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"Ambitious £170m measures look to drive cars from Capital's roads"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    You can always trust the ENews to have a smart headline.

    "Council bosses have set a goal of 50 per cent of all journeys to be by bike, foot or public transport amid worries about huge levels of extra traffic on the roads."

    http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Ambitious-170m-measures-look-to.6245597.jp

    All based on "a huge jump in passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport from nine million a year at present to 26 million a year over the next 20 years" though.........

    a) likely?

    b) desirable??

    Posted 14 years ago #

  2. LaidBack
    Member

    Here's my favourite selfish comment from the opinion bit... I know I shouldn't...

    Blue Bishop The solution? More cars on the road. When the greedy bus drivers went on strike a few years ago Edinburgh was a jot to get around**. Bin the Buses, Trams and Cycle lanes and reclaim some of the pavements and we can get 2 lanes everywhere.

    **For users of cars and bikes. Must be a surprise to him and others that not everyone drives (or cycles). At least he used a Capital letter for Cycle ;-)

    Posted 14 years ago #

  3. Dave
    Member

    Good job we're ramping up peak time on-street parking then, otherwise where would all these people who are being discouraged from using their cars, park them?

    Posted 14 years ago #

  4. Kim
    Member

    we can get 2 lanes everywhere. For what? Parking? Some of these people live in a parallel universe.

    Posted 14 years ago #

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