1100 – 1300 Saturday 20th November 2021
Outside Town Hall
Spokes Porty & Porty Community Energy co-hosted this conversation. We asked the public how they had travelled there and where they had come from. These results were then plotted on a map:
Walking 59
Car 13
Bus 4
Bike 7
Scooter 1
Rollerblade 1
We also asked people to choose their top three from the following statements:
| I want more, better, and safer cycle routes | 60 |
| I want the Portobello train station opened again | 45 |
| There is a traffic problem in Porty | 40 |
| I would like a safer, quieter high street with no through traffic (except buses) | 34 |
| I would like it to be easier to not own a car | 22.5 |
| I want a direct bus to Leith / Ocean Terminal | 22 |
| I want more express buses to city centre | 17 |
| I want the High Street pedestrianised | 15.5 |
| I would like to cycle more | 13.5 |
| I want more local car hire / car club provision | 10 |
| I want through traffic to be restricted on the High Street | 9.5 |
| I want to be able to hire a bike locally | 7 |
| I would like to be able to drive and park wherever I want. | 2 |
| There is not a traffic problem in Porty | 0 |
There were 298 responses, which corresponds with approximately 99 respondents.
The general feedback from the event was that people very much want traffic along the High Street to be reduced and for active travel infrastructure to be better, safer and more joined up.
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