SMALL SCHEMES, BIG CHANGES - BARNSTAPLE
Hazardous side road Mead Park on B3233, priority change required; turning drivers should give way to cyclists!
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Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Hazardous side road Mead Park on B3233, priority change required; turning drivers should give way to cyclists!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Hazardous side road crossing country lane Penhill on B3233, priority change required; turning drivers should give way to cyclists!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Hazardous side road crossing Fremington Pill on B3233, priority change required; turning drivers should give way to cyclists!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Roundswell cycle way overgrown by bushes, up to 60% in places; poor poor poor maintenance! This is supposed to be the "Cross Town Link", getting people out of cars on North Devon Link Road (!!!)
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Roundswell cycle way overgrown by bushes, up to 60% in places; poor poor poor maintenance! This is supposed to be the "Cross Town Link", getting people out of cars on North Devon Link Road (!!!)
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Roundswell cycle way overgrown by bushes, up to 60% in places; poor poor poor maintenance! This is supposed to be the "Cross Town Link" getting people out of cars on the North Devon Link Road (!!!)
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of difficult barrier on cycle path Tews Lane; hardly possible to pass by bike, let alone trikes/tandems/mobility vehicles
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Adjusting "roundabouts" on Roundswell Cycle Way; surface from tarmac to paved area needs to be smooth; not a "kerb jump" which causes punctures; appears on various locations on this route!!!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of crazy barriers on Roundswell Cycle Way (crossing Maple Grove); hazardous, not inviting and over the top!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Low Level lighting on cycle path Iron Bridge between Rock Park and Recycling Centre for improved social safety at night; this is an important barrier for those wanting to cycle between Tarka Tennis Centre/Leisure Centr/Station and Newport area at night. This route is pitch black in the dark!!!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Kerb to get from road onto cycle path; easily solved by putting some tarmac against kerb (on slope)
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
If upgrade of path Forches and Whiddon Valley was chosen, this barrier has to go!
Creation of link between Forches and Whiddon Valley, either by upgrade path or opening new link road
Extension west side cycle path Whiddon Drive to jct Lower Moor via "line of desire" to provide better and safer connectivity
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of difficult barrier on cycle path NCN3 ending on Whiddon Drive; hardly possible to pass by bike, let alone trikes/tandems/mobility vehicles
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Severe cutting back of bushes on cycle path Whiddon Drive; 40% of path overgrown! Note this is part of NCN3: "Welcome to Barnstaple!"
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Hazardous side road crossing Barum Gate Business Park on Whiddon Drive, priority change required; turning drivers should give way to cyclists!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Two sets of bollards on narrow cycle path on steep slope at Park & Ride are lethal; various incidents known; remove asap!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
This NCN sign in Rock Park (near Iron Bridge) has been wrong aligned for several years! "Welcome to Barnstaple"; great impression for visitors!
Introduction 20 mph speed limit on Landkey Road between Hollowtree Rd-St Johns Lane Mon-Fri 7.45 am-9.15 am and 3 pm-5.30 pm
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of barrier bars on cycle path ending on Hollowtree Rd; barrier alongside kerb of road is doing the job already!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of difficult barrier on cycle path NCN3 ending on Rose Lane; hardly possible to pass by bike, let alone trikes/tandems/mobility vehicles,
note this is NCN!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Removal of difficult barrier on cycle path NCN3 ending on Rose Lane; hardly possible to pass by bike, let alone trikes/tandems/mobility vehicles;
note this is NCN!!!
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 1 thread
Removal of difficult barrier on cycle path ending on Eastern Avenue; not possible to pass for trikes/tandems/mobility vehicles
Created by North Devon Cycling Forum // 0 threads
Sequence of lights Eastern Avenue; one press on button should make ALL lights turn green to cross road in ONE go!
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Created by jpennycook // 1 thread
Area Estates are proposing to build a retail park on the former Smiths Industries site between Winchester Road and Harrow Way, in Basingstoke. This was formerly owned by Tesco, who failed to build a supermarket there.
No cycling access has been proposed, and the provision for cycle parking is inadequate - insufficient for customers, and none for staff.
Please submit feedback to the developer.
No planning application yet, but previous applications for the site are here: https://planning.basingstoke.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do?activeTab=relatedCases&keyVal=H44MKACRLI568
Created by Andrew Woodward // 0 threads
Despite the cycle lanes being mandatory along this stretch the road layout is such that vehicles frequently intrude into the cyclelane - as this bus did.
White paint does not work on this stretch and some other segregation method is needed -eg a kerb; vertical posts or similar.
Created by Andrew France // 1 thread
It has an uneven degraded surface in the cycle lanes from the Elizabeth Way roundabout until the bridge.
Created by Eric Booth // 1 thread
Friend of mine uses a wheelchair & hand cycle and is blocked this gate on his way home. Would be great if we could get it opened for him. [Jack Small]
Created by Paul Bearpark // 1 thread
Objections to U&Cs outline planning application need to be submitted by 10 April. There seem to be some interesting ideas for improving cycling infrastructure but a lot that could be improved upon.
Created by Nicola Peck // 1 thread
This well-used trail is in desperate need of resurfacing. During spells of wet weather, it has large puddles at regular intervals and there is a particularly huge "mud bath" at the western end of Walton Dam just by the entrance to the woods. Currently (July 2014) the mud bath is reasonably, but not completely, dry but as recently as June it has been very muddy and was terrible over winter.
This is one of Chesterfield's major cycling routes and these conditions make it unreasonable to use it for transport journeys (ie. commuting and shopping) in normal clothes because the bike gets caked in mud and it splashes over your shoes and trousers, even with mudguards.
Alongside Walton Dam, I believe this path is supposed to be nominally 3 metres wide but vegetation has grown into the gravel surface making it significantly narrower (single file) in places.
The sloped tarmac section at the Walton Road end is suffering encroachment from overgrown vegetation and there is an unnecessary pinch-point part way down (a row of wooden posts) which could be opened up with perhaps only a single post if really necessary, or ideally none at all.
In Somersall Park, immediately to the south of the river bridge, there is a particularly rough patch of surface which, ironically, is the most recently resurfaced section of path. It's so incredibly rough that you have to be extra careful and slow if carrying delicate items like a laptop or fragile shopping (eg. soft fruit or eggs).
The busway cycleway is sometimes flooded in this section.
The County Council need to address this.
Created by Jon_B // 1 thread
The cycle link from Bramley Hill to Haslemere Drive has opened up a route via Lacey Street, Haslemere Drive and Bramley Hill as a much quieter parallel route to Woodbridge Road for cycles.
However, to proceed to North East Ipswich from here means cycling (or indeed walking or driving) via Woodbridge Road at the point where it crosses the railway line. There are no other crossings for a considerable distance to the North or South.
The land fronting Woodbridge Road to the North is currently for sale for residential development.
If this land is developed I believe that this should include an additional cycle and pedestrian bridge over the railway to Belvedere Road to open up access to the residential areas NE of this (as well as Sidegate Lane Primary School) without having to use Woodbridge Road.
Surfacing includes gravel and grit.
Cycle chicanes shown on diagrams.
Created by Robert Asher // 1 thread
Hello, I'm wondering how many other Cambridge cyclists have shared the experience I've had (about once per month now) regarding a particular elderly lady who insists that bikes are not allowed on the "footpath" adjacent to the Trumpington allotments, between Shelford Rd & the new busway in CB2. This path seems clearly demarcated as a shared pedestrian-cycle path on the cycle maps provided at the council link (below). However, it is not clearly labeled as such on the path itself, leading her to become quite angry with any cyclist who gets near her & her dog while they're out walking (and obstructing the path to underscore her point). "It's a footpath" she yells, and storms away.
So my questions are 1) am I correct in interpreting the council map (below) as permitting bikes on this path and 2) how might one go about requesting proper signage, clearly saying bikes & pedestrians are both welcome?
Thanks for any feedback, Robert
https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sites/www.cambridge.gov.uk/files/documents/cambridge-cycling-map.pdf
Need to check this planning application for access issues. It proposes to make a new car entrance through a high wall across a pavement at the end of Chesterton Road.
The cycleway cut-through here is very poor currently.
Anon // 1 thread
The main HWRC depot which is out of bounds unless you turn up in a car offers a wide range of recycling opportunities. The pedestrian/cycle area directly of Hazel Court offers none of this other than the main recycling types that are available through household waste collections, and tin foil.
Its hardly acceptable to think that just because you're arriving by bike/foot you won't be able bring other items. All that happens is things either get wrongly sorted or left on the floor causing the area to become a state.
Created by Rob Archer // 1 thread
This is one of the most difficult and dangerous sections of the local cycle network. A point where cycle traffic to 2 local schools, a college and a local park all meet.
Fast heavy traffic
Very poor sight-lines
Cars parking over dropped kerbs
Any suggestions as to how it can be improved?
Created by Gregory Williams // 2 threads
This provides a flatter, shorter, and traffic-free alternative to the National Cycle Route 18 alignment via Sole Street.
Created by Dawes Jaguar // 0 threads
College Walk is in a terrible state and the ancient and totally obsolete street lamps no longer turn on at night and off during the day.
Created by Richard Jennings // 1 thread
The Avenues Shambles
Few people who live in the area will be happy with the situation on The Avenues. A couple of years ago the city won a grant to improve cycle routes around the city, called a “Cycle City Ambition Grant”. The first route to be improved was the one that came along the Avenues, known as the “Pink” route. After two years of planning, public meetings and proposals we are left with the dangerous inadequate mess we see today.
Why is The Avenues Special?
Far more bikes use The Avenues than any other road in the city, "nearly 700,000 in 2016 according to the Air Quality Status Report for 2018. Most are students at UEA or workers at the Hospital and Research Parks. It’s also the route hundreds of children should be using to cycle to the City Academy School, so the potential number of cyclists could be even higher if the road were not so dangerous. Logically it should have been the highest priority for providing proper cycle tracks, but it didn’t turn out like that.
Why is it bad?
The road markings only allow enough space for one direction of flow on a two way street, so if it needs to pass traffic has to drive in the cycle lanes and when it gets busy the cycle lane simply disappear. There is basically far too much traffic for this type of design.
Why did we end up with this mess?
That’s a good question but there are clues, take a look on Tombland and the expensive paving around the cathedral gate. All this meant there just wasn’t enough money left to build the proposed cycle tracks and the present botch is the result. The council decided that the cost of doing The Avenues didn’t represent good value for money, yet doing Tombland did. This is a very suspect situation which has left us with an unacceptable, dangerous mess that simply can’t be left as it is.
What can be done?
Created by Dominic Fee // 1 thread
This issue covers Westminster City Council's proposals for a Quietway route from Green Park to Marylebone
Created by Adam Edwards // 2 threads
Shared use cycle path under construction but delayed completion now set for the end of February 2016. The path with extend the route from Hatfield station up to the town centre and then via the not so good on road lanes to the University and Business Park.
Created by mike1727 // 1 thread
Traffic on the redbourn road is often fast and uncomfortable for novice/nervouse riders. The footpath running along Redbourn road sees few walkers and appears suitable for a conversion to a bike route. This is being progresses through the Herts Cycle Forum
Created by FrenchyF // 0 threads
There should be a dropped kerb at the foot of Braidwood Gate, leading to Dumbiedykes
I cycle past this junction a lot, and sometimes the lights are red so I wait and look at the lanes and wonder why they're like this.
Created by Ian Seeley // 0 threads
There is a tree stump about 3 feet high on the cycle track. It's particularly difficult to see at night when travelling east bound and should be completely removed and the cycle track resurfaced.