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Cycle parking in Edinburgh, where have we got to?

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  1. Stephan Matthiesen
    Member

    @fimm Thanks, have updated the Ryries rack on OSM.

    Fences are a bit complex, the manual says:

    bicycle_parking:informal: Notably large or well-used railings, fences, or other street furniture which nobody objects to having bikes chained to for short periods of time. Don't use for every railing or street sign, but only for long-ish runs used by lots of people. Judgement required!
    (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:bicycle_parking)

    I'd say at this location, given that official parking is nearby, I would not add the "informal" fence parking, this is perhaps more for locations where it would be the only option.

    What do other local OSMers say?

    @rbrtwtm and @chrisfl Thanks for the tech info, that's useful to know!

    Posted 7 years ago #

  2. Morningsider
    Member

    Sheffields being installed outside Maison Bleu (formerly Cafe and Cucina, Loopy Lorna's, Sherry's etc) this morning. Good work - very little cycle parking near the Morningisde shops.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  3. Chug
    Member

    Six new Sheffield stands on Earl Grey St - 3 outside the new Coop, and 3 outside Tesco.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  4. fimm
    Member

    Ooooh...
    I suggested "outside Gorgie Road Co-op" and got the reply:

    "I already have this location noted to have 3 racks installed in the next phase of installations over the summer hopefully."

    Posted 7 years ago #

  5. SRD
    Moderator

    So, the council is putting in a whole bunch of racks outside the MMW sainsbury's but for some bizarre reason, the workman have driven down MMW and plunked two vans partly on the ped side/partly on the grass, instead of just parking on the other side of the building.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  6. chrisfl
    Member

    I thought it would be interesting to see what the distances from "Supermarkets" in Edinburgh to the nearest cycle parking is. So I used the OSM data to do this:

    Google Docs: Bike Parking for Supermarkets in Edinburgh.

    I think for some of these there might be bike parking, but we just don't have it mapped.

    @Stephan Matthiesen - up until now I hadn't considered mapping "informal" bike parking. But I actually think there may be value in this. I think there will be places without formal bike parking, but plenty of railing space to use. But a note of caution, there are only 19 uses of this in the UK: Taginfo UK Bicycle Parking

    Posted 7 years ago #

  7. urchaidh
    Member

    @chrisfl - I have a vague memory of Spokes (?) organising a supermarket cycle parking survey a few years back.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    " a few years back"

    More recently

    http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14533

    Posted 7 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    Maxwell Street

    Posted 7 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    Balcarres Street

    (Old and new)

    Posted 7 years ago #

  11. twinspark
    Member

    I've requested some racks at Meadowspot and had positive feedback from the Council.

    As background, the residents in the area have had issues with car parking of those attending predominantly "Saturday morning School Football". This has been exacerbated by work for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and probably Craighouse too.

    One suggestion to alleviate this situation was to walk or cycle, however apart from a couple of street posts and a park bench, there is nothing to secure a bike to.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    "

    cyclistsinthecity (@citycyclists)
    25/05/2016, 7:07 pm
    Shock horror. New on-street cycle parking replaces car parking in Covent Garden. Great stuff @CityWestminster

    http://pic.twitter.com/iuSFVPyqDj

    "

    https://twitter.com/citycyclists/status/735532878998720512

    Posted 7 years ago #

  13. Kim
    Member

    Maybe Edinburgh should try this wee experiment.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  14. Klaxon
    Member

    Re: Supermarket parking

    After all is said and done the 'high street' supermarkets should all have far better parking than before. Many had nil.

    Sadly the big ones won't be touched for being on and surrounded by private land so up to the store manager to spend money.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  15. acsimpson
    Member

    I've had confirmation that Maybury is being considered for racks in the summer. They've also confirmed that they will design them with a child friendly layout (eg trailers, tagalong etc).

    Oh and the awesome person doing so much hard work to make our lives better does read some of the posts on this forum. (Thanks)

    Posted 7 years ago #

  16. chdot
    Admin

    Completely ignored by almost all at PY this morning!

    Posted 7 years ago #

  17. Klaxon
    Member

    What an absolutely fantastic facility! I'm well impressed.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  18. drnoble
    Member

    I've updated OSM with a few more I spotted today.

    Regarding the ones outside PY/Sainsburys - surely the QMile developer should have installed some as part of the planning permission. Hopefully CEC will do this in future, rather than waiting a year and then installing themselves

    Posted 7 years ago #

  19. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    More than a year!

    2 or 3 years back I contacted PY after signs appeared on the railings near them asking that bikes not be attached. I appealed to their Nordic sensibilities, and it appears bike racks were something that were supposed to have been put in by the developers from the very start. And then just weren't.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  20. crowriver
    Member

    New racks (four) spotted today on Montgomery Street (corner of Hillside Street); also East Fountainbridge (four). Spotted some others too, between Bruntsfield and Tollcross I think: can't recall name of street.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  21. Stickman
    Member

    Three new racks outside Roseburn Tesco, already being used.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  22. crowriver
    Member

    Oh there's a trio of new racks on Lothian Road, near the Odeon I think.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  23. PS
    Member

    I used one of what looked like a pair of fresh Sheffield stands outside Falko's in Bruntsfield this weekend. They will definitely increase the number of times I visit everyone's favourite German cake emporium. Good for business.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  24. Frenchy
    Member

    Three racks apparently going in on Castlehill, beside The Witchery somewhere, but the Castle refuses to have any in the esplanade - even if they're removed during the tattoo.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  25. Snowy
    Member

    Loving the racks at Qmile. I was a member of the PureGym there for years and the biggest annoyance was the complete lack of any cycle racks - only one lamppost which could accept my d-lock, as I recall. Actually changed gym because of this in the end.

    Posted 7 years ago #

  26. Klaxon
    Member

    Noticed about a million bike racks as I cycled through Bruntsfield today. Will require a careful survey for the map.

    New racks at Qmile very good as well and helped for a quick dive into the shop- but curiously when I visited there were about 10 bikes locked up to the PY railings and only 3 in the new area!

    Posted 7 years ago #

  27. gembo
    Member

    New racks near brew dog in cowgate.

    Cycle team doing a cracking job

    Posted 7 years ago #

  28. threefromleith
    Member

    @crowriver Nice positioning of the new Tesco racks at Roseburn to prevent the White Van Man I often see parking up on the pavement there to nip in for a snack :-)

    Posted 7 years ago #

  29. threefromleith
    Member

    Hope they get the Shore racks in soon - there were bikes everywhere on Sunday as folks took advantage of the sunny weather to come down and visit the many fine establishments in the area :-)

    Posted 7 years ago #

  30. neddie
    Member

    I wonder how long it will be before we get our first new bike rack 'fatality' aka knocked over by errant motorist...?

    Posted 7 years ago #

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