a thing again rather than a sandwich at the desk. :)
There's probably quite a few CCE'ers in the building now.
Re showers, I think there's another 6 going in (from memory, can't find the email to confirm number), and also locker space once the showers have been done
Walk, but keep a bike in the office and go out at lunchtime?
'lunchtime'? what's that?
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The long leisurely lunch breaks enjoyed by our office forebears seem to be fast disappearing from workplace culture. Research has found that less than a third of UK workers take an hour off for lunch and a half said that heavy workloads meant they worked through lunch. But what kind of a lunch break is provided for by law?
The Working Time Regulations (WTR) don't specifically say anything about lunch breaks, but do allow for one uninterrupted 20-minute rest break during the working day, provided the working period is longer than 6 hours. Workers above school leaving age and under 18 have a more generous entitlement of one 30-minute rest break if working for longer than 4.5 hours.
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"New office does make home / work a train closer though, which is really nice. But it also makes cycling a more difficult choice when there's no real gain from it."
I have exactly the same issue. I live 15 minutes walk from Waverley and my work is just 10 minutes walk at the other end. I used to cycle it, take the bike on the train, etc. but after a while really wondered why I was bothering. So now I walk, it's just easier, and no busy roads to brave.
If/when there is decent segregated infrastructure all the way up Leith Walk to Leith Street, then I may reconsider. Until then, comfy shoes do the trick. :-)
@SRD just remembering why it was I quit working in an office ...
Although I always took a half-hour break and mostly used it to walk. Lunch was eaten while working beforehand. I'm sure you're more productive if you've taken some physical exercise during the day, especially if work is otherwise spent sitting at a desk.
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@baldcyclist
Glad you've settled in - your offices should be pretty plush given the amount of time the refurb has taken ;)
Re showers, I think there's another 6 going in (from memory, can't find the email to confirm number), and also locker space once the showers have been done
If the bike store is anything to go by, I suspect they'll be for Uni people only. Enjoy...
Sometimes, for no particular reason whatsoever, I divert from the grassmarket along KSR. Briefly hop off to cross Lothian Road. Hop back on again across the lights, LR, Rutland Street (the cobbles have been relaid and are WAY better than they had been) Rutland Square, Canning Street, Shandwick Place, Atholl place, Torphichen St/Place, Morrison Street, Haymarket....
Its more straightforward than it sounds. KSR is empty. The 'pavement' is a cycle lane from the car park up to LR. LR is a bus lane to Rutland Street. R Street/Square and canning street are uber quiet, Shandwick Place is quiet.
Walking across LR is a minor inconvenience. Torphichen/Morrison is a bit rubbish if you are easily intimidated, but otherwise OK.
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