Cycling in pedestrianised zones

[Baggy]

It depends what the signs say. For example, the top of Penzance main street has a no entry sign "except buses, taxis and bicycles" (or at least it did 2 years ago when I last lived there).

Sometimes it takes a while to get signs updated though. When I first moved to Exeter, cycling on the high street was banned and the appropriate signs were in position. A couple of years later the ban was lifted but it took about 6 months for the signs to change, causing a bit of aggro for anyone cycling through.

Cycling is also allowed through Princesshay, Exeter's main shopping area, but I don't think there are any signs to say it's ok.

 

[Arch]

Yet curiously you take up much more space off your bike and pushing it than you do if you are riding it. So logically you add less to the congestion by staying on the bike.

True, but I'm not thinking about how much I add to congestion, it's a self preservation thing. I can't perform an instant stop and stay upright if someone in front of me suddenly decides they need to turn round and head into Marks and Spencer.

 

[david1701]

Sometimes it takes a while to get signs updated though. When I first moved to Exeter, cycling on the high street was banned and the appropriate signs were in position. A couple of years later the ban was lifted but it took about 6 months for the signs to change, causing a bit of aggro for anyone cycling through.

Cycling is also allowed through Princesshay, Exeter's main shopping area, but I don't think there are any signs to say it's ok.

well that answers my query

 

[MontyVeda]

Yet curiously you take up much more space off your bike and pushing it than you do if you are riding it. So logically you add less to the congestion by staying on the bike.

I friend of mine uses the same theory and to be honest i think it's BS. "Logically you add less to congestion by staying on the bike"... in reality you just piss off pedestrians cycling through a congested pedestrianised zone.