Support Roseburn-West Coates Protected Cycle Route

We need to encourage alternatives to the car.

Let's make Edinburgh like Copenhagen, so easy and safe to cycle anywhere in

It just makes sense

The standard of road surface & lack of dedicated cycle lanes (ie lanes which cars cannot use for parking etc) in Edinburgh is the worst I have experienced - compared to Dublin / London / Amsterdam / Madrid / Sydney / Melbourne / Adelaide etc. It is time something was done other than a "token gesture".

We need more protected cycle ways to encourage cycling and reduce pollution.

I am extremely pleased that edinburgh council have taken the bold step introducing the proposed cycle route. Not only will it be used by local cyclists it will be of great benefit to cyclists visiting edinburgh on their travels through our beautifull Scotland.

A significant step change in improving the safety of cyclists in the area.

I strongly support this.

Great scheme - cycle safely in the center of Edinburgh - lets crack on with it

Letter to Evening News- published 21st Jan Dear sir, I hugely enjoyed reading your excellent feature on the opposition to the Council’s plans for a cycle track from Roseburn to Haymarket. However, I must take issue with two statements from Cllr Leslie Hinds. 1. She wants to encourage people who are less confident when cycling. Her off-road cycle lane on Wester Coates will require such nervous types to negotiate LRT buses 12, 26 and 31, the Glasgow Megabus, and the First Group 38 - as these 12 ton behemoths weave in and out of their path in order to deposit passengers at every bus-stop into town. As a cyclist myself, I’d be advising my kids to live longer by taking the NCR1 by Balbirnie 2. Clr Hinds tells us that the Council has carried out traffic modelling to ensure pedestrian safety and minimal congestion. But her cycling officers e-mailed me last Friday to confirm that no such modelling had been done. All that has been published to justify the scheme is the “preliminary justification report” submitted to Councillors in December 2014. It mentions The words “retail” or “cafe” do not feature. Neither do the words “traffic modelling”. The “Economic Case” it details rests on the research that cyclists will gain £18M in health benefits from the cycle track, for a measly £6.3M spend. So there is a cost/benefit ratio of 3. On this crazed logic our city fathers were persuaded to agree to get the detailed drawings done. The money has now been earmarked and Council will approve, on Thursday a 9% uplift on the cycling capital budget. The cycling officers have a blank cheque book before them and are wedded to their dream of cycle tracks on arterial routes. But the cash would be better spent fixing the black spots around the city that cause cyclists to be maimed on a regular basis. For example, junction at Russell Road/ Roseburn St/Roseburn Terrace needs fixing. I saw a cyclist seriously injured outside the Roseburn Bar there. Also, every morning I negotiate

I strongly support this proposed cycle route.

The proposed route is a good idea and should definitely go ahead. I firmly believe shops in the area will benefit. It is far easier to get off a bike than park a car. I cannot understand their misguided thinking at all!

Overall improvement to the infrastructure is overdue and is likely to result in more people (including myself) cycling from the west into the city centre. This has a positive impact on both health and potentially a reduction in traffic. For a nation notorious for our health issues we should be encouraging more of this.

Long overdue, the current facilities for cyclists in the town centre are woefully inadequate and actively dangerous in places. Given the majority of people do not get in and out of the centre by private motor vehicle, such vehicles have a disproportionately large part of the provision.

To work the bike route needs to be direct. When you are using your legs for propulsion detours are not palatable.

Looking forward to making use of the new infrastructure in my commute

People visit shops on bicycles too

We need more protected cycle lanes, not less!

A winner all round. At last a really well thought out and designed scheme which will encourage walking and cycling whilst also removing some of the cars, thereby reducing congestion and allowing buses to move freely and provide a better service. Please Edinburgh do not let the gainsayers talk this down with scaremongering.

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