So i was approaching the operational bus lane at the end of the meadows this morning where there was the usual Q of traffic waiting in it and a police car just entering it. I asked the police to roll down there window and asked of they were going o do anything about all the cars using the bus/bike lane and blocking it. No was there answer. They asked me how many cars were int he lane so i counted them (14) and then they said no they weren't gong to do anything. not sure why these lanes exist.
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east meadows bus/bike lanes
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Posted 6 years ago #
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The Police are overwhelmed by bad driving, same as the council are overwhelmed by potholes.
The situation is completely hopeless.
STOP DRIVING EVERYONE.
Posted 6 years ago # -
In fairness the cops are generally on their way to a job that has been allocated by Bilston as having a higher priority. the police are on their knees - don't believe the 1000 new boots on the beat hype. When they also removed 1000's of back-office admin staff someone had to fill those roles.
Posted 6 years ago # -
The policy of degrading the public realm which has been operating for eight years now is having its desired effect. All aspects of the public realm are degraded and some of them are degrading.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I have had the same conversation with police in a car in the bus lane on liberton brae. There is a queue of cars there every morning. If you ring 101 they tell you ring the council, if you ring the council, they tell you to ring the police. Nobody cares. It's a poor show because on that particular stretch of road there is no cycle lane, and because it's downhill cyclists easily match the speed of cars - which makes it a bit of a problem when a motorist pulls into the bus lane in front of your, without indicating, and then jams on the brake. this happens reliably enough.
I wrote to councillors once and this resulted in one morning of police showing up to enforce the bus lane.
If they won't enforce the lane they should remove it because it creates false expectations of behaviour, which is dangerous.
Posted 6 years ago # -
This is why enforcement cameras are such a good idea. They do a specific job 24/7. Even the most well-resourced police traffic units couldn't do so well. We should have cameras everywhere.
Posted 6 years ago # -
They must easily pay for themselves as well. I have no idea what the running costs are, but the lowest earning bus lane camera (Calder Road eastbound) brought in £32 000 in 2016: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highest_earning_bus_lanes_2#incoming-915064
Posted 6 years ago # -
Bus lane enforcement in Edinburgh has been decriminalised. The Council carries out enforcement using cameras at 10 fixed sites across the city.
The regulations allow for enforcement cameras to be fitted to vehicles - so no reason (other than avoiding more "war on the motorist" guff from the chipwrapper) why there couldn't be mobile camera enforcement.
I don't think this actually stops the police from carrying out enforcement - but why would they, when it literally isn't their job and they have a mountain of other things to deal with.
Posted 6 years ago # -
If they won't enforce the lane they should remove it
Totally. See also yellow boxes, ASZs and advisory cycle lanes.
Posted 6 years ago #
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