Q5 Waterloo To Croydon
Q5 Waterloo-Croydon further consultations
This section lists issues - problems on the street network and related matters.
Issues always relate to some geographical location, whether very local or perhaps city-wide.
You can create a new issue using the button on the right.
Listed issues, most recent first:
Created by Richard Jennings // 1 thread
On various occasions I have tried to get to the Cambridge City Crematorium and Huntingdon Road Cemetery by bike. This is no easy task. Is there any way a safe and reasonable cycle route to the cemetery could be created? There seems to be a public right of way, but I think it is just a footpath.
Created by Harry Fletcher-Wood // 1 thread
The Woodberry Down Development Team (Hackney Council, Berkeley Homes and supported by Transport for London) are consulting on "changes to Seven Sisters Road, from Green Lanes to the west and Amhurst Park to the east, as part of the on‑going regeneration of the area".
They have offered six 'ideas':
1) Reduce road to two lanes in either direction (one general traffic lane, one bus lane)
2) Reduce road to two lanes (one general traffic, one bus) in either direction, but widen to three lanes at junctions
3) Increase the number of pedestrian crossings
4a) Add a 'pedestrian island slip' between the two carriageways
4b) Add a wide 'pedestrian island slip' with planting and trees
5) Segregated cycle lanes
6) Widen bus lanes
Different combinations are possible. For example, 1 (change traffic lanes) would be necessary for 4 (pedestrian island slip) and 5 (segregated cycle lanes). 1 (change traffic lanes), 4a (pedestrian island slip) and 5 (segregated cycle lanes) would work together, whereas 2 (change traffic lanes but keep three lanes at junction) would make pavement widening and segregated cycle lanes impossible.
Please respond by Sunday 15th February so that Natalie and Harry can draft a response representing Hackney Cycling Campaign's position.
Created by Matt Turner // 1 thread
The cycle route that runs past Electric Works has been blocked by big white wooden sheets, it looks like this is for development of some kind.
There is a parallel route (perhaps the official one?) on the footway (shared unsegregated) on Sheaf Street, but it's far too narrow to be acceptable for a cycle route to the train station.
A temporary bark chipping path from the obstruction down to Sheaf Street, but it's not suitable for cycling on.
Created by Dexter Johnstone // 1 thread
Road layout changes to Spital Hill. These changes were identified as potentially dangerous by Sheffield Council Cycle Audit, however, they are still going ahead.
CycleSheffield response to changes:
Commenting on the specifics of this design, which leaves the road fundamentally unsafe for cyclists, might be seen to condone it, so we will refrain. The minor changes represent no significant improvement for cyclists (existing or potential).
In summary: Spital Hill is the natural major cycle route connecting the Burngreave and Pitsmoor to the city centre. There is no convenient alternative.
Again this is an extremely busy road, with a complex junction. During rush hour, having to compete for lane spaces with 10 ton busses and numerous taxi cabs which will be switching lanes, is unpleasant and risky, and will in itself discourage inexperienced cyclists to start cycle commuting. In addition the proposed lane layouts are confusing to both motorists and cyclists which will lead to unpredictable road behaviour which is a further grave risk to cyclists in the traffic stream.
Both the traffic volumes and complexity of the junction make it unreasonable to expect people to share them for cycling.
The width of the streets (both Savile Street and A6135/Spital Hill) have ample room for the Council to provide protected space for cycling. It is disappointing that Sheffield City Council has not taken the opportunity to utilise this space to allow people in Sheffield to cycle safely and confidently in this area.
Created by Dexter Johnstone // 2 threads
Grey to Green scheme details:
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-development/regeneration/grey-to-green.html
CycleSheffield response to Grey to Green scheme
http://www.cyclesheffield.org.uk/2015/06/06/pressure-from-cyclesheffield-supporters-leads-to-grey-to-green-funding-decision-being-deferred/
We were told that there wasn't enough money to provide good cycle facilities as part of the Grey to Green scheme.
The council is now planning to use £225,000 of Sustainable Transport Exemplar Program (STEP) money to part fund the scheme.
STEP money is supposed to be for '‘improving cycling links and other sustainable transport links across the area’.
Created by Dexter Johnstone // 3 threads
£8.2million expansion of Meadowhall car park.
part funded by £1.45million of Sustainable Transport Exemplar Program (STEP) which is intended for ‘improving cycling links and other sustainable transport links across the area’.
This has been put back until 16/17 due to a delay with a funding bid.
Created by Dexter Johnstone // 1 thread
'The road is being widened so that parking can still take place but buses and other vehicles can travel along the road more easily. Construction to start February 2016.'
we have requested a cycle audit
Created by JasonColbeck // 2 threads
A Listed Building Consent planning application (15/04649/LBC) 'Alterations to the cycle hub to form new mezzanine floor to provide 140 additional cycle storage' has been submitted on behalf of East midlands Trains.
Application Received Date: Thu 24 Dec 2015
Application Validated Date: Wed 27 Jan 2016
Expiry Date: Thu 25 Feb 2016
Actual Committee Date: Not Available
Latest Neighbour Consultation Date: Wed 27 Jan 2016
Neighbour Consultation Expiry Date: Wed 17 Feb 2016
Standard Consultation Date: Wed 27 Jan 2016
Standard Consultation Expiry Date: Wed 10 Feb 2016
Last Advertised In Press Date: Thu 04 Feb 2016
Latest Advertisement Expiry Date: Thu 25 Feb 2016
Last Site Notice Posted Date: Not Available
Latest Site Notice Expiry Date: Not Available
Decision Made Date: Not Available
Decision Issued Date: Not Available
Permission Expiry Date: Not Available
Decision Printed Date: Not Available
Environmental Impact Assessment Received: Not Available
Target Determination Date: Wed 23 Mar 2016
Determination Deadline: Wed 23 Mar 2016
Created by Dexter Johnstone // 1 thread
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/works/schemes/north-sheffield.html
Hucklow Road - Better Buses 'The road is being widened so that parking can still take place but buses and other vehicles can travel along the road more easily. Construction to start Summer 2016.'
We have requested the cycle audit for this scheme
Created by timlennon // 1 thread
Initial road discussions from Richmond Council
Created by timlennon // 1 thread
Initial proposal for consultation from Richmond Council.
Created by timlennon // 1 thread
Initial council proposal looks like routes through Bushy Park and outwards.
Quietway 1 proposal (Teddington to Wandsworth Common)
The attached image is the initial council drawing and is indicative.
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
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Waltham Forest council says:
Waltham Forest is changing and we want you to be part of it. Thanks to a funding pot of £27 million from Transport for London, we’re delivering the Mini-Holland Programme to make our streets fit for everyone to use, whether you walk, cycle, use public transport or drive.
In 2014, nearly 900 people were injured on our roads and air pollution in Waltham Forest is on the increase. At peak times of the day, we have up to 6,000 extra cars on our roads due to the school run. We need to do something about this so that everyone can get from A to B easily and safely.
The Mini-Holland Programme is about making our streets work for everyone and our borough a better place to live, work and visit. By creating designated space for cycling, creating routes that better connect our town centres and redesigning some of our public areas we want to help families get about safely, cut down unnecessary traffic outside your home and work with businesses so that people want to spend time in our borough and get the most out of this once in a lifetime opportunity.
How do I take part?
We want everyone who lives and works in the local area to have their say on the scheme design and help shape the proposals. To help manage the consultation and feedback we receive, we are asking you to rate and comment on groups of proposals rather than individual measures, and to tell us what else you would like to see.
Please read each proposal carefully, and tell us your thoughts on each one using the comment section at the bottom of each proposal page. Depending on how much you write, we expect the survey to take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
What’s planned in Leytonstone Town Centre?
We have four town centre schemes in the Mini-Holland Programme, one of which is Leytonstone. These schemes will better connect Chingford, Highams Park, Leyton and Leytonstone through key walking and cycling routes, making areas of the borough easier to get to for people who want to walk and cycle for local journeys. The town centre schemes will also improve the look and feel of these four key areas whilst linking in with the four Village schemes in Walthamstow, making them more enjoyable places to spend time and money, boosting business for our local economy and giving our residents a sense of pride in their borough.
The Leytonstone Town Centre scheme area has over 8,000 addresses and lots of people currently walk and cycle through it to get to the High Road, Leytonstone Underground Station, Leytonstone High Road Rail Station, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Hollow Ponds. We’re planning to make improvements so that if you choose to walk or cycle it’s easier for you to get about. For example, we know that Grove Green Road is a key cycling route through Leytonstone, so we’re planning to improve this by creating segregated areas, where possible, making it safer and easier for people who cycle and vehicles to share the road.
We’re also planning to install blended ‘Copenhagen’ style crossings on a series of side streets, which extend the pavement across the road, meaning vehicles need to give way to pedestrians and people on cycles. We recognise that there is a place for cars in our borough, but want to make our roads safer by creating junctions that encourage drivers to slow down and take extra care at key points. We’ll also be investing in new public spaces and improving how the area looks with plants and greenery, to encourage more people to spend their time and money in the area. The proposed design also includes a mix of road and traffic direction changes which are shown on the map below.
What has happened so far?
In June 2015, we sent a survey to all 8,000 addresses in the scheme area to understand your concerns and aspirations and what you want to see in your local area. Over 340 people responded, providing over 440 individual comments, which we analysed and used to shape the next stage of the plans.
This feedback helped create an early design which was presented to over 60 residents who attended our codesign workshops in September and October 2015. During these workshops local residents and businesses told us their views of the proposed design to help us make sure this scheme fits everyone’s needs. We have been speaking to key stakeholders (including the emergency services and schools) to make sure the design enables them to do their important work.
We will continue to engage with these groups as the scheme progresses through to final design and completion. We have also used information about traffic movements and traffic survey data to design a scheme that benefits all road users. More information about this design is detailed in these proposals and we are asking for your views on it.
What happens next?
All of the feedback received will be grouped, carefully analysed and used to shape the final design. Where there are elements of the scheme that are not well supported by residents and businesses, we will look at these again. Where it’s possible to make changes based on your comments and suggestions we will, and where we can’t we will explain why.
A summary of the results and feedback will be sent to everyone who took part after the public consultation stage has ended. This will set out the results and how they have been used to help shape the final design. This will also be available on the website for everyone to see.
Before we get to the design stage, Transport for London (TfL) will also need to approve the plans as the funders of the Mini-Holland Programme.
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
These pages are publicly viewable and for cyclists to discuss consultation responses. Always make sure you *also* respond to the public consultation at its site too!
Waltham Forest council says:
Waltham Forest is changing and we want you to be part of it. Thanks to a funding pot of £27 million from Transport for London, we’re delivering the Mini-Holland Programme to make our streets fit for everyone to use, whether you walk, cycle, use public transport or drive.
In 2014, nearly 900 people were injured on our roads and air pollution in Waltham Forest is on the increase. At peak times of the day, we have up to 6,000 extra cars on our roads due to the school run; we need to do something about it so that everyone can get from A to B safely.
The Mini-Holland Programme is about making our streets work for everyone and our borough a better place to live, work and visit. By creating designated space for cycling, creating routes that better connect our town centres and redesigning some of our public areas we want to help families get about safely, cut down unnecessary traffic outside your home, and work with businesses so that people want to spend time in our borough and get the most out of this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Giving your views on the proposed designs
We want everyone who lives and works in the local area to have their say on the scheme design and help shape the proposals.
To help manage the consultation and feedback we receive, we are asking you to rate and comment on groups of proposals rather than individual measures, and to tell us what else you would like to see.
The proposals for the Leyton Town Centre scheme include improving some of the public spaces with plants, trees and public art, changing the way vehicles access some roads to reduce unnecessary traffic outside people’s homes, new and improved crossings to help people who walk and cycle, traffic direction changes and road safety improvements.
As some of these changes are linked they need to be introduced together, so we have grouped them and are asking for your views by group or ‘series’ of proposals. For example, a new public space with plants, trees and seating may only be possible if access to a road is changed, making it open only to people walking and cycling.
Please read each proposal carefully, and tell us your thoughts on each one using the comment section at the bottom of each proposal page. Depending on how much you write, we expect the survey to take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
What’s planned in Leyton Town Centre?
We have four town centre schemes in the Mini-Holland Programme, one of which is Leyton. These schemes will better connect Leyton, Leytonstone, Chingford and Highams Park, making it easier for people to walk and cycle for local journeys with new and improved walking and cycling routes. The town centre schemes will also improve the look and feel of these key areas whilst linking in with the four Village schemes in Walthamstow, making them more enjoyable places, boosting business for our local economy and giving our residents a sense of pride in their borough.
The Leyton Town Centre scheme area includes over 11,000 addresses and people walk and cycle through it to get to Leyton Underground Station, Leyton Midland Road Rail Station, the Olympic Park, Westfield shopping centre as well as local shops and amenities.
We’re planning to make a range of improvements to the area, from reducing the amount of non-local traffic using local streets where residents like you live, to better walking and cycling routes to help you get around more easily and safely if you choose to walk or cycle. We’ll also be investing in new public spaces and improving how the area looks, with new plants and greenery, to encourage more people to spend their time in the area. The proposed design also includes a mix of road and traffic changes which are outlined on the map.
In June 2015, we sent a survey to all addresses in the scheme area to understand your concerns and how we can use this Mini-Holland funding to deliver what you want in your local area. Over 500 people took part, providing over 690 individual comments which we analysed and used to shape the next stage of the plans.
This feedback helped create an early design, which we presented to 41 residents as well as businesses that came to our co-design workshops in October 2015. During these workshops you told us what you thought of the proposed design, which has helped develop the scheme.
We have been speaking to key stakeholders, including the emergency services and schools, to make sure the design enables them to do their important work day to day. We will continue to engage with these groups as the scheme progresses through to final design and completion. We have also used information about traffic movements and traffic survey data to design a scheme that will benefit all road users. More information about this design is detailed in these proposals and we are asking for your views on it.
What happens next?
All of the feedback received will be grouped, carefully analysed and used to shape the final design.
Where there are elements of the scheme that are not well supported by residents and businesses, we will look at these again. Where it’s possible to make changes based on your comments and suggestions we will, and where we can’t we will explain why. A summary of the results and feedback will be sent to everyone who took part after the public consultation stage has ended. This will set out the results and how they have been used to help shape the final design. This will also be available on the website for everyone to see.
Before we get to the design stage, Transport for London (TfL) will also need to approve all of our plans as the funders of the Mini-Holland programme.
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
These pages are publicly viewable and for cyclists to discuss consultation responses. Always make sure you *also* respond to the public consultation at its site too!
Enfield council says:
This is a unique opportunity for Enfield to transform the look and feel of this vital local road for the benefit of the whole community, whether they cycle or not. It will improve the urban realm, slow and calm traffic in busy town centres and make conditions for cycling and pedestrians much safer. The scheme aims to encourage more people to walk and cycle, reducing the many short car journeys around our community. See details below for more information on the scheme.
Created by Cllr Ian Manning // 1 thread
The County appointed an officer back in June to review parking policy across the County, starting with the City.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 1 thread
The site of the former Howard Mallet centre, on St. Matthew's Piece, has been subject to a series of planning applications for change of use over the last 10 years.
It is important that any change of use adds proper cycle parking.
Created by Jean Dollimore // 1 thread
We have been asked to tell Camden Council what changes might be helpful to make Arlington Road more comfortable to cycle on.
The intention is to deliver it as part of the Cycle Grid by the end of April 2017.
We have asked for more details on traffic flows but an initial look seems to show that vehicle movements are significantly below 2000 per day on Arlington Road itself.
Created by Roxanne (CEO) // 1 thread
http://plan.scambs.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=S/3223/15/FL&theTabNo=3
42 low-energy cohousing dwellings plus ancillary facilities including a common house, workshop, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, relocation of an electricity substation, associated access and landscaping
Created by Hugh McClintock // 0 threads
Nottingham City Council have recently (January 2016) published a Supplementary Planning Document to guide the regeneration of the big Island site between the top of London Road and Manvers Street (Sneinton). The consultation documents includes some suggested cycle links.
Pedals has drafted a response to this, emphasising the need both for improved cycling provision within the site and connecting to and from it. We welcome comments on this before we finalise it before the deadline of 18 February:-
Draft of 19 Jan: for finalisation by 18 Feb
Nottingham City Council Island Site Draft Supplementary Planning Document consultation: response from Pedals (Nottingham Cycling Campaign), February 2016
Introduction
Pedals welcomes the recognition in this consultation document of the key importance of this site in sustainable transport terms, as well as the general recognition that priority should be given to the needs of people on foot and cycling. This means both upgrading and extending provision within the site and improving external links.
Given the increasing problems of poor air pollution in Nottingham (most of which derive from motor traffic), including on London Road and the other main routes to and from Trent Bridge and Lady Bay Bridge, it is very important that the opportunity is taken in the regeneration of this major site to provide attractive alternatives to encourage walking and cycling, linked to other new and improved connections. This will also help the promotion of cycling to and from the new workplaces on this site, as well as to encourage use of bikes by people living in the new residential parts of the development (especially if linked to secure bike storage as an integral part of these developments).
Cycling provision with the site
The existing cycle path on City Link is substandard, especially towards its London Road end. This should be upgraded, and the opportunity should also be taken with the new east-west road to the south to provide a more direct link for cyclists between London Road (opposite the eastern end of Station Street) and the new toucan crossing near the western end of the Sneinton Greenway. Links to and from the proposed Eastern Corridor route within the site are also important.
It is also important within the site that all the new roads are designed with a layout to give priority to safe movements on foot and by bike
External links
At the west end of the site, by the BBC Building, there is a pelican crossing of London Road, which is used unofficially by cyclists, and which does connect, a little indirectly, to the existing City Link cycle path. This is a useful way of avoiding cycling on the very busy roundabout at the north end of London Road.
At the east end of City Link the present crossing arrangements to and from Sneinton Hermitage are unsatisfactory but the new toucan crossing already proposed will help to improve this situation and to provide a better connection to and from the Sneinton Greenway as well as to the rest of the new Eastern Cycle Corridor to the east via the Manvers Street extension and Daleside Road, etc. This improved route, together with the proposed new sections of riverside path between Meadow Lane Lock and Colwick Park, will help also to serve the new major Waterside (Trent Basin) housing developments on which work has now started, and help to alleviate the extra traffic congestion (and consequent worsened air pollution) that could be generated by these major developments.
However, further external link improvements are needed including:-
• A direct link between the west and south-west sides of the Island Site and Station Street, particularly in view of its importance as a key access route to and from Nottingham Station and the Station Street Secure Bike Compound, etc.
• Direct links between the Island Site, near the NHS Walk-In Centre, and the northern end of the canal towpath (part of the Big Track circular route) parallel to London Road. The current access at this point, involving steps and crossing from one side of the canal to the other, is very unsatisfactory. This part of the canal towpath is likely to become more popular in future, once it connects with the new stretches of riverside path on the north bank of the Trent, east of Meadow Lane Lock, over the next few years, and extending not only to and from Colwick Park but also the proposed foot-cycle bridge between Trent Lane and The Hook (Lady Bay), as well as to other parts of the Big Track route further west via the Victoria Embankment, etc.
• Direct links between the Island Site, near the NHS Walk-In Centre, and the rest of The Big Track site to the west, past Nottingham Station and the Magistrates’ Court etc. Given the narrow width and poor visibility of the towpath on the corner just north of Great Northern Close (the most substandard section of the whole Big Track route), it would be very helpful to provide a new foot-cycle bridge at this point, if this could be agreed with the Canal and River Trust. Although the proposed Eastern Cycle Corridor scheme will improve cycle links between the Island Site and the Lace Market and City Centre, this would be a very useful improvement in cycle access to and from the south side of the City Centre (Broad Marsh etc.), connecting to the new Western Cycle Corridor on Castle Boulevard etc, as well as to the rest of The Big Track towpath route west of the Magistrates’ Court.
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
East-West Cycle SuperHighway phase 1 eastern half - Tower Hill - Parliament
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
North-South Cycle SuperHighway, N-S CSH
Created by Simon Munk // 1 thread
CS8 / Cycle SuperHighway 8 - Wandsworth to Westminster
This map shows all issues, whether points, routes, or areas:
The most popular issues, based on the number of votes:
Created by Grahame Cooper // 1 thread
Irlams O'th Height roundabout has been the location of a number of collisions involving cyclists (including myself and my daughter last September).
There was a consultation last year over proposals produced by Sustrans for the improvement of this, and I showed my comments (annotations on proposed plans) at a previous GMCC meeting. You can find this annotated document here: https://copy.com/tAIjQdMSxfcsq4fz (large PDF - need to download to see all pages).
A leaflet on the intended imrovements can be found here: http://www.urbanvision.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cycling-Leaflet.pdf
I am disappointed with this for the following reasons:
- Extensive use of shared footways in the scheme (Salford Council seems to be in love with these, but they are bad).
- Southbound approach on A666 looks impractical & dangerous: a sharp left turn onto the shared footway right at the busy entrance to the roundabout!
- Whilst carriageway widths have been reduced, kerb radii at the mouth of entrances and exits do not seem to have been reduced, so "drivers looking right whilst accelerating left" will still pose a danger for cyclists who do not want to use the shared footways.
- Limited improvements to the subways (tile removal, lighting and resurfacing) will probably not result in an attractive facility for cyclists. Access to this from Bolton Road (northbound) looks awkward.
- There is no undertaking mentioned to ensure that facilities will be maintained and swept.
- I'm still not confident regarding the social safety of the off-road parts, especially in the dark winter months.
Those are my immediate reactions. Could be more to add.
Hamish F // 0 threads
There are no contraflow signs when entering Devonshire Rd from Adermans Hill. Cyclists have reported hostility towards them as they ride "against the flow". The markings are correct as the cyclist enters Devonshire Rd from A105 but of course the drivers do not see that.
Created by Paul James // 0 threads
All the sideroads between Richmond Circus and Manor Circus are a danger to cyclists on the cycleway.
There is no warning to motorists that there will be crossing cyclists and the building angles make it hard to see if anything is coming.
Turning traffic from the A316 can have an obscured view of the cycleway due to foliage.
Decrease corner radii.
Make road hump more pronounced.
Make cycle surface colour continuous across roadway.
Add markings across roadway.
Add warning signage.
Move give way lines back to before cycleway or add additional give way lines.
Created by Rosalind Lund // 1 thread
further to the piece in newsletter 128, I wonder if any thought has been given to the difficulty of turning right into Emmanuel Street if you are coming towards the town centre from St Andrew's Street? We go fairly often to the Arts Cinema and this is the obvious way for us to go home, but it is impossible to turn right on the correct side of the bollard at present as it is designed only for left turning cycles coming out of town. There is, however, nothing to suggest that such a right turn is illegal.
Created by Fraser Stephens // 1 thread
RAISED AT PUBLIC MEETING 10-04-2014
If a foot/cycle bridge is not going to happen in the medium term, then how about some traffic calming measures to reduce driver's speed expectations over the bridge? Drivers who have just come of a dual carriage way at 70mph+ or have been zooming along the A40 at 60mph+ are suddenly sharing space with cyclists having had little warning that this is about to happen.
We suggest deploying traffic calming measures, such as marked cycle ways, belisha beacon crossings (much needed anyway!) and signage making it clear that care is required. If the speed limit was clearly lower, many drivers will not be so aggressively trying to overtake cyclists.
Created by Colin Bell // 1 thread
Has there been any improvement in the "new" NCN 11 route from Waterbeach to Lode since last summer? Last time I went that way I had to wheel the bike across fields and carry it over two or three stiles.
Any information, including a forecast date when a proper route is likely to be built, welcome. Thanks.
Created by JonC // 0 threads
Our club (South Herts CTC) had to cross the A505 to get back into Hertfordshire on Sunday and we took a route between Litlington and Therfield which involved 500 m along the A505 and a right turn at the roundabout west of Royston.
I was quite surprised there was no cycle route to help cyclists here. It was a Sunday so at least there were fewer heavy vehicles than normal, but the speed of some cars coming up behind made it tricky to change lanes on a bike when turning right at the roundabout.
Since then I have studied other ways of crossing the A505 (using Google Streetview) and can't find any easy crossing points near Royston. I see it is the boundary between Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, which complicates matters (although it looks like the A505 road is in Herts).
To the east, I've used the B1368 crossing at Flint Cross, which is also a nightmare. To the west the crossing at Slip End does at least have a central refuge. It seems little or no thought was given to cyclists when the A505 was constructed.
Created by Katja Leyendecker // 1 thread
The (draft / emerging) 1Core Strategy seems to hint at a bus loop (Policy UC7) and a motor vehicle "ring road" (Policy UC9) too. It mentions pedestrian routes but there's no mention of cycle routes. See attached photo. (I didn't mark up the map, as it might become a tad too messy)
The "ring road" is just like Scott / esde84 described before http://newcycling.org/space4cycling/part2 (in comments)
The photo in the attachment is from "Newcastle Proposals Map" listed here http://onecorestrategyng-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/examination_library (not sure how long thi link will stay live, link rot may happen)
Created by Shaun McDonald // 0 threads
The traffic lights at Eagle Street were timed such that travelling eastbound you would always get caught at the second set unless you were extremely fast setting off. After discussions with the council and it brought up at the Sustainability Forum by Cllr Smart, it was fixed to increase the length of time that those lights were green, and was great as you always knew you could get through the second set of lights without having to wait unless you just went through the earlier ones just before they went red.
However over the past few days the signal timing has changed back to the older timing where the probability of getting through the second set is virtually nil. In an ideal world they would be phased such that the first set would go green, then the second set would go green several seconds later at the point where you would be arriving at them, rather than having them change to green almost at the same time.
Created by Shaun McDonald // 1 thread
Dove Street is currently one way. It would be useful if it could be made 2 way for cycling for peopl coming from St Helen's Primary School to NCN 1.
The left turn from St Helens Street into Dove Street is much easier than a right turn from St Helens Street into Regent Street, as you don't have to block a lane of traffic and hope for a gap in the traffic in the opposite direction, especially with kids. It's also a shorter route when heading towards the town centre.
Sam // 1 thread
The bollards at the bottom of Herbert St haven't been replaced after the electricity cable was laid last week.
Rather than directly replacing the bollard slalom that existed beforehand, the bollard specialists might have suggestions on what the layout should be here which camcycle can suggest as for the replacement...
Created by Andrew Woodward // 1 thread
Providing a cycle-friendly surface on the path from Meadlands Drive to the road serving the German School and the Polo Club would improve cycling access to Strathmore and Russell Schools and help provide a better quiet route from Meadlands Drive area towards Richmond - providing more/better options for avoiding the busy Petersham Road.
Meeting with Leeds City Council to discuss possible remedial works due to high casualty rates.
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
No safe route from Collin to Dumfries town centre - the A75 is a dual carriageway along this stretch of road with no direct alternative route
Martin Lucas-Smith // 1 thread
There's a very poor dogleg right-angle with barriers at the entrance/exit from the West Cambridge site to Clerk Maxwell Road.
This should be turned into a wide splay with good visibility.
Created by Andrew Woodward // 0 threads
The route from Kingston Bridge into Church Road and up to Bushy Park traverses busy traffic routes with little protection for people cycling. Making this short section easier and safer for cycling would provide an important link to join up the quiet routes from Hampton through Bushy Park to Kingston town centre.
Created by Andrew Woodward // 2 threads
Ham Gate Avenue: As you cycle past parked vehicles which narrow the road by almost half you are trapped in a long tunnel. Impatient motorists who want to enter from the other end do so and simply drive at you forcing you practically into the gutter or off the road completely. Would it be ever possible to ban parking on this avenue and limit the speed to 20mph as it is in the park?
Note - there is a shared use segregated track alongside the road here (part of NCN 4) but it is frequently too narrow to cope with the volumes of cyclists and pedestrians; it is overhung with low tree branches and the surface is poor.
Created by Steve Crapper // 1 thread
This planning application is a revised version of a previous application that would have infilled the disused railway beneath Buttermilk lane bridge, preventing the disused railway becoming a vital new greenway between Bolsover and Poolsbrook country Park (extending the existing Stockley Trail)
The revised application has changed from infill to ramps, but this forces an unnecessary road crossing, when an underpass is perfectly feasible
please object on this basis if you are able . our campaign has created a Facebook page called "build the Stockley Extension"
Bolsover
Application reference : 18/00178/FUL
Created by David Earl // 4 threads
There are some evil short grey posts on the busway cycleway that are really hard to see in the dark. I have heard of a number of people hitting them with disastrous consequences
Created by Sam Saunders // 2 threads
On the eastern approach to Clifton Suspension Bridge the narrow road curves past a pedestrian refuge next to a toilet block. The short cycle lane that had started as approximately 1.2 metres wide narrows to approximately 0.9 metres at the refuge. More than half of the cycle lane at that point is paved with uneven cobbles unsuitable for cycling, especially on a bend. The traffic lane (approx 3.2 metres) is too narrow for a car and a bicycle to pass together. The cycle lane, in effect, is encouraging inexperienced cyclists to adopt a vulnerable road position and to cycle on an unsuitable surface.
Created by Shaun McDonald // 1 thread
St Peter's Dock on the National Cycle Route 51 just north of Stoke Bridge has a really poor surface which collects water, also the old rails that are no longer used and no longer connect to the rest of the rail network are a hazard for cyclists and ideally should be removed.
Created by Andrew Woodward // 0 threads
Westbound cycle lane is painted about 2m out from the kerb for no reason; child cyclists tend to follow paint rather than the common sense option which is to cycle next to the kerb.
Created by Matthew Phillips // 1 thread
The route on the east side of the A167 past Crossgate Moor and Framwellgate Moor crosses a number of roundabouts. The cycle-path leads you across the roads very close to the roundabout, via the central refuge in the middle of the road. Some of these roads have two lane entry to the roundabout. Crossing both lanes at once is tricky as you have to have an eye on whether the traffic is about to move out onto the roundabout. If you have a longer vehicle, such as a bus, waiting, then the route to the refuge is blocked. There are no road markings to warn motorists that cyclists might be expected.
The route is probably going to be improved as part of the Great North Cycleway. If these roundabouts are to be made safe enough for children to use, major alterations will be required. (The route goes past Durham Johnston School so should be available to children.) The route should cross further from the mouth of the roundabout, preferably on a different-coloured surface, maybe raised.
Created by Simon Nuttall // 3 threads
The railway line from Cambridge to Newmarket turns out across Coldham's Common and right through the middle of Cherry Hinton, and then carries on passing to the north of Fulbourn.
There are currently (2013) two main routes from the east of Cambridge to Cherry Hinton - the Tins and Snakey Path. However both have long very narrow sections involving pedestrian conflict.
The railway line is single track - but satellite images show the bridges crossing Barnwell Road and Coldham's Lane were both built for dual track. So this means there should easily be enough room to accommodate a cycleway alongside the railway.
This route could then connect up with the Chisholm Trail and provide a direct fast cycle route to and from the city and the Science Park area.
A community consultation 'The Barnes Ponder' in October 2013 has show strong support for making Barnes a 20 mph neighbourhood .
“20mph is plenty enough speed on the roads!”