20 stupid cycle lanes - planners take note

[Suffolk Cycling]

This shows just what we have to put up with on the roads...

http://www.suffolkcycling.com/cycling/20-stupid-cycles-lane/

 

[andyfraser]

It goes to show that local authorities don't really care about cycling and only pay lip service to cyclists. I fail to see how any intelligent person could come up with those.

 

[GrasB]

Please don't ask planners to take note, they might think you're telling them that these are good ideas! Remember someone signed off on all of those!

 

[growingvegetables]

I hate to be a pedantic pain in the behind *

But the second last one ..... actually ..... ummm ....... it sort of works pretty well? It's pretty much just down the road from me.

If you're confident and competent, you hold the lane, signal, and go straight for the cycle lane ahead on the flyover on York Road. First bus drivers have a special line in protecting cyclists' behinds, and giving them space to do it without any worries.

If you're not so confident/competent, that funny little lane gives you an easy option - swing off to the left, cross the slip as a pedestrian, and reach the cycle lane ahead that way.

Leeds has a LOT worse than that to offer






* For all who know me, that is tongue-in-cheek. I LOVE being a pile of pedantic piles!

 

[ufkacbln]

Isn't most of this already on the Warrington Cycle Campaign's website?

Warrington Cycle Campaign - Cycle Facility of the Month

 

[Suffolk Cycling]

It just shows that Suffolk is a little 'behind the times'...

We are a little bit slow around these parts. This is due mostly to the internet only reaching East Anglia last week.

 

[Saluki]

We are a little bit slow around these parts. This is due mostly to the internet only reaching East Anglia last week.

We've got hot water in Norfolk now. Have you got it yet?
Norfolk is no better when it comes to being a bit slow on the uptake about stuff.

 

[Suffolk Cycling]

We've got hot water in Norfolk now. Have you got it yet?

Only if we boil it in a pot above the fire in the middle of the hut

 

[Mummy3monkeys]

This had me in hysterics (I am easily amused) However, on the serious side, these are truly awful, a disgrace in fact, and people wonder why cyclists don't use cycle lanes!! There must be many more out there as well!

 

[Smurfy]

It's for turning right isn't it?

 

[winjim]

It's for turning right isn't it?

Without seeing what's out of shot, you're not getting the whole picture, so to speak.

And this one:

has some nice helpful tracks so you can wheel your bike up the stairs.

 

[snorri]

This shows just what we have to put up with on the roads..

I don't think it does, one is a photoshopped hoax..

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

The last one made me laugh.
Love the way it was fenced in. Knowing councils that would have gone through several departments and been signed off at each stage. Then probably trumpeted in the press for "providing safer facilities for cyclists".
Your council tax in action.

 

[Mike_P]

The last one made me laugh.
Love the way it was fenced in. Knowing councils that would have gone through several departments and been signed off at each stage. Then probably trumpeted in the press for "providing safer facilities for cyclists".
Your council tax in action.

Doubt that, most Councils are down to minimum staff with further cuts promised. Cycle routes are normally the responsibility of the Highway section rather than the planning section and in places where district council and county councils exist it is the county council that normally holds the upper hand in the matter

 

[Glow worm]

Norfolk is no better when it comes to being a bit slow on the uptake about stuff.

Nothing wrong with that- it's partly why we love the place so much. 'Dew Diffrunt bor' and all that