Photo listing: cycleways (problem)
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Cyclescape thread - 'Turning from Hills Road onto Glisson Road going east, there’s a “cycles only” lane on the left-hand side, with a concrete separate from traffic in the other direction. The camber is extremely steep in the cycle gap, and … [more]
Cyclescape thread - 'Turning from Hills Road onto Glisson Road going east, there’s a “cycles only” lane on the left-hand side, with a concrete separate from traffic in the other direction. The camber is extremely steep in the cycle gap, and … [more]
Remove the completely unnecessary chicane here. All it does is encourage people to ride over the grass and does nothing for safety as it's a hazard for tandems and cycles with trailers. It's not LTN 1/20 compliant either.
No sign here for the route to Addenbrooke's - which will probably be like this for a couple of years while Cambridge South station is being built.
Cycle path alongside Busway just ends with no signs to direct riders to the route alongside the A1309. Just needs a few signs.
Flooded underpass - about a foot deep of probably very unpleasant water. This is the subway underneath Barnwell Road. Reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ where there are already a lot of reports for this … [more]
The worst recent obstructions on Love Lane (including #191999 / #192002) have been cleared, but they haven't touched this which one might not notice (until too late) and where I estimate the headroom at about 1.8m.
Love Lane is a designated cycle route according to the blue signs (albeit not according to the council's map). 'Headroom' in the middle of the path here was ~1.0m, and at the edge of the path ~1.3m. This was the worst bit as of 14/03/23 … [more]
Love Lane is a designated cycle route according to the blue signs (albeit not according to the council's map). 'Headroom' in the middle of the path here was ~1.0m, and at the edge of the path ~1.3m. This was the worst bit as of 14/03/23 … [more]
Greenway proposals show a 3metre-wide shared path either side of this bridge, but 'retain the structure' and say nothing at all about the barriers which must be hazardous after dark.
Greenway proposals show a 3metre-wide shared path either side of this bridge, but 'retain the structure' and say nothing at all about the barriers which must be hazardous after dark.
Amazingly the Barnwell Road cycleway just dumps cyclists on the road at the worst possible place. There isn't even a sign to the shared-use path to the left on Newmarket Road.
The cycleway on Newmarket Road at the crossing to Coldham's Common is flooded. The extent of the problem means that cyclists wishing to avoid the puddle are forced into the busy motor traffic lane. This can be a tricky and difficult … [more]
East Road cycleway, suggests that the footway should be used from here. Also the footway cycleway appears to be marked as one way.
Newly segregated stretch of cycle lane - with a car the driver of which reversed into the clearly closed lay-by and went into Mackays.
The lay-by has been closed as part of the newly segregated stretch of cycle lane - but the car indicating left is about to reverse into it.
This looks dangerous to me - cars for the Grafton Centre car park cutting across the newly segregated stretch of cycle lane.
There isn't a good place to move from carriageway to the wide section of shared-use path in order to bypass vehicle queues for the lights and reach the cycle advance box (though there should be space on carriageway between the two lanes of … [more]
Dropped kerb to move from shared-use path to cycle advance box doesn't make it easy to get towards the far side of the box if turning right towards Fulbourn.
The advisory cycle lane heading westwards here encourages close passes from cars, there often isn't space to pass safely, and the road surface is poor.
Signposted Love Lane cycle route ends at narrow not-shared footway with fence etc blocking direct access to the road. Uncontrolled 'crossing' is to the right. Car park is private land but a flush kerb into it would be a welcome … [more]
Not on a signed cycle route (that's Love Lane nearby), but shown on the council cycle map. Multiple entrances to chipshop premises on the right. Very common to see bikes locked to the chicane, sometimes obstructing it, because there's no … [more]
Cycle lanes on this road are unprotected so obviously fill up with parked cars. Upgrade this road to have protected bike paths so this can't happen
Continue this cycle path all the way along Eddington Avenue instead of it turning into a pavement halfway down this section of street
Fix the junction geometry so that cars are forced to slow and face the cycle path at right angles at the crossing. At the moment drivers have to look backwards over their left shoulder due to the angle between Turing Way and Eddington Ave
Add a cycle lane connection across this junction from Eddington Avenue -> Eddington Avenue northbound. Currently there are only connections for cars and pedestrians, both of which are confusing and dangerous to use when cycling
Convert Adams Road into a Dutch-style bicycle-street ('fietsstraat') i.e. priority for bikes, with cars as guests for access only.
There is a chicane between Adams Road and the cycle way, with priority given to cars driving to Wilberforce Road. These priorities are wrong because the cycle way gets substantially more traffic than Wilberforce Rd. Suggest adding a modal … [more]
Someone thought it was worthwhile designating a few metres of this narrow path as shared use. Not fit for purpose.
The cycle lane leads to a Cyclists Dismount sign and a pedestrian gate at the rear of Homerton College.
Dreadfully restrictive junction arrangement on the link between the Chisholm Trail and NCN route 51 - many people will be cutting across the grass to the right rather than turning so sharply on the asphalt.
Dreadfully restrictive junction arrangement on the link between the Chisholm Trail and NCN route 51.
These triangular panels do not fit correctly and are each only held in place by two bolts, whereas there are holes for four. I asked a pair of men in hi-viz about this and one of them said his team had added the cable ties in the other … [more]
Riders coming from behind the camera wanting to follow straight on need to cut the corner shown where the bike is parked. See https://twitter.com/frankshad/status/1450527117914087440?s=21 See #179208.
When I first saw the disappointing final design for the junction of Histon & Victoria Road, this is what I feared would happen. Even worse, it only took me a few minutes to photo a left-hook near-miss example. It's just a matter of time … [more]
There's a shared-use route on the far side of the road, but the route from the Robin Hood junction on this side just seems to vaporise.
Repair the path suface: Baldy potholed and when wet difficult to see if we can safely ride through the puddles.
Junction very confusing. Is it legal to cycle on the pavements around the edges as one corner says yes, the other say nothing. Traffic lights have no cycling images so not clear if can be cycled. Not good to have cyclists mixing it with … [more]
No indication that the cycle route continues on the (rather broken-up) shared-use path ahead - many cyclists must continue on the road.
Nightingale Avenue modal filter - eventually I suppose the pedestrian crossing will have to be moved to allow a straight-across movement for cyclists to Red Cross Lane.
Ice on the footway/cycleway at the top of this busway bridge over the railway, where there’s a shadow from the wall.
Ice on the footway/cycleway at the top of this busway bridge over the railway, where there’s a shadow from the wall.
The cycle counter barometer on Parker’s Piece is blank on both sides - so no way of knowing the number of “Cyclists this year”. Additional comments at: https://twitter.com/simon_nuttall/status/1344778875155456000?s=21
We ought to be grateful for the gritting, but it's not right to see a truck driving along the cycleways in Eddington scattering salt. A much smaller vehicle should be used. Cycleways are not for motor traffic of any kind in my view! It … [more]
Poor drainage on Huntingdon Road. Reported at: https://highwaysreporting.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ reference: 00354582 Update: I was a bit surprised to get a reply from them on 2 June 2021 (i.e. more than five months later) to say: "We are … [more]
Set-back crossing, but lacks priority. Had it been designed with priority and surfaced accordingly, it would be Dutch quality
This section of cycleway has been resurfaced and the stud lights have vanished - the second time this has happened. It also needs clearing of dead leaf mush.
Barriers here are totally unnecessary and the priority should be for the major route (the cycleway) not 12 houses in a cul-de-sac
Barrier and missing flush kerb. Remove barrier, add flush kerb, surface properly and widen for bidirectional use and distancing.
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