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City transport
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Edinburgh is well served by
buses
, although even locals are confused by the consequences of deregulation, with several companies offering competing services along similar routes. Most bus stops have a useful diagram indicating which services pass the stop and which routes they take.
Most useful are the maroon buses operated by Lothian Regional Transport (LRT); all buses referred to in the text are run by them unless otherwise stated. Timetables and passes are available from their ticket centres on Waverley Bridge or at 27 Hanover St (enquiry line tel 0131/555 6363), or from the city council-run Traveline, at 2 Cockburn St (tel 0800/232323). Of the various passes available, there's an LRT day pass for A?2.20 (A?1.50 if you buy it after 9.30am, or A?4.20 including the airport bus), or, of course, you can buy individual tickets from the driver, for which you'll need exact change - the most common fare is 80p.
Edinburgh is well endowed with
taxi
ranks, and you can also hail black cabs on the street. We've listed phone numbers for taxi firms. It is emphatically not a good idea to take a
car
into central Edinburgh: despite the presence of several expensive multistorey car parks, finding somewhere to park involves long and often fruitless searches. In addition, street parking restrictions are famously draconian. Edinburgh is, however, a reasonably cycle-friendly city - although hilly - with several
cycle paths
. The local cycling action group, Spokes (tel 0131/313 2114,
), publishes an excellent cycle map of the city. Other useful information
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