Is this for real?

[derrick]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eft-confused-thought-UKs-bike-roundabout.html

 

[Slick]

Looks like the usual drivel to me.

 

[Cycleops]

Looks like a poor design. No signs for pedestrians. I'm not surprised cyclists ride straight across it.

 

[Mike_P]

Alternative article DM garbage free
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/division-after-roundabout-cyclists-opens-25712973

 

[a.twiddler]

I had to take two paracetamol and go for a lie down after I read of the DM's professed concern for "vulnerable users". Is this a first? Or just another way of demonising cyclists?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just another excuse to stop the cycle track going in a straight line to its destination

 

[Cycleops]

Just another excuse to stop the cycle track going in a straight line to its destination

So what what you suggest should happen when two cycle lanes cross and the route has to be used by pedestrians?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

So what what you suggest should happen when two cycle lanes cross and the route has to be used by pedestrians?

Does it need anything at all, and if so why?

 

[Cycleops]

At least signage about how to proceed with bikes coming from all directions.
As one commentator said could be a 'super collider '.

 

[Jenkins]

So what what you suggest should happen when two cycle lanes cross and the route has to be used by pedestrians?

What's wrong with a simple crossroads set-up with separate crossing points for pedestrians, similar to this style used in Leeds. You'll heve to iImagine the cycle lane extending on to the right and mirroring the set up to the left and extending downwards where the road is with another pedestrian crossing.

 

[Cycleops]

What's wrong with a simple crossroads set-up with separate crossing points for pedestrians, similar to this style used in Leeds. You'll heve to iImagine the cycle lane extending on to the right and mirroring the set up to the left and extending downwards where the road is with another pedestrian crossing.
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And of course all cyclists are going to obey the lights?

 

[Jenkins]

And of course all cyclists are going to obey the lights?

What lights? The ones in the picture are to allow pedestrians & cycles to cross the main road safely - there's none at the cycle way crossings (T-junction) or where the pedestrian crossing markings are as they're simply not needed.

 

[Cycleops]

So how do the Peds know when to cross?

 

[classic33]

What's wrong with a simple crossroads set-up with separate crossing points for pedestrians, similar to this style used in Leeds. You'll heve to iImagine the cycle lane extending on to the right and mirroring the set up to the left and extending downwards where the road is with another pedestrian crossing.
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Is that an artists illustration?

 

[Vantage]

So how do the Peds know when to cross?

When it's clear?