jamamafegan Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 38 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Don't know where you're getting 41 minutes from, it's 24 minutes from Falcon Square on the 11 bus, and I'd say 12 minutes is optimistic for a half mile with luggage. Otherwise you're hanging on for a bus to arrive at the railway station. The direct bus is just easier for me. The only time I'd use the train would probably be back to town after arriving on a late flight. P.S. You probably spotted the slow bus that goes through Culloden. Quickest routes according to google 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Here's one I prepared earlier! (Having trouble uploading images for some reason) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) I'm sure plenty of folk will already be aware of the great big mess Edinburgh Council have made of Leith Walk cramming ridiculous cycle lanes into already narrow pavements. Now, to combat pavement parking (which is already breaking up the new paving slabs) they have dumped great big planters onto the pavements taking away more space from pedestrians. Hard to think of a more incompetent council in Scotland at this moment in time. ETA ETA: Here is the "cycle lane" at the Foot of the Walk Edited February 3, 2023 by RiG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 The tram was a good idea in principle, but it's hard to imagine a situation where they could have made a bigger rip roaring c**t of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Leith Walk is probably the best place for having more active travel routes and a tram line. I'm sure it's the case that the area around there, specifically around Easter Road, Leith Walk and the streets in between are some of the most densely populated in the city and have the lowest levels of car ownership and use. I haven't really been down there in a good long while but it seems like they've made a bit of a cluster of it. There surely must be a way that you can accomodate the understandable need for businesses to take deliveries and integrate that with public transport, cycle lanes etc? It can't be an impossible task. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Leith Walk is probably the best place for having more active travel routes and a tram line. I'm sure it's the case that the area around there, specifically around Easter Road, Leith Walk and the streets in between are some of the most densely populated in the city and have the lowest levels of car ownership and use. I haven't really been down there in a good long while but it seems like they've made a bit of a cluster of it. There surely must be a way that you can accomodate the understandable need for businesses to take deliveries and integrate that with public transport, cycle lanes etc? It can't be an impossible task. Halfway down Leith Walk was indeed the most densely populated place in Scotland in 2011 just ahead of Tollcross although they may have swapped places since then. source https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/24263/population-distribution-and-density Edited February 3, 2023 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Halfway down Leith Walk was indeed the most densely populated place in Scotland in 2011 just ahead of Tollcross although they may have swapped places since then. source https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/24263/population-distribution-and-density Siri, show me a heat map of absolute roasters -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Siri, show me a heat map of absolute roasters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Some of the images from Leith Walk are laughable. 3 hours ago, ICTChris said: There surely must be a way that you can accomodate the understandable need for businesses to take deliveries and integrate that with public transport, cycle lanes etc? It can't be an impossible task. Having done consultations on stuff like this, it can seem impossible. Someone, somewhere is always unhappy about something and will moan and be the loudest voice out there. Councils etc just have to grow a pair and make the best decision for their area. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the A9 will not be dualled by 2025... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64568406.amp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, Lurkst said: To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the A9 will not be dualled by 2025... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64568406.amp Shambles that it's taken a decade to dual 11 miles of road. At that pace it's going to take another 70 years to complete the job . Don't understand why they didn't focus efforts on the section between Dalwhinnie and Crubenmore. 7 miles of road there that would be less invasive to construct than other more constricted areas considering the majority of the surrounding area there is muirburn ravaged grouse shooting land. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Progress in efforts to reconnect Leith to civilization news now... Transport chiefs have signalled a “key moment” for the trams project as north and southbound traffic along Leith Walk will be reintroduced from 13 February, followed by the electrification of the full line. Powering the line will allow for testing and commissioning to begin, with the first test trams expected on the route at the beginning of March. Final track preparations will also take place in the lead up to the first test tram running. All tram track, overhead line poles and communications and power ducting has been installed, 93 per cent of the overhead lines are in place and the final section at Picardy Place is being installed over the next two weeks. Councillor Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener, said: "In just a matter of weeks we’ll see test trams running the length of the Trams to Newhaven route, which is really exciting. Energising the overhead lines and buffering of the tram tracks are the final steps before this happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Lurkst said: To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the A9 will not be dualled by 2025... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64568406.amp Some hilarious comments online from SNP Ministers saying that the project could never be delivered on the back of Brexit, COVID and the war in Ukraine. They will have had an effect in recent years for sure but the years prior are glossed over. Obviously when the commitment was made it didn't mean the scheme was shovel ready and all the necessary permissions had to be obtained but it's hard to argue that the lack of progress along much of the route has been anything other than a failure. 5 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Progress in efforts to reconnect Leith to civilization news now... Transport chiefs have signalled a “key moment” for the trams project as north and southbound traffic along Leith Walk will be reintroduced from 13 February, followed by the electrification of the full line. Powering the line will allow for testing and commissioning to begin, with the first test trams expected on the route at the beginning of March. Final track preparations will also take place in the lead up to the first test tram running. All tram track, overhead line poles and communications and power ducting has been installed, 93 per cent of the overhead lines are in place and the final section at Picardy Place is being installed over the next two weeks. Councillor Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener, said: "In just a matter of weeks we’ll see test trams running the length of the Trams to Newhaven route, which is really exciting. Energising the overhead lines and buffering of the tram tracks are the final steps before this happens. Once they do maybe Scott "Best Seat on the Bus" Arthur will shut up about the trams being on time and budget despite a lot of the northern sections opening up months later than they should have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Geoff Marshall has a video up about Inverness Airport station. The walk to the airport doesn't seem too awful, but the lack of signs and timetables seems very amateurish. Trains stopping on random platforms, miles away from the bridge isn't ideal either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Geoff Marshall has a video up about Inverness Airport station. The walk to the airport doesn't seem too awful, but the lack of signs and timetables seems very amateurish. Trains stopping on random platforms, miles away from the bridge isn't ideal either. his videos are a good watch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekhibee88 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 18 minutes ago, ajwffc said: his videos are a good watch I bumped into him on the train to East Kilbride, sound guy who was up for a chat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 What's the reason why progress with the A9 has been so slow? Is it just not being funded properly or have there been unforeseen planning and engineering challenges? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 13/02/2023 at 22:17, Stephen Malkmus said: What's the reason why progress with the A9 has been so slow? Is it just not being funded properly or have there been unforeseen planning and engineering challenges? Some sections of the route had to go through Public Inquiries presumably over disagreements on the chosen route, CPOs etc (at a guess) so work on at least some of the proposed route will have been slowed because of that. The other sections not sure. There had certainly been a load of ground investigation works along most of the current A9 to look at the conditions. Maybe something came back from these that slowed down progress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 13/02/2023 at 22:17, Stephen Malkmus said: What's the reason why progress with the A9 has been so slow? There are some bloody big mountains in the way That can’t help matters Disclaimer: I’m not, and do not claim to be, a civil engineer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 7 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: There are some bloody big mountains in the way That can’t help matters Disclaimer: I’m not, and do not claim to be, a civil engineer Vlad just offered to help with that the other day, eh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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