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Scotsman
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- Scotsman
Edinburgh traffic bans in city centre to be made permanent following trial
Watch more of our videos on and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Traffic bans on several city centre streets are to be made permanent after being trialled over the past year and a half. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... During Covid, the council rolled out many impromptu changes to Edinburgh's road network to promote cycling and walking. Many of these changes were later formally trialled through Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders, which allow the council to amend how streets work. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The trial, which remains in effect until 18 August of this year, involved a ban on most or all road traffic on Cockburn Street, part of High Street, Victoria Street and West Bow, as well as on part of Waverley Bridge. The traffic ban in Edinburgh's Cockburn Street's, which is in effect during certain times of day, has been made permanent | Google Maps It also introduced waiting restrictions on Cockburn Street, Victoria Street, West Bow and Waverley Bridge, with the Waverley Bridge restrictions being in effect 24 hours per day. At a meeting of the Traffic Regulation Orders subcommittee on Monday, councillors agreed to make the changes permanent. Officers also asked councillors to make trial measures to the east of the city centre, which expire in October, permanent. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The changes were tried on London Road and along the A1 corridor, on Duddingston Road, Duddingston Road West, King's Place, Seafield Street, Seafield Road East, Hope Lane and Stanley Street. However, councillors chose to defer that decision until a later meeting, in part due to uncertainty over how quickly permanent infrastructure can be built. Liberal Democrat councillor Kevin Lang said his personal support for deferring the decision came due to safety risks, as he said some people had tripped on the temporary infrastructure in place, causing them to be injured. Councillors also considered a range of minor amendments to parking rules in parts of the city. The officers recommendation, which was to take up all of the proposed changes minus the loss of one parking space on Eildon Terrace, was approved by the sub-committee.
Edinburgh Reporter
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Edinburgh Reporter
Traffic bans on several Edinburgh city centre streets to be made permanent
Traffic bans on several city centre streets are to be made permanent after being trialled over the past year and a half. During Covid, the council rolled out many impromptu changes to Edinburgh's road network to promote cycling and walking. Many of these changes were later formally trialled through Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders, which allow the council to amend how streets work. The trial, which remains in effect until 18 August of this year, involved a ban on most or all road traffic on Cockburn Street, part of High Street, Victoria Street and West Bow, as well as on part of Waverley Bridge. It also introduced waiting restrictions on Cockburn Street, Victoria Street, West Bow and Waverley Bridge, with the Waverley Bridge restrictions being in effect 24 hours per day. At a meeting of the Traffic Regulation Orders subcommittee on Monday, councillors agreed to make the changes permanent. Officers also asked councillors to make trial measures to the east of the city centre, which expire in October, permanent. The changes were tried on London Road and along the A1 corridor, on Duddingston Road, Duddingston Road West, King's Place, Seafield Street, Seafield Road East, Hope Lane and Stanley Street. However, councillors chose to defer that decision until a later meeting, in part due to uncertainty over how quickly permanent infrastructure can be built. Liberal Democrat councillor Kevin Lang said his personal support for deferring the decision came due to safety risks, as he said some people had tripped on the temporary infrastructure in place, causing them to be injured. Councillors also considered a range of minor amendments to parking rules in parts of the city. The officers recommendation, which was to take up all of the proposed changes minus the loss of one parking space on Eildon Terrace, was approved by the sub-committee. By Joseph Sullivan Local Democracy Reporter Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Live
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh city centre traffic bans to be made permanent after trial
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Traffic bans on several city centre streets are to be made permanent after being trialled over the past year and a half. During Covid, the council rolled out many impromptu changes to Edinburgh's road network to promote cycling and walking. Many of these changes were later formally trialled through Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders, which allow the council to amend how streets work. The trial, which remains in effect until 18 August of this year, involved a ban on most or all road traffic on Cockburn Street, part of High Street, Victoria Street and West Bow, as well as on part of Waverley Bridge. It also introduced waiting restrictions on Cockburn Street, Victoria Street, West Bow and Waverley Bridge, with the Waverley Bridge restrictions being in effect 24 hours per day. At a meeting of the Traffic Regulation Orders subcommittee on Monday, councillors agreed to make the changes permanent. Officers also asked councillors to make trial measures to the east of the city centre, which expire in October, permanent. The changes were tried on London Road and along the A1 corridor, on Duddingston Road, Duddingston Road West, King's Place, Seafield Street, Seafield Road East, Hope Lane and Stanley Street. However, councillors chose to defer that decision until a later meeting, in part due to uncertainty over how quickly permanent infrastructure can be built. Liberal Democrat councillor Kevin Lang said his personal support for deferring the decision came due to safety risks, as he said some people had tripped on the temporary infrastructure in place, causing them to be injured. Councillors also considered a range of minor amendments to parking rules in parts of the city. The officers recommendation, which was to take up all of the proposed changes minus the loss of one parking space on Eildon Terrace, was approved by the sub-committee.
Edinburgh Reporter
12-05-2025
- General
- Edinburgh Reporter
Council defers approving permanent traffic measures on London Road
Some of the measures introduced under Spaces for People during the pandemic are still not officially permanent after a decision was deferred by councillors on Monday. At a meeting of the Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee, two Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders (ETROs) were included on the agenda for the sub-committee to declare the arrangements permanent. But councillors approved only one – that affecting Cockburn Street, High Street, South St David Street, Victoria Street and West Bow and Waverley Bridge. In respect of the other – ETRO 21/28A which includes segregated cycling measures (the black and white wands) introduced on London Road – a decision has been deferred until the next meeting of the sub-committee, as funding still has to be allocated. A council officer confirmed that the actual arrangements on the road may be changed in response to the objections received. The council report states that 'consideration will be given to upgrading the temporary materials used during the trial to permanent materials'. An officer confirmed this will be a rolling programme, and he explained that given the number of schemes and the extent of them they could not yet say what will be done at every location, but that they intend to have money allocated each year over the next five years for upgrading. Convener Cllr Margaret Graham asked about the objections to the cycle lane on London Road in particular, and how the officers had monitored traffic there. The council officer confirmed there had been cycle counts on London Road with cameras, and said the council has also carried out monitoring of the volume of traffic, looking specifically at the build outs at bus stops where cyclists have to move out into the middle of the road. He confirmed that in a permanent scheme the council would remove the bus build outs and the cycle lane would then continue straight avoiding the need for cyclists to 'weave in and out' to improve safety. One of the objections raised by New Town and Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) in the autumn of last year was the impact on road safety for cyclists – where the cycle lane has gaps – meaning that cyclists have to rejoin the carriageway at several points. Cllr Kevin Lang said: 'I am very conscious of the objections which we have had, which relate to safety, which I think we need to take seriously. We do not have clarity yet as to whether there will be the funding allocated to upgrade the infrastructure to respond to the objections. It strikes me as sensible to defer a decision on these matters until we, as a committee, can be satisfied that there will be a response to the objections. I feel the funding package is a material consideration for me as to whether the objections are being adequately responded to.' After Cllr Lang asked what the budget for this year would be it became clear that the funding had not yet been fixed – and would not be until the Transport and Environment Committee met on 22 June to agree the new ten year capital programme. The committee also heard from Dave Sinclair, Locality Transport & Environment Manager, that the highest spec of bollard was chosen at the point of delivery – the black and white wands which NTBCC has suggested are inappropriate for the World Heritage Site. Given the uncertainty of how much money there will be for delivery, and so how these wands could be replaced, councillors agreed to defer making any decision until their next meeting. Watch the webcast of the meeting here. Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
11-05-2025
- General
- Edinburgh Reporter
Council's Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-Committee meets on Monday
This committee was set up to be completely separate (apart from a handful of councillors who are members of both this and the Transport committee) and to decide upon the traffic orders which change the layout of our city streets. The meeting on Monday has what looks like a lightweight agenda, but the New Town and Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) would beg to differ. The community council has written an article on their website which is almost an open letter or a replacement for a deputation – since they are not able to make a deputation to this quasi-judicial meeting. They say they have significant concerns about the council planning to make some experimental traffic regulation orders permanent. NTBCC have concerns about the request to the committee to make Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders (ETROs) in two places permanent – on Waverley Bridge and on London Road. The community council believes the issues which they raised previously have not been properly addressed in the report before the committee and ask for it to reconsider what it might make permanent. Waverley Bridge The bridge was previously more or less a pedestrian zone apart from a taxi stand and the many delivery vehicles which continued to use it. It used to be stopped up at Princes Street where buskers had an unofficial ready-made performance space. In light of the continuing work at Jenners which spills out onto one lane of South St David Street, the decision was made to allow airport buses back onto the bridge and open up the road at Princes Street on a temporary basis. The community council argue that this made streets such as Waterloo Place busy with buses to the danger of pedestrians. They also point out that there are two regulation orders which do not end on the same date and recommend that these are amended. Loading… London Road This is possibly one of the widest streets in Edinburgh – it used to have four lanes of traffic – and there are wide areas either side for pavements and verges. The council chose to put in black and white wands (NTBCC say these are unusable in the World Heritage Site) and create a segregated cycle lane. Except it is not completely segregated as cyclists have to rejoin the carriageway at several points to avoid bus stops and junctions. The community council say that Montrose Terrace and Regent Road would have been the better option. They point out that the cycle lanes are not well used (although the council has not provided data on the use of this route) and are not connected to other cycling infrastructure. The community council refer to the coach parking at Baxter's Place just down from the Playhouse which they say is connected to the loss of parking on London Road. They also object to the ETRO on the basis that the measures do not help cyclists or pedestrians and have a detrimental impact on surrounding streets. Loading… The papers for the committee meeting are here on the council website. Like this: Like Related
