I don't think route length is the issue....
the issues are the amount of road works and scheduling of roadworks, where we end up with roadworks on diversion routes
The amount of bad on-street parking / driving .... I'd say about 90% of drivers in Edinburgh don't give a damn about the ramifications of their actions, as long as they can find a "parking" (sorry, an abandoning spot) that's all that matters, if it blocks pavements, blocks traffic lanes blocks bus stops then so what is their mentality,
Sundays are the worst.... anything goes day ... today, coming home from work, the amount of cars parked on double yellows or parked in places that aren't parking spaces is incredible....but nobody gives a f*** and they get away with it...
I do agree with you with the 41, its absolutely ridiculous that in order to get from Queensferry Street to Mound, it has to go: Qferry St., Princes St., Frederick St., George St., Hanover St., Mound....
There is no need for it, but thanks to a council unable to organise their way round a paper bag.... this is what we are left with, sadly.....
Emm, didn't quite mean to make this a rant