Tag Archives: Cycling

Motorcycles in Edinburgh bus lanes?

(adapted from an email to Community Councils on 26 January)

Various bus lanes: Edinburgh
Proposed amendments to permitted vehicles (experimental order)

In accordance with the terms of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, I write to inform you that the City of Edinburgh Council proposes to advertise Traffic Regulation Orders which will permit motor cycles to use the bus lanes, excluding those at bus gates and contra flow bus lanes.

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20mph in Edinburgh – results of consultation

20mph

This revised 20mph network will be submitted to Edinburgh Council’s Transport & Environment Committee on 13 January 2015.

Further details are on Edinburgh Council’s website.

The screenshot shows LCCC’s area and the streets that would be affected.

 

September LCCC meeting minutes FINAL

Click to download: 2014_09_22 final

Topics discussed included

  • LCCC’s website
  • alcohol and drugs issues
  • Cala Home’s plans for sorting office site on Brunswick Road
  • Leith Walk repairs and improvements
  • Pilrig Park
  • Edinburgh Local development plan

Local Development Plan – LCCC’s submissions

Leith Central CC today made 8 submissions to the consultation on the second local development plan. These submissions look for

  • protection and increase of green space and visual amenity in the Leith area,
  • management of parking to maintain and improve air quality,
  • building district heating infrastructure into new housing developments to support low-carbon targets,
  • linking of cycle-paths via a ‘green bridge’ over Leith Walk and other measures
  • new roads to be limited to 20mph

Here are the actual submissions