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Parts of the Old Town are said to have to become too unpleasant in August because of the volume of pedestrians and traffic.
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Of course ‘we’ are in favour, and against.
Does this mean more space that is essentially pedestrian only, with the only ‘diversions’ being clogged with dispersed traffic?
The st Mary's street junctions at top and bottom do not work at festival time.
People persist in driving motors into the heart of a medieval city to join a large gridlocked traffic jam.
Cowgate, grassmarket west bow also mental.
Agree pedestrianising Royal Mile at festival is part one. As the cars already cannot go anywhere. pedestriainising all year roundis the answer to Part 2.
The festival is only the worst three weeks. The rest of the time also snarled but with a collective amnesia. Part 3 no motors in city centre at festival time.
Part 4 no motors all year round and cars rammed all over corstorphine?
Part 5? Everyone actually using public transport all the way / cycling all the way?.
I am not awake, merely dreaming this.?
George IV Bridge needs to be buses only, with the two outer lanes coned off, giving extra space for pedestrians & bikes
@neddie - agreed about George IV bridge. Central cobbled area is in effect the cycle lane when things back up. Cycle and bus lane fulfil overspill for pavements. Same happens elsewhere with people on foot happy to use bike lane as a buffer zone with static traffic.
99% of people seem to be walking with a mere 30 or so in their cars today queued back onto Forrest Road in pouring rain.
Handful of bus users waiting for reduced sunday service caught behind cars and unable to use bus lane.
Bike counter on MMW was at a credible 400+ at 2.30 today.
On brighter day this week it hit 2000+ by evening.
Yesterday
Cowgate is the number one to pedestrianise in August for me, its unbearable, there's so often genuinely no room on the pavement and aggressive motorists refuse to acknowledge that in a dangerous fashion.
Cowgate always considerably worse due to drink-delivery trucks forcing pedestrians off the tiny footway into the road.
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