Elm Row uphill bike path shut today - they're reducing the parking to parallel parking, to make room to move the downhill lane to behind the trees. Also adding a bollarded bike passthrough to Mongomery St. Great! I got a wee fright cos I first read Cllr Arthur's solution from a year ago - it really takes you back - lot of talk about having to listen to retailers, to shut the bike lanes to add more vehicle parking and loading bays. Was going to make people on bikes cross back and forth to pedal on the Gayfield Place side. So much energy to communicate how balanced this was. Just really glad he got into westminster.
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Elm Row Current Works
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Posted 10 months ago #
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Good news!
Perhaps one of SA’s (former) students could do a thesis on the cost of his time ‘in charge’.
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm not sure the current incumbent is any better than SA.
Seems very corporate with little imagination, vision or leadership
Someone that only uses "one form" of transport, aka status quo monoculture. At least SA used the bus (best seat) and cycled, albeit not fully "getting it" on the issues
Posted 10 months ago # -
albeit not fully "getting it" on the issues
This is arguably too kind. He was quite capable of "getting it" when it suited him.
Posted 10 months ago # -
yes, too kind. But within "getting it", I also include "showing leadership and doing the right thing, per council policy, in the face of a vocal minority"
Posted 10 months ago # -
New convener lives in my neck of the woods and said at the Spokes meeting that he primarily takes the bus. At a guess that makes him a bus user and driver, which is better than being uni-modal in a city experiencing modal conflict issues.
It was telling, however, how much more politically careful his 'answers' were at said meeting. SA was a lot balshier and direct in such scenarios, which at least felt authentic even when it was still maneuvering.
Posted 10 months ago # -
“they're reducing the parking to parallel parking”
Posted 1 month ago # -
Obviously still not enough parking
Something must be done…
Posted 1 month ago # -
From memory, parking change going through a TRO. Cllr Caldwell continues to say this should all be sorted by end of March, at least as far as finishing the planned works - will need more enforcement after that point for the more egregious pavement parking.
Posted 1 month ago # -
Notably plans reduce and rotate parking spaces, and place bollards between it and the cycleway. Would be interesting to dig into why it was only half done - my assumption would be prioritising shifting cycle movement to behind bus stops, but in the knowledge that they couldn’t fully finish it without TRO for parking going through? And maybe even RSO to hand the pavement in front of the bus stops back to pedestrian use.
Posted 1 month ago # -
“Would be interesting to dig into why it was only half done”
One for the TRO Sub…
Posted 1 month ago # -
Sorted!
(Well not really, just a day when parking better than previous time I was there)
Posted 1 month ago # -
That Caldwell update is heartening. End of March, cool! I imagine the next error they'll make is placing the bollards right by the bike lane which will make the bike lane also the door(ing) zone.
Posted 1 month ago # -
Has anyone ever seen a parking warden on Elm Row, let alone one giving a ticket?
Posted 1 month ago # -
If you're really keen, you can submit an FOI request. They'll tell you the number of times the site was visited, how many vehicles were logged and how many tickets were issued (and what specific offences those tickets were for). You'll need to specify which time periods you're interested in.
Posted 1 month ago #
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