Colin

Bikes. Dogs. Beer.

[Colin @colmcg]

@SueJWebber @TheScotsman 1. Transport services cost money. Roads EXCLUSIVELY run at a loss.
2. Full accounts haven’t been released since the Newhaven line opened.
3. The most recent full accounts cover the COVID period (international travel restrictions lifted until March ‘22).

[Colin @colmcg]

@Holledge @Edinburgh_CC Looks like a typo (should be PPZ) although I might stay out of the zone after curry night

[Colin @colmcg]

@PidginPosting @ACECorstorphine An increase of 4411 vehicles PER YEAR??

That’s just over 2 additional vehicles every hour of the working day, or about 1 car per hour of daylight for the whole year.

Completely unnoticeable.

[Colin @colmcg]

@GildedLily13 @EdinburghPicker @MacdonaldHome @Edinburgh_CC @Sustrans You should read the article. 3rd or 4th paragraph there’s a nice wee bit about delivery times for businesses.

Another concern sorted!

[Colin @colmcg]

@CouncillorCowdy I’m sure we can all agree that there were absolutely no issues with traffic in or around Corstorphine for ~25 years before the LTN, so the LTN must be exclusively to blame for any traffic today.

[Colin @colmcg]

@CouncillorCowdy That is an astonishingly bad attempt at spin and a fantastic example of misinterpreting stats.

Wanting to walk/cycle/bus more is not anti-car.

The only thing anti-car in those stats is that 21% of respondents want to drive less.

[Colin @colmcg]

@L41RD17 @bjpaddy @CllrScottArthur NatCen isn’t a lobby group, and there’s very specific detail on how 1200 respondents provides measurable accuracy.

But if you’re not convinced, you’re not convinced 🤷🏻‍♂️

What were the sampling tolerances of your 200 person survey?

[Colin @colmcg]

@L41RD17 @bjpaddy @CllrScottArthur Have you read the report?

It explains in the 3rd paragraph who conducted the research (The National Centre for Social Research) and how 1200 people provide a representative example of residents.

[Colin @colmcg]

@AlanFresco4 @agordonsalive @CllrScottArthur “…cycling in the Scottish index cities prevents 688 serious long term health conditions each year. This saves NHS Scotland £4.6 million per year”

Found this on the same internet you have: https://t.co/tR06uSQANm

[Colin @colmcg]

@EdinburghPicker @MacdonaldHome @Edinburgh_CC @Sustrans The linked article says spaces will be retained for blue badge holders, who will be exempt from restrictions. Good news for @macdonaldhome’s concerns about those with mobility issues.

[Colin @colmcg]

@jester_mouse In fairness we’d save a fortune on the NHS, education, road repairs, pretty much everything that’s “free” if we stuck to that logic.

It might make them all shite and the economy could eventually collapse but think of the savings!

[Colin @colmcg]

@Mack7411 @CllrScottArthur @StevenKane73 @bugg3r_it I can’t help with postcodes, but the report provides extensive breakdowns of the demographics of the respondents.

[Colin @colmcg]

@MacdonaldHome @Edinburgh_CC @Sustrans What parts of the city have been blocked off?

[Colin @colmcg]

@overlandertheb1 A rowie press?

[Colin @colmcg]

@natgravett @Holledge Were you local when Carlton Terrace Brae was closed to traffic? I think it was before COVID but I don’t remember why it was closed. Was there a significant difference in noise and traffic?

[Colin @colmcg]

@fountainbridge Are they pushing for increased parking, reduced parking or parking restrictions? The article isn’t clear.

If Edinburgh’s vocal anti-SfP businesses are to be believed, completely unrestricted parking should have already saved Tranent’s high street.

[Colin @colmcg]

@Del_ivered @Edinburgh_CC You really believe that a lot of the lost or stolen blue badges that ended up in different cars were put there by carers? And those carers are now innocent victims of an oppressive council?

[Colin @colmcg]

@Del_ivered @Edinburgh_CC Taking cars off the road that belong to people freeloading by deliberately breaking the law sounds like it should be your thing.

Aren’t you usually on the side of the hard working residents of the city? This should give you a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

[Colin @colmcg]

@nigel_pain @wanderer49 @devisridhar @InfraSisters I absolutely agree. It’s the replacement that concerns me.

If the cycle route is replaced perfectly, and we have no reason to think that ECC are capable of doing that, it will still not be a suitable replacement for walkers and dog walkers, young kids, runners.