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Prize for narrowest combined cycle lane/footpath.
Hi,
walking along today (I trust it is permissible to admit to walking in a cycling NG) and I saw a footpath with markings indicating that it was for shared used by pedestrians and cyclists. I could see why this was set up - an area of housing and offices was isolated by a one way street (to prevent the street becoming a rat run to a dual carriageway) which made it very difficult for cyclists to access this area. They would have to negotiate a long detour along a very busy dual carriageway. The surrounding area (an estate) is well provided with joint use paths which (IMHO) are very well planned. So you need cycle access against the flow in a one way street. However this path was about 3 feet wide at the widest point, and about 3" where the foliage had not been cut back. Even at its widest I could not see how a cyclist and a pedestrian (especially a pedestrian with a push chair) could pass each other. So what is the point of such an arrangement? Proper provision was sensible. Marking up an unsuitable path is highly dangerous and not likely to endear pedestrians to cyclists and vice versa. Anyone come across anything even more stupid? Cheers Dave R -- |
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
Anyone come across anything even more stupid? Cheers Dave R Easy. The 9" cycle lane complete with sunken drain. http://www.thebikezone.org.uk/thebik...cilities2.html See also (some pearlers on here). http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.c...-of-the-month/ And yet more madness... http://www.weirdcyclelanes.co.uk/ |
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David W.E. Roberts wrote:
(I trust it is permissible to admit to walking in a cycling NG) Heathen! Anyone come across anything even more stupid? There's a cycle path near me that is punctuated by lamp-posts every few yards, with about a foot of clearance either side of the lamp-post. The lamp-posts were always there - when they decided to turn the path into shared-use, they just slapped the red tarmac down around the lamp-posts. d. |
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in
: Anyone come across anything even more stupid? Cheers Dave R On the run into Ambleside from Windermere, the cycle lanes aren't just narrow, they're claustrophobic. Not been along there on a bike yet but wouldn't want to. |
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Anyone come across anything even more stupid? Cheers Dave R How about, for a change, a bike lane that's short, so short that my bike is too long to fit in it, and overhangs each end. The lane's length is about equal to its width. It's square. Location: Arnold Circus, SW side, Shoreditch, London E1. Jeremy Parker |
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Jeremy Parker said:
Anyone come across anything even more stupid? Cheers Dave R How about, for a change, a bike lane that's short, so short that my bike is too long to fit in it, and overhangs each end. The lane's length is about equal to its width. It's square. Location: Arnold Circus, SW side, Shoreditch, London E1. It actually exists? Highway engineers must get ideas from the Framley Examiner... http://www.bikereader.com/BikeReader...misc/fram.html Regards, -david |
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