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South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods (SW20) is working to help Community Councils and the City Council with their vision for our part of Edinburgh. We think junctions can be made much safer. We'd love to hear your thoughts!

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* 1. To what extent are you concerned about the safety of people crossing wide side-street junctions, especially children, parents with buggies & disabled people?

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Here is a typical junction on Lanark Road as it exists today:
- Very wide making it difficult for people moving slowly to cross safely when busy with traffic.
- Wide angled corners allow vehicles to take them at speed with vehicles having priority to do so.
- Cyclists have to be very aware of vehicles potentially turning across the lane without checking it is safe to do so.
- No dropped kerbs to help people crossing the road, particularly the elderly, people pushing buggies and disabled people.

Here is a typical junction on Lanark Road as it exists today: <br>- Very wide making it difficult for people moving slowly to cross safely when busy with traffic. <br>- Wide angled corners allow vehicles to take them at speed with vehicles having priority to do so. <br>- Cyclists have to be very aware of vehicles potentially turning across the lane without checking it is safe to do so.<br>- No dropped kerbs to help people crossing the road, particularly the elderly, people pushing buggies and disabled people.

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Options - This example from Cardiff shows how junctions can be improved to give pedestrians priority by building out the pavement.
- Raising the pavement up makes it easier for the elderly, people pushing buggies and disabled people to continue across without having to deal with dropped kerbs or other obstacles.
- Vehicles must give way until it is safe to proceed.
- Ensures people have plenty of time to cross the junction safely.
- Narrow junction angles force vehicles to approach junction slowly making it safer for pedestrians.

Options - This example from Cardiff shows how junctions can be improved to give pedestrians priority by building out the pavement. <br>- Raising the pavement up makes it easier for the elderly, people pushing buggies and disabled people to continue across without having to deal with dropped kerbs or other obstacles.<br>- Vehicles must give way until it is safe to proceed. <br>- Ensures people have plenty of time to cross the junction safely.<br>- Narrow junction angles force vehicles to approach junction slowly making it safer for pedestrians.

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Dovecot Park junction as it exists today.
- Vehicles have priority.
- There are no dropped kerbs making it difficult for the elderly, people with buggies and disabled people to cross when it is safe to do so.
- Junction angles encourage vehicles to take corners at speed increasing the risk of incidents.

Dovecot Park junction as it exists today.<br>- Vehicles have priority. <br>- There are no dropped kerbs making it difficult for the elderly, people with buggies and disabled people to cross when it is safe to do so.<br>- Junction angles encourage vehicles to take corners at speed increasing the risk of incidents.

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Dovecot Park with pavement and cycle lane raised up and continued across the junction.
- Pavement now level making it easier for the elderly, people with buggies and disabled people to cross safely.
- Pedestrians and cyclists have priority. 
- Vehicles must now wait and give way until it is safe to proceed.
- Junction angles narrowed forcing vehicles to approach junctions slower reducing risk of serious incidents. 
- Tactile paving at junction to alert visually impaired people they are crossing a junction.
- Kerb between pavement and cycle lane makes navigation easier for visually impaired people.
- Kerb between cycle lane and road creates safe space for cyclists.

Dovecot Park with pavement and cycle lane raised up and continued across the junction.<br>-&nbsp;Pavement now level making it easier for the elderly, people with buggies and disabled people to cross safely.<br>- Pedestrians and cyclists have priority.&nbsp;<br>- Vehicles must now wait and give way until it is safe to proceed.<br>- Junction angles narrowed forcing vehicles to approach junctions slower reducing risk of serious incidents.&nbsp;<br>- Tactile paving at junction to alert visually impaired people they are crossing a junction.<br>- Kerb between pavement and cycle lane makes navigation easier for visually impaired people.<br>- Kerb between cycle lane and road creates safe space for cyclists.

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* 2. If funded as part of the process that makes the temporary cycle lanes permanent, do you believe pedestrians should be given priority when crossing junctions on Lanark Road?

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* 3. Extending double yellow lines around junctions helps with better sight lines for all street users. If the existing scheme is to be removed and returned to how it was previously, do you support the removal of the double yellow lines around the junction entrances?

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* 4. Do you have any additional comments? If so, let us know (or email hellosw20@gmail.com)

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* 5. It would help us interpret the results if you provide some of your postcode (e.g. EH14 2), but if you're not comfortable with that, please leave blank.

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SW20, South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods, is a group of local people who came together to discuss how we can make our community better. As residents, parents, professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, we share an interest in wanting to ensure we can live well locally.

We came together because we knew we’d be able to make more of a difference together than individually. We want to support local businesses, public services, schools and green spaces to be accessed in a more sustainable way.
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