Fairfield Street pavement

This one is pretty mad - it is neither a pavement or a road, but something in between.

It starts with no sign to introduce it, but segregated from the pavement and the pub with a barrier.



It then crosses several side roads...



with no protection from crossing vehicles



and a pretty poor surface



including drain gratings



eventually ending in an advanced stop lane.



Now that the road had been nicely resurfaced, the road is far safer and more pleasant.


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CYCLISTS DISMOUNT - never a good sign

Labour party conference preparations began with the worst of all road signs...

This one is in St Peter's Square, where the ring of steel is being built.



I long for the day when I see a sign saying "DRIVERS GET OUT AND WALK"

...............

Update - one day later...

The dismount sign has been replaced with something more appropriate :)

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Comedy Cycling in Oldham St

Manchester's Comedy Club has its very own comedy cycle lane. This short example of cycling madness is an example of how to build a cycle facilities, just for the amusement of passing pedestrians.

This short cycle facility even has two give way lines, though thankfully it weaves its way around the traffic signs.

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Irwell River Park

I've just been to a presentation about the Irwell River Park as part of a day of presentations about transport around the MediaCity site. There were lots of detailed maps and pictures detailing the new bridges and paths, all good stuff.

So, I get back to my desk and look up the web site.... http://www.irwellriverpark.com/

Good isn't it? Ok maybe not.

It is very disappointing to find that the web site is one single page with none of the detail.

Suffice to say that for people cycling from Central Manchester to MediaCity this is a potentially pleasant and useful route, but it hasn't fully secured funding yet, and as it stands parts of the route are blocked by gates which get locked in the evenings and poor surfaces.

Update: The web site is a holding page, and the real site will go live "in a couple of weeks"

So, watch this space....

A56 Cycle Path of Doom

From cawhitworth's photostream 19th May 2008






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