Edinburgh to introduce cycle lanes indicating safest angle to cross tram tracks

Road.cc, when are you going to notify of comment replies again? I feel it's pointless to comment now. What am I supposed to do, check every story I'be commented on every few hours?

Of course if you reply to this comment, I won't know.

Sounds like another responsibility-evading cop-out to me. Shift still more responsibility to the vulnerable and make cycling even more work so people are even more reluctant to take it up.

Local authorities seem consistently incapable of listening to anyone who knows anything about a topic before they make a decision (and by no means just in relation to cycling, though that seems an especially glaring example).

I try to avoid going anywhere near streets that have tram tracks, particulary if its been raining. Given how much the trams project was over-budget, the council will be looking to spend as little as possible to bring the number of accidents to cyclists down to a more sustainable level. The bean counters have figured out that some paint will do the job nicely. Now if you fall off your bike and are injured they can blame you if you didn't use the crossing points provided and thus avoid any claims for injuries. The bean counters will then give themselves a promotion and pay rise because of all the money they have saved. 

This way, if you fall off and are injured or killed, it's clearly your fault for not following instructions correctly.

Much better.

(That was sarcams by the way)

I'd imagine the solution proposed will be similar to this one (shown at c.2mins) which uses paint to create a steeper crossing angle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfeQvbIFBks

I thought that the council kept saying that there was nothing wrong with the tramlines? Hey-Ho...

Anyway, like crazy legs says, I wonder whether they talked about the Niceway Code at all? (cos that was such a good idea...).

They'll have asked Brian in accounts that rode his bike once to work in the glorious summer of 2015

Ah yes, that well known safety cure-all of "looking out for each other". Did they use the phrase "share the road" as well?

Maybe if there's a bit of "respect" shown for everyone by everyone. That's always been proven to solve all accidents and incidents.

Unrelated to the above but I'm curious as to the delay in the legal action hearing, how on earth can it take until May 2019 to be heard?!

Bonkers solution that has absolutely nothing to do with Safety.

"Lesley Macinnes, City of Edinburgh Council's transport convener, said: "Road safety is one of the council's top priorities and we've been working very closely with cycling groups for many months on ways to help make it easier for cyclists to safely cross tram tracks in the city centre."

I don't know exactly what the situation is in Edinburgh, but this sounds very much like the kind of spin bs statement that my local authority makes when they've screwed up yet again and are frantically trying to save face.  My council's consultation process consists of them telling what they are going to do, we point out the problems and then they go ahead and do precisely what they had planned in the first place.  It shouldn't take hundreds of injured cyclists and one death for them to start listening.

Ignoring the reports about the danger to cyclists also sounds very familiar.  Surely time there were some prosecutions for corporate manslaughter?

yet more paint?

the solution already exists... rubber inserts

https://www.railpage.com.au/f-p1122252.htm

This story needs comments from the cycling groups involved. I can't believe that any group would feel that a bit of paint and asking drivers to give more space and time would view this as adequate.