Issues

Listed issues, most recent first:

• Bike Parking Shortage at Hills Rd 6th Form College

  Created by Michael Cahn 26 January, 2012 21:22 // 1 thread

  • schools
  • bike
  • parking

  Rather than providing adequate cycle parking for their pupils this Sixth Form college is discouraging cycling and increasing the likelihood of cycle theft. The bikes that were previously attached to these railings are now left on the opposite side of the road where they are not so securely parked. See http://cambridge.cyclestreets.net/location/27865/ #27865 or #27866

  Although some cycle parking does seem to have been provided: http://cambridge.cyclestreets.net/location/28093/ #28093, #28092 it is clearly not enough

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• Bus drivers and cyclists in harmony

  Martin Lucas-Smith 05 January, 2012 17:45 // 1 thread

  • bus
  • drivers

  Various issues in Cambridge regarding bus driving and cyclist interactions. Work needs to be done to deal with this.

  (This is actually a city-wide issue, but I've marked this as the bus station for now.)

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• Bike Harvest June 2012

  Created by John Hall 03 January, 2012 18:22 // 3 threads

  • student
  • parking
  • recycle
  • owl
  • harvest

  Aims of a bike harvest:
  - Reduce bike ‘litter’
  - Improve the number of available bike parking spaces
  - Recycle bikes and provide affordable bikes (with lights) for new students
  - Employ disadvantaged people

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• CB1 station area: cycle parking and access

  Martin Lucas-Smith 21 December, 2011 22:36 // 16 threads

  • cycleparking
  • station

  Many issues here about cycle parking - not only the station itself but the CB1 area

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• Right Turn at School

  Created by Michael Cahn 19 December, 2011 01:30 // 2 threads

  • schools
  • right
  • turn

  Hills Road Bridge is a Natural Bottleneck which has high bike density. Bike Traffic to the school on Hills Rd will need to turn right into Purbeck Rd. There is a bus stop on the left which slows down traffic, but generally cars are in an accelerating mood here. Right turn pocket? Traffic Light? suggestions please

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• Filtering Through Obstructed (Lane width)

  Created by Michael Cahn 19 December, 2011 01:10 // 1 thread

  • lane
  • width

  Hills Rd, traffic waiting at lights, cyclist have hard time to filter forward because lane width, presence of buses, long red light period. Sense of obstacle and injustice high because of Bus/Bike Lane liberty in the approach.

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• Mill Road Tesco

  Martin Lucas-Smith 17 December, 2011 18:27 // 1 thread

  • tesco
  • millroad
  • lorries

  Over the years there have been multiple issues on this site.

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• Access Only

  Created by Michael Cahn 16 December, 2011 10:04 // 1 thread

  • signage

  On tool for reducing cut-through traffic is "Access Only" signage. What is the potential of this sign. Where is it used? How is it being enforced? Are there opportunities to

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• A14 very hostile for cycling

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 10:00 // 8 threads

  • a14

  The A14 is a very hostile, dangerous road for cycling.

  Improvements to it, as well as broader changes to the national framework for cyclist crossings of major roads, are needed.

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• Landbeach to Cambridge Cycleway

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 09:55 // 2 threads

  • landbeach
  • cambridge
  • cycleway
  • surface

  The Landbeach Parish Council would like the bridgeway from Landbeach to Cambridge to be upgraded to a cycleway.

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• Rampton to Northstowe Cycleway

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 09:52 // 1 thread

  • northstowe
  • rampton
  • cycleway
  • surface

  The Rampton to Northstowe cycleway needs to have a decent surface so that people from Rampton and Cottenham can access Northstowe on a bicycle.

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• Ring Fort Path

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 09:44 // 3 threads

  • ringfort
  • a14
  • histon
  • orchardpark
  • missinglink

  There is a need for a link between the A14 Histon interchange with Ring Fort Path in Orchard Park.

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• A14 Histon Interchange is Hostile to Bikes

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 09:43 // 3 threads

  • a14
  • histon
  • b1049
  • junction
  • toucan
  • j32

  The A14 Histon Interchange is hostile to bikes as their is no way to safely cross the entrance slip roads onto the A14.

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• Cottenham to Histon Cycleway

  Created by Robin Heydon 16 December, 2011 09:40 // 1 thread

  • cottenham
  • histon
  • cycleway

  The Cottenham to Histon cycleway needs improvement.

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• North West Cambridge site - planning application

  Martin Lucas-Smith 15 December, 2011 21:15 // 18 threads

  • northwestcambridge

  Major planning for 3,000 houses between Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road.

  It will also have shops, University laboratories, etc.

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• The 'Milton Road Effect'

  Martin Lucas-Smith 15 December, 2011 17:17 // 1 thread

  • roadtax
  • buslane

  Vehicles are continually abusing cyclists who use the road here because the bus lane on the other side forces the carriageway to be narrow.

  Although there is the cycleway, it has the usual problems of loss of priority at sideroads, bins in the way, people going in and out of driveways, etc.

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• Northstowe Planning Application

  Martin Lucas-Smith 15 December, 2011 16:29 // 9 threads

  • northstowe

  Major planning application here - c. 10,000 homes

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• New gate - why can't I cycle *in* here?

  Martin Lucas-Smith 05 December, 2011 19:58 // 1 thread

  • downing
  • site

  The new gate is exit-only but it's obvious that people will want to cycle in.

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• Signage

  Created by Andy Field 05 December, 2011 19:29 // 2 threads

  • signs
  • pedestrians
  • sustrans

  Sign indicates permissive cycleway through Church although additional signage indicates that cyclists must dismount

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• Evil posts on busway cycleway

  Created by David Earl 05 December, 2011 19:28 // 4 threads

  • bollards
  • busway

  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

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• Signage

  Created by Andy Field 05 December, 2011 19:26 // 1 thread

  • signage
  • signs

  Lack of signage to indicate hidden corner and t-junction coming out of underpass on guided busway heading into Cambridge

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• Visibility at Perne Road / Cherry Hinton Road junction

  Created by David Earl 05 December, 2011 19:21 // 1 thread

  • roundabout
  • visibility

  It is intimidating to use this roundabout because of the high shrubbery in the middle. It is supposed to slow traffic down but my subjective feeling is that it doesn't

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• Unregulated car parking becoming endemic here

  Created by Testing 05 December, 2011 17:34 // 1 thread

  • carparking

  Since the private enforcement regime stopped, car parking is becoming endemic here.

  This is ruining the feeling of this estate.

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• Elmers End junction

  Created by Shaun McDonald 04 December, 2011 16:39 // 1 thread

  • junction
  • design

  This junction can be dangerous for cyclists due to narrow pinch points, and drivers being too eager to jump past them, and are happy to frighten cyclists by honking their horns due to them "being in the way", when they are just taking the primary position so that they don't get knocked off their bike.

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• Poor road quality on Newmarket Road

  Created by Andrew France 02 December, 2011 10:27 // 1 thread

  • road

  It has an uneven degraded surface in the cycle lanes from the Elizabeth Way roundabout until the bridge.

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• Pinch point created by pedestrian crossing

  Created by DavidT 14 May, 2013 10:59 // 2 threads

  • cycle-lane
  • southampton_city

  The current layout of the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Winchester road and Vermont close forces cyclists out of the cycle lane and into the flow of traffic. This is a risky maneuver and relies on the patience of the car driver behind the cyclist. A possible solution would be to be extend the cycle lane through the chicane, with give way markings so that pedestrians have right of way.

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• Dangerous section of cycle path outside Dominos Pizza on the Avenue

  Created by DavidT 15 June, 2013 19:46 // 3 threads

  • cyclepath

  Southampton Cycling Campaign has received many reports of local cyclists having accidents on the cycle path outside the Dominos Pizza outlet at the southern end of The Avenue.

  A recent incident was reported in the Southampton Echo, http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10475081.Cyclist_hurt_in_road_crash/

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• Grey Street

  Created by PeterMac 04 March, 2014 09:32 // 1 thread

  • carparking

  Redesign of Grey Street to remove the danger of cars reversing (blind) out parking bays into middle of the road.

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• Dogs Head Street cycle contraflow lane parking/loading bay

  Created by Shaun McDonald 16 November, 2013 11:19 // 1 thread

  • cycle-lane
  • parking
  • loading
  • bay
  • ncn
  • ncn1

  There is a loading bay in the cycle contraflow cycle lane, which means that the cycle lane is blocked for cyclists as soon as a vehicle is parked there. This means that cyclists have to pull out into the path of oncoming buses, thus making the NCN route unsuitable to young children or inexperienced cyclists.

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• Tandem carriage on Scotrail trains

  Created by SRD 21 October, 2012 16:22 // 1 thread

  • tandems
  • train
  • carriage
  • scotland
  • families

  We have a tandem which fits in all the spaces on trains in Scotland (as far as I know), but we are prohibited from taking it on any except the East Coast line trains. I've been writing to various officials - elected and otherwise - and contributed to the recent review of the Scotrail franchise, but am not getting much joy. No one seems to think it is a big deal. But, for my family, with 2 kids aged 5 and 1, and no car, if we don't go by tandem and train, we can't go anywhere much. The tandem is not a luxury but a practical transport solution. Does anyone else want to join in and make this more than a one-woman issue?

  (another related issue: even once the kids can ride their own bikes, we won't be able to use trains much since most only allow 2 reservations).

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• St Peters Dock lethal rail tracks

  Created by Alex Oldman 02 January, 2014 21:20 // 1 thread

  • road-surface
  • disusedrailway

  Disused railway tracks on St Peters Dock provide short section of road surface that is dangerous to traverse from East to West by bike.

  If you are avoiding crossing the tracks then you are forced into oncoming traffic.

  If you cross the tracks, you are then potentially trapped between parked cars and the railway tracks, which can be dangerous.

  The tracks are very slippery when wet or icy, and sections are often hidden underwater because there is poor drainage after heavy rain.

  Ideally the tracks are totally removed, or the surface covered with concrete or tarmac.

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• Cycling on A2

  Created by Gregory Williams 07 June, 2012 17:49 // 1 thread

  The A2 is a hostile environment for cycling. Cyclists should be directed away from using the A2 towards existing safe alternatives (e.g. RCR16) and the current A2 cycle signs should be removed.

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• Clerkenwell Boulevard

  Created by Andrea Casalotti 25 November, 2013 13:25 // 1 thread

  • grid
  • filteredpermeability

  Here is an ambitious plan for a Bicycle Boulevard from Shoreditch to Fitzrovia, along Old Street, Clerkenwell Road and Theobalds Road, open only to bicycles, buses and motor traffic for local access only.
  a. It is now the most cycled route in London, showing that it is the desired EW route.
  b. It is of variable width, therefore trying to accommodate bikes, buses, and through traffic in a consistent and safe way is impossible. In other words, a compromise will be a botch job.
  c. There will not be mixing of buses and bicycles: bicycles will have a dedicated two way cycle lane on the South side of the street.
  d. The Boulevard stops being a mega- EW-rat-run. Motor traffic will have to use Pentonville/City Road.

  More details here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yw9mkHhGZaVBKYJs6FxyhC1Z4nNYVl-IFH-aR1ScK9U/pub?start=false#slide=id.p

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• Bar Hill to Cambridge Cycleway

  Created by Hester Wells 07 May, 2014 17:39 // 1 thread

  • cycleroute
  • cycleway
  • offroad

  There is a campaign for a cycle route between Bar Hill and Cambridge, also connecting Dry Drayton, Madingley and Coton to North-West Cambridge.

  Currently cycle provision for these villages is poor. Bar Hill has lower rates of cycling than other villages that are closer to Cambridge.

  The campaign site is: http://www.bhddmadcycle.com/

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• North Meadow Walk - NMW

  Created by chdot 23 October, 2012 10:21 // 1 thread

  • upgrade

  Surface, drainage and width issues.

  Planned for upgrade as part of CEC 'family network'

  No details/dates.

  Was an issue 5 years ago (and before)

  http://cyclingedinburgh.info/2007/01/18/drowned-bike

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• Wandle path bypass for Earlsfield

  Created by Andy Allan 17 November, 2011 08:38 // 1 thread

  • cycleway

  Garratt Lane at Earlsfield station sucks massively for cyclists, and is a jarring interruption to the Wandle Trail (Sustrans route 20). It would be great to extend the riverside path underneath the railway to avoid this dangerous stretch of road.

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• Tower Bridge road surface problem

  Created by londoncycler 19 April, 2012 11:52 // 1 thread

  • very
  • uneven
  • road
  • surface

  Six inch high ridge near left side of north bound lane on the south side of the bridge forces cyclists too close to the kerb or into the path of motor vehicles. Issue reported via CTC pothole reporting site. Resurfacing required.

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• Chisholm Trail

  Martin Lucas-Smith 16 March, 2012 13:34 // 23 threads

  • newroute
  • railway
  • chisholmtrail

  Proposed route along the rail corridor through Cambridge, part of which is in the Cambridge Local Plan.

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• Lack of safe room for cycles, terrible road surface

  Created by DavidTheScientist 20 July, 2013 09:31 // 1 thread

  • cyclepath
  • road-surface

  While some painted "cycle lane" does exist northbound, there is woefully little provision for cyclists considering the huge number that use this section of road each day, a large number of whom are those who work at the General Hospital and other nearby health centres. Southbound cyclists have no real provision of space at all, save a graduated stopline, where cars turning right often try to pass right-turning cycles on the inside. Dale road itself is extremely narrow by winchester road, with almost no pavement space for pedestrians.
  Cyclists heading northbound on Winchester road must beat traffic off the line at Dale road to get to the painted centre of Winchester road. North of the traffic light at The Range, the cycle lane is almost non-existent, placing cyclists between 2 lanes of heavy traffic, and cyclists have to stop and wait in this dangerous area in order to turn right onto Wilton road. Furthermore, the road surface, especially at this part of Winchester road, is currently deplorable.

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• NCN route 11 and the Waterbeach Gap

  Created by Rohan Wilson 05 August, 2014 18:03 // 1 thread

  • route
  • needed

  I've visited Riverside to Waterbeach with William Rayner of county cycling team. He's revising signage here and providing it along the St Ives corridor, with the old NCN 51 being renamed Regional Route 24 (blue patch). We've decided finally to continue to sign NCN 11 from Riverside Bridge to Waterbeach Station, and he's looking at suitable (hopefully temporary) wording to advise to follow NCN 51 to Bottisham for destinations beyond Waterbeach, which will hopefully eliminate misrouting those from outside the area.

  Our inspection of existing signs showed that only one new signboard was provided on completion 5 years ago of Riverside Bridge. Signboards still send people via Green Dragon. Sustrans considers signage is an important part of any route project.

  The intention is to sign Milton Country Park as a destination, not as part of the route, removing route signs within the park, and probably retaining Coles Road as the signed route through the village, though it would be much preferable to have improvements past the shops and the village green, pubs etc.

  Retaining the route to Waterbeach as NCN will help keep the gap in people's awareness.

  I am planning to contact again the landowner of the missing link between Bottisham Lock and Fen Road, Lode with a suggestion for a low-level route, southeast side of the Bottisham Lode floodbank which is the route of the public footpath, where signs forbid cycling. It might be considered more visually acceptable. All parish councils are for the route, including the one of which he is a member.

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• Richmond Green - one way street

  Created by Andrew Woodward 14 April, 2013 09:04 // 0 threads

  • onewaystreet
  • pathshare
  • rcc
  • rcc_quietroute
  • richmond_south

  Cyclist coming from the river come up Friars Lane exit and have to currently route right round Richmond Green because it is one way. Many do not and simply cycle across the green. The path across the green should be formally opened up to cyclists - as a share path with pedestrian priority - or a seperate track provided along the south side of Richmond Green.

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• Poorly designed infrastructure

  Created by Charlie 14 December, 2016 16:56 // 1 thread

  • poordesign
  • confusing
  • segregated-cycle-lane

  Confusion created by inconsistent design in the two parts of the new segregated cycle path - one bit is clearly segrated with a distinct red surface; the other bit appears on first glance to be shared-use but on closer inspection is intended to be segregated. Why was this allowed to happen? There are also considerable problems with traffic flow which could have been eliminated with a little more thought. I dispair of Bristol City Council's ability to get anything right!

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• Castle Street Cycle Lane - Taxi parking

  Created by Matt Turner 15 December, 2012 10:54 // 1 thread

  • parking
  • taxi
  • blocking
  • contraflow
  • lane

  Castle Street cycle lane is a contraflow cycle lane on a one way street in Sheffield. It has been here since March 1997 and allows cyclists enter the city centre from the network of cycle paths on the East, avoiding some big arterial routes with no cycling provision.

  For the past 15 years this cycle lane has been plagued by Hackney Carriage drivers parking illegally on this cycle lane, blocking cyclists access and forcing them into oncoming traffic. This has been the case for over a decade.

  There is a taxi rank on the pavement side of the cycle lane, taxis often fill up this rank and overflow, parking in the cycle lane, blocking the way for cyclists.

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• pinch points Southwood Road

  Created by Sarah Wood 08 October, 2013 16:30 // 0 threads

  • traffic
  • speed
  • pinch
  • points

  There are several pedestrian refuges along the road particularly at the western end of the road. The refuges cause a pinch point for cyclists. The road marking confuse priorities between those using the on road cycle path and other traffic.

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• Litlington to Therfield over the A505 at Royston

  Created by JonC 04 September, 2013 14:32 // 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.

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• Marlborough Street to Park Row, Bristol Dutch Style Cycle Infrastructure.

  Created by David Wilcox 12 January, 2013 16:33 // 3 threads

  • bristol
  • infrastructure
  • lstf
  • dutch-style
  • proposed

  Proposal
  To investigate options to provide a safe, continuous route from St James Barton Roundabout to the top of Park Street.

  Rationale
  Marlborough Street/Upper Maudlin Street/Perry Road/Park Row (known as the Scope Route) is the most desirable route for cyclists from the east of the city to the University, the Triangle, Clifton etc but is heavily trafficked with little cycle provision.

  Research has identified three key perceptions that deter people from taking up cycling: lack of personal safety; inconvenience; poor image. Experience from countries in northern Europe shows conclusively that in order for cycling to become a mass activity attracting all ages and abilities these perceptions have to be tackled and potential cyclists must believe they will feel safe, valued and normal. Facilities are needed that form a coherent network, separate cyclists from fast, high volume traffic and offer them a high degree of priority and convenience both on main routes and local roads. The purpose of Bristol's 'Design Cycling' work programme is to create a network and that is convenient, safe and provides speedy access all over the city. A network which a 12 year old would feel comfortable using.

  Part of the 2013 Bristol City Council LSTF proposals.

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• Lack of cycle routes to Cambridge Business Park, Waterbeach

  Created by David Green 21 August, 2015 09:35 // 1 thread

  • cycle
  • cycle-route
  • a10
  • waterbeach
  • cambridge
  • research
  • park

  My employer is planning to relocate from central cambridge to the Cambridge Business Park (near Waterbeach). There is currently no decent cycle (or footpath!) access to this business park which avoids riding along the A10. I am a confident cyclist but I am not looking forward to riding to work along sections of the A10.

  Are there any plans for cycle route construction which the campaign can, perhaps, help accelerate?

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• Ommision of lights creates danger on cyclepath

  Created by Chris Neston 31 January, 2017 14:58 // 2 threads

  • m53
  • traffic-lights
  • cheshire-oaks

  The cycle path crosses the soutbound exit from the M53 at Cheshire Oaks. The exit is light controlled for traffic as they enter the roundabout. This provides a safe time for cyclists to ride across the sliproad. However the lights are not visible to cyclist on the path and there is no light provided to advise cyclists when they can cross.

  This makes it very difficult and dangerous for cyclists to know when they can safely cross. This would require no physical change to the road layout simply a new light to show cyclists when to cross.

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• Kings Avenue/Milner Street rat run.

  Created by Kevin Ablitt 13 December, 2012 17:57 // 1 thread

  • ratrun
  • cyclists
  • traffic-calming
  • traffic
  • lights
  • rat-running

  Motorised vehicles currently use the rat run through Milner Street to avoid the fraffic lights at Grove Lane/ St Helens St.
  This is part of NCN 41 , any extra traffic passing through here detracts from the cycling experience and is negative for residents.
  Cyclist comments are needed now !

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• Replace Hooper Street gates with bollard

  Martin Lucas-Smith 09 November, 2016 15:55 // 1 thread

  • obstructions

  The permeability gate between Hooper Street and Kingston Street is obstructive as it only allows passage in one direction at a time.

  Given the ever-increasing amount of cycling in areas like this, it's time to get this replaced with a simple bollard arrangement that would allow two-way passage whilst still enable the emergency services to unlock for access in an emergency.

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