Vox pops: What is the worst road junction in Edinburgh?

We asked Edinburgh residents what road junction in the city they think is the worst.

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00:00Yeah. Any particular bottlenecks you can think of?

00:03Hermiston Gate. Why's that?

00:05Because it's just like one way system. Too many junctions.

00:09Too many junctions to go on and out of. He's the same as me, he stays doing that way and all.

00:15But there's just too many different roads can't you get into the place and that, it's...

00:20I know.

00:20Up the road there, Kingsnow.

00:22Kingsnow?

00:22Come out the golf course.

00:23Oh, at the top, at the junction, where the train is?

00:26Yeah.

00:27Why's that?

00:28Well, you can't even see it rightly, for the cars coming up.

00:31Mm.

00:32You've got to really put the car out. Because of these, what do you call them?

00:40I don't know, they've got the roads for the cycle lanes and that.

00:43They push the...

00:44People, places, courses.

00:45They push the parking lots out.

00:46Ah, that's a nice day.

00:48It's a bit awkward, yeah.

00:49Do you think it's dangerous?

00:50Yeah, it is dangerous.

00:52Top of Man's Road on St John's Road.

00:54Oh aye, I know what you mean, yeah. Why do you think it's the worst?

00:57It's just, it's spreading traffic in an unnecessary way.

01:01Accident waiting to happen?

01:02Without a doubt. Without a doubt.

01:04Eh, Calder Road.

01:06Why's that?

01:06Roundabout.

01:07Why's that?

01:08Because there's traffic lights in it, and it stops everything.

01:12And then, rush hour, you can't get moving.

01:15It's just a bottleneck.

01:16Yeah.