tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post5889265283205222390..comments2024-02-02T10:14:07.404+00:00Comments on Mad Cycle Lanes of Manchester: Barriers, bollards, boulders and tank traps – all part of the Manchester Cycleway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-23294451414599153742011-07-11T06:21:00.918+01:002011-07-11T06:21:00.918+01:00The acid test for all cycle infrastructure is for ...The acid test for all cycle infrastructure is for the Chief Executive and his minions together with their transport committee should be required to cycle selected portions of the infrastructure together with the local cycle campaign group and their progress be videoed and published on the Council's website. Needless to say, the local cycle campaign group should be able to select the portions, in-order to make their point. <br />-----<br />I hope you're going to submit this evidence of the planning committee's incompetence / cycle hatred / use of mind-altering drugs to Cycle Facility of the Month, because I certainly don't remember seeing these excellent candidates, if only to humiliate the [delete]incompetent bastards[/delete] engineers who saw-fit to design and oversee their installation, thereby rendering the route unusable and impassable to many. Of course, they're not so baffling as May 2011; January 2011; December 2010; October 2010; September 2010; August 2010; November 2009; August 2009; July 2009; September 2008 and so-on.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/CyclingFacilityofMonthamoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783694650121687459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-39549586384373286852011-06-30T16:46:57.789+01:002011-06-30T16:46:57.789+01:00The DDA has now been superseded by the Equality Ac...The DDA has now been superseded by the Equality Act of 2010 which requires all groups to have equal access (i.e. if people with no mobility problems can go that way then there should be a way through for people with mobility difficulties, wheelchair users, carers with push chairs, etc.Azor_riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136015020573750906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-91616776789745776572011-06-29T09:20:36.716+01:002011-06-29T09:20:36.716+01:00I thought things were bad here around this roundab...I thought things were bad here around this <a href="http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/commuting/too-many-signs-on-road/" rel="nofollow">roundabout signs</a> but that seems to take the biscuit - more of obstacle course than cycle pathTejvan Pettingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405988099792035111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-19817850847635708472011-06-26T23:52:12.338+01:002011-06-26T23:52:12.338+01:00My beloved and I used the NCN62 (Trans Pennine Tra...My beloved and I used the NCN62 (Trans Pennine Trail) yesterday to get from Lymm to Altrincham. Although not the same route that you have described here, the barriers were very much the same. On the one hand, the route was totally flat, direct, traffic-free, reasonably well-surfaced (hardcore rather than tarmac, but still perfectly rideable in spite of the earlier inclement weather), and wide enough for us to ride side-by-side and have a chat. Pretty much as close to cycling bliss as it gets!<br /><br />On the other hand, the route has these hideous A-frame contraptions at every road junction. No problem for me on my tourer, I could just slide on through. For Jenny on her Pashley Princess Sovereign however, no chance! The handlebars were too wide. So we had to struggle to lift the somewhat substantial mass of the Pashley over an A-frame on a fair number of occasions. Jenny, at 5'0", simply would not have been able to do this on her own - she would have been prevented from using this otherwise extremely pleasant route because of these devices.<br /><br />From what I can see, these frames have two purposes: 1) To force cyclists to dismount at the points where the track crosses a road. 2) To prevent motorised vehicles from using the track. In the case of point one, it would be far easier and cheaper to use a sign (or signs) to warn the users on the track of the impending junction, you know, like what happens on any other type of junction pretty much the world over. In the case of point two, is the risk of the occasional lout riding a moped down the track really that much of an issue to warrant the installation of these devices, at the expense of preventing a significant number of legitimate users from enjoying the facility?Marchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041624649610680775noreply@blogger.com