tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post3841166728913448167..comments2024-02-14T20:13:10.431+00:00Comments on OtherAberdeen: Woonerf for The Denburn Valley. Philosophy, Background and Site Visits.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-41881069444677843392011-10-22T20:28:28.738+01:002011-10-22T20:28:28.738+01:00Jetpacks?Jetpacks?OtherAberdeenhttp://otheraberdeen.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-11572064206446567522011-10-22T18:06:41.807+01:002011-10-22T18:06:41.807+01:00Nala - if you want to know why cyclists avoid cycl...Nala - if you want to know why cyclists avoid cycling in cycle lanes, why don't you try cycling in them and see how enthusiastic you are as you get puncture after puncture from all the fragments of glass swept into them by passing cars. The real solution to the problem is on the way, and you can see it in the form of computer driven cars using lidar for vision. Ten years from now it will only take a couple of webcams and a single processor to do the job, and then insurance costs will force human-driven vehicles off the road. It will then be safe to let small children cycle on the busiest of roads, and no one will need to park anywhere as they can send their car home and call it back when they need it, or just hail a cheap driverless taxi costing far less per trip than a bus. That's where things are going to go, so we need to stop building for the past and start thinking about the real future that lies just around the corner.David Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-86488735221730373412011-08-09T23:35:43.731+01:002011-08-09T23:35:43.731+01:00I don’t know why you don’t just re-title your blog...I don’t know why you don’t just re-title your blog ‘Anti-Car Rant’, for that’s all it is in various disguises. The truth you avoid recognising is that most people aspire to the convenience of personal motor transport, pay dearly for the privilege, provide much employment, contribute greatly in taxes, and then people like you expect them to ‘leave the car at home’, while their money is spent creating cycle lanes and the like for freeloading cyclists, who then don’t use them, much preferring the ‘sharing’ of pavements with pedestrians.Nalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-1675061808953113302011-04-27T19:23:16.713+01:002011-04-27T19:23:16.713+01:00This is a great post - so creative! And I've ...This is a great post - so creative! And I've learned a new word: woonerf. I really like your blog, and couldn't agree more that it's nice to live in the Other Aberdeen that one finds on foot. I'd be so happy if the City Council shared your vision... (And: I've answered your question on my own blog post page - thanks!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-64541007686742689792011-04-22T15:15:31.674+01:002011-04-22T15:15:31.674+01:00excellent article alan. i'll need to go back a...excellent article alan. i'll need to go back and read all the detail (it was so comprehensive)but the essence of the article the car being a guest and using this great space is excellent. cheers andy oxbow lake clucasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-88372186177729534152011-04-21T20:54:15.077+01:002011-04-21T20:54:15.077+01:00Detailed, thought provoking and brilliant. Thanks ...Detailed, thought provoking and brilliant. Thanks !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614776608235333089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-44161263050591483332011-04-20T13:44:42.071+01:002011-04-20T13:44:42.071+01:00Even though I do use the Denburn Road on my mornin...Even though I do use the Denburn Road on my morning commute (precisely because it's empty), I would happily go another way if this brilliant idea happenned.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DarrylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-63625833950574312312011-04-20T12:45:40.902+01:002011-04-20T12:45:40.902+01:00There is an interesting article in this month'...There is an interesting article in this month's National Geographic about the transformation of an unused elevated train track in New York City into a public garden. This scheme came to fruition because of the determination of two individuals, and it is similar in scope to the ingenious plans outlined here. Not too long ago, Ian Wood suggested that UTG could be transformed into a 'mini-central park'; perhaps he should be looking elsewhere in that city for inspiration?Stuart Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-31277584233592803582011-04-19T19:53:54.895+01:002011-04-19T19:53:54.895+01:00It would be wonderful to think that those myopic s...It would be wonderful to think that those myopic souls whose intention is the effective destruction of the Denburn Valley and Union Terrace Gardens might take note of this fabulous and visionary piece of writing. Here is a proposal of genuine benefit and fitting of 'scale' for the centre of Aberdeen that would work, would not cost prohibitive amounts and would realise, indeed 'sweat' the value of the existing assets that comprise the Denburn Valley.Mick Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007305602804756486.post-46865724939235511252011-04-18T22:48:20.991+01:002011-04-18T22:48:20.991+01:00That's an excellent proposal, and one that I s...That's an excellent proposal, and one that I sincerely hope will be seen and considered by those in the council. Aberdeen really deserves a project like this. What a wonderful shift of emphasis from changing the gardens to changing the carriageway. <br /><br />I don't have a car, nor have I ever taken the bus since moving here (only because this city has such walkable distances), but I know only too well how frustrating it can be to walk here. More than anywhere I've ever lived, cars seem to have priority and pedestrians this 'guest' status of which you speak. For a city and country this small, I cannot understand for the life of me why there are so many cars. <br /><br />Here's hoping that a project such as yours is seriously considered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com