Is there something going on I don't know about??
My train this morning (0630 Glas-Edin) was way busier than usual and Slateford Road, which is normally nice and quiet, was full of impatient cagers who were clearly in too much of a hurry to pull out to pass cyclists :-/
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Strangely busy this morning?
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Slateford Rd business could be partly because of the Russell Road closure.
Dunno about the train though.Posted 13 years ago # -
I have to admit my journey didn't appear to be any busier than usual in terms of volume of traffic. Although I arrived at work slightly earlier than normal and, for the first time in months, there was a bike at every rail in the bike racks.
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Must be the sunshine lol
Posted 13 years ago # -
Traffic is very snarled West East at the moment.
Sun is bringing out the fair weather mob
Students on the pavement but they can still learn if you give them a shake
Posted 13 years ago # -
North Edinburgh paths were busy this morning. Cyclists, peds and dogs. Saw lots of kids cycling - to school presumably.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Balgreen was manic presume it was getting stuck trying to get up Corstorphine and Gorgie respectively. Must have added a full 2 minutes to my journey.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I had this yesterday,road to Cameron toll from Fort Kinnaird was chocca
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yesterday was bad, not so much busy as clueless cyclists - coming across jawbone walk and appearing to turn up MMW slowly but as I attempted to overtake, signalling and turning across MMW -- and pedestrians - looking at me coming towards them slowly but still walking forwards while much faster cyclist approached them much closer from other direction (me: 'look that way!' 'that way!')
Posted 13 years ago # -
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edintravel:South Gyle Broadway - between Gyle Rbt and Gogar Rbt, part of the carriageway has collapsed. 2 lanes closed westbound. #edintravel
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com//edintravel/status/118962482344759296
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Traffic will be getting worse then - unless more people cycle...
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South Gyle Broadway - between Gyle Rbt and Gogar Rbt, part of the carriageway has collapsed.
Kaputnik, have you been eating all the pies?
Posted 13 years ago # -
Kaputnik, have you been eating all the pies?
Now you mention it, I have been working out :)
Posted 13 years ago # -
I think he stopped eating them and took up cycling.
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3997#post-41848
Posted 13 years ago # -
Blimey, there's 'mair meat on a butcher's pencil' now (joke courtesy of Hardeep Singh Kohli)
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Did everyone go back to work and back to school today? It took me 40% longer to ride to work this morning, which is quite impressive over just four miles. Inglis Green Rd, Longstone Rd and the Calder Rd were all chock-a-block and barely moving, but @edintravel hasn't reported any accidents. I eventually resorted to a bit of overtaking and a lot of sitting in line and waiting, but was hampered by a lack of manoeuvreability of the monstrousbike; great machine for endless roads and touring, not so good for traffic jamming at 3mph.
Actually, the train home from Alloa on Sunday evening was also stuffed full. Barely room for a Brompton amongst the suitcases and bodies.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Yes, extremely busy traffic this morning. I almost destroyed a car on the approach to Picardy Place roundabout with my trailer.
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I don't know about busy but I got very wet!! I made the mistake of wearing what I wore yesterday, so overheated. When I unzipped my waterproof to cool down I got quite wet from the mist vapour. I've no idea how long it took but I guess an hour and a half, 20 mins longer than I normally take. I got a head wind coming along Bagshot Road from Kirkliston to Crazyhall baracks, and kept the slow pace into Barnton until I was over taken buy someone speedy who I sped up and followed into town.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Sunday afternoon I found was also very busy traffic. Insanely so.
Maybe it's all the various road works making the roads more congested. Or maybe the poor wee dears just don't like a wee bit of cold weather, so hop into their cars with the heating on full blast.
Haven't found the trains that busy, but maybe it's when I travel.
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Didn't notice it being busier this morning, but traffic last night was pretty bad, both heading home on the bike and back into town in the car a little later.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Strangely busy this morning, I thought, until I caught a few words with a Lothian Buses driver who'd been radioed a message.
"Calder Road - accident near Wester Hailes roundabout - lengthy delays on all approaches"
Tailback on my commute started on the Lanark Road, all the way to the Calder Road.
Posted 13 years ago # -
that was when I waved at you was it? also very busy on way home tonight - choc-a-bloc
Posted 13 years ago # -
I thought it was much busier this morning coming to Edinburgh from Fife and that was at 6.30am.
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