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.
Is budlea gigatica a species. If ours wasn't so far down the garden it might already have gone.
@Crowriver, if they can technically be fined I can't imagine they would be. Soil isn't allowed in a garden bin so hard to prove it wasn't contaminated waste in the first place.
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Cllr Nick Cook said: “I think we should refuse this variation.
“We started with a dog’s breakfast, went through a mixer and we’re left with a bit of a mess.”
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Who are these councillors that think people leave drugs lying around for children to find?
I think the theoretical drugs might be left by accident not design.
But councillors will be somewhere that involves headline seeking and/or ‘no fun for the young’ rationales!
“Rather than spend time on social media fawning over their own proposals to shut down central Edinburgh, administration councillors – and the Green councillors to which they are beholden - should urgently seek to expedite progress of its long overdue road repairs improvement plan.”
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Council leader Adam McVey said: “We recognise the need to improve the way we maintain our roads. That is why this administration has introduced a roads improvement plan to address the issues affecting our performance.
“The plan will ensure improvements in key areas such as how we inspect and repair road defects and response times. We have also introduced training for our inspectors to ensure that defects are identified appropriately and we have realigned our maintenance teams to be able to respond to reports more effectively.”
I think Lesley Hinds tried similar.
She also blamed a lot on poor utility reinstatements.
Maybe that problem has been fixed and it really all CEC’s fault now!
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Of course the council proposals to get HGVs and buses off the roads in central Edinburgh might also reduce the roads maintainance costs... but the good councillor couldnt possibly think hard enough to realise that
Credit due for unfrothing!
Anyone hear Nick on GMS this morning?
"Live on @BBCRadioScot in a few minutes, talking car bans and the city centre. Tune in."
Don’t think NC would try this ‘logic’ -
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Kevin Connolly chimed in saying: “The traffic in Edinburgh would run better if this ridiculous 20mph speed limit was lifted and traffic light sequences worked more efficiently. Too much priority is given to major roads in and out of the city causing side roads to clog up with traffic thus producing more pollution.”
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"...and traffic light sequences worked more efficiently..."
I think it was the Ranty Highwayman who did a good piece on misapprehensions about traffic light sequences.
Perhaps an ill-informed petrolbrain could suggest gigantic helical roads over the top of junctions where traffic could form an always-moving airport-approach-style stack until it's their turn to flow smoothly through the junction. Failing that, install machinery to grab the fronts of cars and hold them up end-on at junctions, to increase the amount of vehicles which can be fitted into the limited road space in some directions so that the sequencing can be more pleasing to the other directions.
He must be fuming about the changes in Newington. The crossroads at Nicolson Street / West Richmont Street seems to have changes sequence to allow for a double pedestrian phase (north south traffic, ped phase, east west traffic, ped phase) and they have installed a new pedestrian signaled crossing outside Black Medicine.
More of this kind of traffic light sequencing please.
More of this kind of traffic light sequencing please.
The Dundas Street/Heriot Row/Abercrombie Place crossroads traffic lights have this sequence as well. I don't remember them being like this earlier in the year.
They definitely weren't - that's really good news if so. The temporary lights at Greenside Row on Leith Street seem to have a double pedestrian phase too. I wonder if this will stay when they become permanent?
Good news about the new lights at Black Medicine, too. In time for the start of term. There's always been some ped traffic between Bristo Sq/George Sq and the Geography buildings but with the new teaching building in Roxburgh Place it gets really busy.
Perhaps we should trial the (Kevin) Connolly approach. Permanent greens for side streets unless traffic is detected on the main road. After which a sensor is triggered and a 7 second wait period instigated. A green is then given to the main road, but only if a gap in the side road traffic exists. Otherwise wait for an extra 30 seconds before providing the green. Should a green light be given on the main road then after 9 seconds revert to red, wait 90 seconds and start the process again.
Or does that only apply to pedestrian/toucan crossings?
Or
NC’s car should be fitted with a device that changes all lights as HE approaches, so he’d never know there was any congestion to be frothed about...
@piosad I used the new crossing by Black Medicine to reach Wood's Barber Shop on Drummond Street on Saturday. Well, I half-used them at least. I crossed successfully on the way there because the lights changed to red fairly promptly as I arrived. On the way back I pressed the button and waited for a while, but ended up crossing in a gap in the traffic before the lights actually changed. I'm strongly in favour of them but they could do with being made more responsive.
Yep, used the new crossing myself this evening en route to Festival Theatre. It works pretty well when traffic is busy - good as loads of people waiting to cross.
The Dundas Street/Heriot Row/Abercrombie Place crossroads traffic lights have this sequence as well. I don't remember them being like this earlier in the year.
This must have been a festival thing - last night they were back to a single pedestrian phase (cars N-S, Cars E-W, peds, repeat).
Might depend on the time of day, as well. I think that Gilmerton Crossroads only has a pedestrian phase every other cycle at morning rush hour (although it could just be a broken pedestrian crossing button).
I've been knighted to the realm of "lycra lout"
What did it say prior to becoming unavailable?
well done @neddie
A badly worded attempt to say that motors are poisoning our children, including his own.
in response to:
Neddie - Bravo!
I see that premature deaths caused by air pollution are cause for hilarity among our mustard-cord wearing chums.
Perhaps a word with the families of the 1560 Scots who die prematurely from its effects each year about the horrible deaths their loved ones endured might put them right.
WELL, he’ll soon need ADVICE about transportation options (other than car seats) followed by small bike and ‘safe’ routes suggestions!
One can only hope that when his kid becomes a toddler & starts stottering about on the edge of pavements, he’ll see the benefits of “blanket” 20mph
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