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"Ban cars from top of Royal Mile to boost Edinburgh tourism, says campaigner"
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Posted 13 years ago #
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chairman of the Edinburgh Tourism Action Group, said the city centre would suffer “capacity constraints” unless action was taken to free up more space for pedestrians on Princes Street and sections of the Royal Mile, such as the Lawnmarket and Castlehill.
It is in effect semi-pedestrianised anyway. Think they are reluctantly facing up to the inevitable...
Good though that the 'money' now seems to recognise that increasing numbers of vehicles and people can't all fit without some kind of policy. Add in bike hire/share schemes - but be prepared for all the bikes to end up at the bottom of the mile!
Posted 13 years ago # -
"You only have to look at the difference that has been made in the middle section. I’m not talking about pedestrianising the whole Royal Mile, but it is very busy in the Lawnmarket already, and it shouldn’t be too difficult to bring in."
“Princes Street is fantastic without traffic, and it would be great to see a lot less buses there when the trams start running. There must be a way to change the bus services so that they don’t all have to use Princes Street.”
Edinburgh city council’s planning leader, Jim Lowrie, said motorists could eventually be banned from driving up the Royal Mile, while new restrictions on parking were being looked at to improve the thoroughfare in the short term.
This sounds fairly reasonable to me [I deleted the Tram comment] but I have often punted Princes Street, George St and Queen St as having separate uses
Posted 13 years ago #
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