CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
I'd recommend not clicking the link. There's only 4 and half short paragraphs, containing almost no information.
And some defamatory, inflamatory and divisive language like "the Spokes anti-car campaigners", designed to provoke people into hating other people who happen to use bikes. And we all know that translates into real danger to people on the roads.
Despicable man
The EEN should really have a red top to the front page, and said article's author's column belongs in the DM.
Thanks for the warning Neddie, absolutely right not to give in their click bait.
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ICYMI: Report details why Edinburgh Trams are running late and with big gaps in frequency - but city council rubbishes it for "multiple inaccuracies".
https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-running-late-gaps-frequency-4722020
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From link
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Mr Drysdale claimed there “appears to be a deliberate move to remove tram priority where it previously existed, imposing yet more delays on the tram schedule and increasing stress for tram crews and passengers alike.
“There is no evidence to suggest that this new policy of tram priority downgrading has been approved by the council, but rather it is a stance being taken unilaterally by the signalling team within the council, favouring motor vehicles over trams.”
He said: “As well as design changes to the tram route during the planning stage, which left the tram exposed to traffic congestion on roads shared with general traffic, the council has been removing signal priority for the tram at busy junctions, leaving the tram waiting for minutes on end while road traffic flows freely around it.
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That's a weird response from the council. It's so defensive it makes you wonder if there's more they are hiding. I don't work in PR but I can't imagine someone in PR dept signed that off!
Given that comment is attributed in the article to The Hon. Dr. Prof. Cllr. Scott Arthur I (sadly) don't find it strange at all...
tram priority downgrading has [not] been approved by the council, but rather it is a stance being taken unilaterally by the signalling team within the council, favouring motor vehicles over trams.
Aye, I’ve a feeling the signalling team do this with the pedestrian crossings too…
Councillors or community council ask for pedestrian wait times to be reduced and crossing time increased at a particular location. Then some months later, the signalling team revert the system back to the way it was, favouring motors again. (Noting that both states actually favour motors, it’s just been normalised that pedestrians have to wait. We’ll know when pedestrians have been prioritised when motorists have to push a button to “cross”)
Honestly, they need to sack the entire signals team, and an anyone who identifies as a “roads engineer” or “road safety”, and replace them with contemporary urban planners.
The advanced-cycle-green on Morrison St when approaching Haymarket station used to be set to a paltry half-second advance timing over motors bearing down on you. Barely enough time to get 2 metres in front of any cars, certainly not enough to get clear of the tram tracks.
Saw a lady on a bike get aggressively beeped there the other day. Then cycling that route last Tuesday evening, I notice there was no longer any cycle-advance - the cycle lights changed at the exact same time as the "car" lights!
So who have the "signalling team" (unilaterally?) given the extra priority from the "saved" half second to? The tram? Or motors?
Place your bets...
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Writing on behalf of CCTT, Harald Tobermann (acting vice chair of Leith Central Community Council) said this morning, ‘We believe that the Report makes disturbing reading. The independent auditors had identified 145 recommendations to address concerns for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and other road users, but in less than 50 cases have actions been taken or agreed to address these concerns.
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https://broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/community-councils-concerned-council-response-road-safety-audit
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