Good Cycling Facility of the Week: 30th October 2014
This path in Cambridge connects development to the west of the city with the city centre.
There's clear delineation between the footpath and the cycle path, with different colour surfacing, and a height difference. It's obvious where pedestrians should be walking, and where people should be cycling - so much so, we think that sign shouldn't even be necessary.
This path is nice and wide, for both pedestrians, and cyclists - it's only slightly let down by unforgiving kerbing, which has reduced the effective width of the track.
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Paul Cooke
30 October, 2014 - 08:56
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what is their obsession with
what is their obsession with right angle turns and bollards? Are they terrified that bicycle riders will simply fly on and off it at the end?
Those turns and bollards would make things really hard for me and my trailer. Heaven knows what it would be like to negotiate that with a hand-cranked cycle
and why the heck do they allow all those vehicles to park on both sides of those roads?
Hesterkw
30 October, 2014 - 11:00
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It's mostly commuter parking.
It's mostly commuter parking. The residents have driveways. Robinson college probably bears some of the blame here, but since this is free parking near-ish the town centre, people could also be walking further.
Mixed feelings on the parking. There is a certain amount of impatience from drivers who can't overtake due to the parking, and impatience from me when I can't overtake cars trying to park, or cars held up by other cyclists that I can pass! On the other hand, they can't overtake, can't speed along there, it's a very heavily used cycle route. It's also not a through-route for cars: you just end up going round in a circle, so relatively lightly trafficed. As cycling on-road goes, it's not bad.
It's not actaully hard to pass the bollards as they are widely spaced, and the corner where it narrows doesn't have any. Some kind of bollard would be required to stop people driving up here. It's the 90 degree turn which is unforgiveable: creates a blind bend as well.
Paul Cooke
30 October, 2014 - 13:41
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so how do they get machinery
so how do they get machinery in to keep it clean and clear any snow and ice?
wildnorthlands
30 October, 2014 - 14:10
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Good Cycling Facility of the Week: 30th October 2014
On the CTC Right to Ride list it has been suggested: what's wrong with "No Entry except cycles" signs? No Entry signs are generally understood and respected by motorists and do not require bollards to enforce them.