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Tag: Edinburgh trams

  • Clear the clutter on Leith Walk

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    Ray Perman’s recent commentary on Leith Walk prompted Ross Armstrong to put down some thoughts about how to improve Edinburgh’s most interesting boulevard (but first he measured it on Google maps). The amazing potential of Leith Walk strikes me every time I walk down it. It’s a great big boulevard that feels like it’s going…

  • Don’t scrap the tram

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    Flashback to the successful Friends of the Earth Scotland campaign 2007 “A great city let down by its elected representatives”, BBC Scotland environment and science correspondent David Miller sums up last night’s Newsnight Scotland tram story, possibly the best news coverage so far of this extraordinary mess. The thunder is still rumbling around the city…