Is it not the case [can't be bothered looking] it up, that "loading" permits you to be away from your vehichle for up to 5 mins?
Even when there are loading restrictions you are still allowed to set down or pick up a passenger.
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » General Edinburgh
Parking in Edinburgh should be free
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Posted 12 years ago #
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I'm sure there is but I assume the passenger being collected should be on the pavement waiting for the car. Not thats likely to happen in winter at 4am.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Double yellows have a two minute restriction don't they?
Posted 12 years ago # -
"And they park on double yellows ALL day every day on Hatton Place in Marchmont and that's NEVER enforced"
I live nearby, and my son goes to school round the corner - cant recall the above happening regularly, but if it does, you need to call it in - just call the police - badger them and they will deal with it.
Posted 12 years ago # -
A little reminder about what Edinburgh with "free parking" looks like Grassmarket, c. 1972
Posted 12 years ago # -
Yuck!
No wonder nobody used to like being there.That's how Leith Walk looks today.
Posted 12 years ago # -
I'm all in favour of a complete free-for-all one day a week on a weekday. All traffic lights would be switched off and parking allowed anywhere. The only rule would be a blanket 20mph limit. It could be called "Appreciate buses, traffic wardens and cycles day".
The City would grind to a halt and there would quickly be calls to regulate parking, enforce bus lanes, build cycle paths, etc...
Posted 12 years ago # -
I was thinking of having a day where ALL cyclists with cars drive and all people who take bus instead of driving drive. It would be insane gridlock in Edinburgh. Might be good to make a point...
Posted 12 years ago # -
"I was thinking of having a day where ALL cyclists with cars drive and all people who take bus instead of driving drive. It would be insane gridlock in Edinburgh. Might be good to make a point..."
National Drive to Work Day - I'd mooted the idea a few years back, but lack the resources of time to really push it. Someone actually set it up this year, and it was last week. Yeah, there was a lot of promotion about it. I think there's mileage int he diea, though, to become an annual point-maker.
Posted 12 years ago # -
That more or less happened the last time there was a bus strike. I cycled in and it was a wall of cars the whole way. It was a number of years ago though.
Posted 12 years ago # -
It was the opposite during the fuel strike. Portobello High Street was almost empty of traffic. Remember the cyclist who brought the lorry demo to a halt on Princes Street?
Posted 12 years ago # -
I don't recall the cyclist who brought the lorry demo to a halt on Princes Street, do tell us! Did they just stop on Princes Street and the lorry drivers refused to run them over?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Edinburgh council staff to lose free parking
DOZENS of councillors and staff at Edinburgh City Council face losing their free parking perks as part of planned £22 million budget cuts.
The local authority wants to impose parking charges at its headquarters in the city centre and at reserved spaces in a nearby car park.
The move, which is proposed as part of the council’s budget from April, is expected to raise £65,000 a year.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Pretty disgusting that they have free parking at all.
Posted 10 years ago #
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