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South West Edinburgh in Motion

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  • Started 3 years ago by I were right about that saddle
  • Latest reply from Stickman

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  1. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    For those who don't know, a new death cult anti-active travel group has been formed, initially to oppose safe cycling infrastructure on Lanark Road through extensive consultation.

    The person behind it appears to be one 'Sue Webber' acting in a personal capacity as is her undoubted right.

    The idea seems to be to drag the Spaces for People initiative into the swamp and drown it, thus killing a few Edinburgh citizens too through the virus, road traffic violence and complications of their sedentary lifestyles.

    Lanark Road is a vital arterial route, therefore local residents must be able to partially block it with their stored vehicles at will.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    “The person behind it appears to be”

    Rumour, gossip or evidence?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Evidence. She's on the Facebook group confirming she delivered their leaflets on Sunday. The Chair of the group though is a Mr Derryck Reid.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  4. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I expect this is the Chair. Unusual name and all.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    “developing new sources of femtosecond optical pulses, and their application to real-world problems“

    Like vehicle storage??

    Posted 3 years ago #

  6. chdot
    Admin

    All about parking (and privileged expectations) -

    https://twitter.com/DerryckReid/status/1312463890337333249

    Posted 3 years ago #

  7. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    It will be interesting to learn if the Professor travels to work by bicycle and how well he knows Professor Doktor Stadtrat Herr Arthur.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  8. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Hahahhaha!

    Posted 3 years ago #

  9. bill
    Member

    LOL One of his lasers was in the lab where I used to work at HW (we didn't use as it didn't work anymore). I don't know him personally though.

    Last time I saw him was in March at Slateford Lidl when he tried to buy two large bags of bog roll and was confused when the person at the till told him that he couldn't buy two.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  10. bill
    Member

    @IWARTS

    Hahahhaha!

    Oh, that's getting interesting. That first reply is from the head of the group where I was. Also a cyclist, I think used to be an everyday cyclist but now less.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  11. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @bill

    Tangled web the laser questers. Did I mention my dye laser days ever?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  12. neddie
    Member

    I thought that if Councillors got involved in one-sided campaigns and started leafleting and so on, then they weren't allowed to then vote on such issues?

    Therefore Webber should be banned from voting on the Transport & Environment Ctte.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  13. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Nothing obvious to that effect.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  14. Frenchy
    Member

    That's true of the planning committee, which is more judicial. I don't think it's true of other committees.

    We'd perhaps struggle to get councillors to go to PoP if it were.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  15. neddie
    Member

    That lady is a material danger to our city and its residents. Virus transmission, road traffic deaths, sedentary lives all kill actual people.

    https://twitter.com/overlandertheb1/status/1336380077668495363?s=20

    Sums it up nicely

    I tried to think of a single word to summarise all of her behaviour. "Rogue" is too favourable, the best I could find starts with A, has 8 letters and ends in "ole"

    Posted 3 years ago #

  16. Stickman
    Member

    Once more: Nick Cook. Golden Age. Told you.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  17. Morningsider
    Member

    I think this is a product of Alex Cole-Hamilton and Susan Webber fighting for the anti-active travel vote in Edinburgh Western ahead of next year's Scottish general election.

    Given the huge political drivers of Indref2, Covid and Brexit, it is hard to see the seat turning Tory over arguments about a few parking spaces. It was previously held by the SNP and they were second in the 2016 election, with the Tories a distant third.

    SNP gain would be my guess.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  18. gembo
    Member

    @neddie

    Anarchist ole

    Antichrist ole

    Too many letters?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  19. crowriver
    Member

    @gembo, shurely Olé! ? (Ed.)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  20. gembo
    Member

    Thanks Crow you read my mind, twice in a week (new face in hell being the first)

    Posted 3 years ago #

  21. crowriver
    Member

    Great minds, etc, etc.

    ---

    Etymology

    Unknown. Often supposed to be from Arabic الله‎ (allāh, “God!”), used e.g. to express surprise, excitement, etc., and/or from related والله‎ (“by God!”), used as an oath or strong agreement.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/olé

    Posted 3 years ago #

  22. ejstubbs
    Member

    While completely agreeing with his point, I think someone could point out to Prof Thomson that Lanark Road is already a single carriageway (same as Comiston Road was and still is) since there is no central reservation. The road isn't being downgraded in any way, which some drivists might otherwise read in to his tweet.

    Posted 3 years ago #

  23. gembo
    Member

    @ejstubbs, as a professor should he not know this?

    Banging on about roads and carriage ways when the issue is about parking is very Weberian [susan Webber not Max Spirit of Capitalism and the ethos of Protestants Weber]

    Posted 3 years ago #

  24. SRD
    Moderator

    and all those houses have off-street parking? or do some of them not?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  25. Frenchy
    Member

    @SRD - A small fraction don't. Around 20 houses, if I remember correctly - it's certainly far smaller than the number of parking bays included in the plans (~100).

    Posted 3 years ago #

  26. SRD
    Moderator

    i'm also wondering if someone should remind these folk of the names, families etc of those who have been killed cycling on the lanark road like Andrew McNicholl https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21615382

    Posted 3 years ago #

  27. Rob
    Member

    Why do they need to reverse into their drives? Couldn't traffic lights be tweaked to provide gaps to reverse out?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  28. Frenchy
    Member

    Even if something's tweaked to provide adequate gaps (or if there are adequate gaps without any tweaking), reversing in is still safer, no?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  29. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Who is Prof Thomson?

    Posted 3 years ago #

  30. chdot
    Admin

    “reversing in is still safer, no?“

    Not really about the dangers of reversing in, it’s about the reversing out.

    Posted 3 years ago #

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