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

  • 3 months ago
We asked Edinburgh residents what road junction in the city they think is the worst.
Transcript
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.

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