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Garbage collection - there's barely enough room to get past this city council refuse vehicle.
'How to restrict access to a cycle path' by RX51PXF. It was here for several hours, and there was plenty of space nearby if they wanted to be more considerate. Maybe the driver believed they had a 'right' to obstruct the pavement and droppe ... [more]
Busway maintenance track blocked by maintenance vehicle (how dare they?) - in fact we crept past on the right.
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkFR3A8bLmE Yet more experiences of Sedgwick Avenue. This time it's a car that must just get ahead. I could see the oncoming traffic ahead as it passed and immediately knew that it was going ... [more]
Barriers closing off a pedestrian/cycle zone along the Canal Saint-Martin on Sundays.
Nasty little cycle lane in a bend obstructed by traffic cones and "Diverted traffic" signs.
A really useful short cut, except when the council is blocking the exit/entrance by parking on a red line.
The blocked cattle grid (see #27731). Cyclists turning right from the main road will suddenly encounter an unexpected barrier, leaving them in a rather vulnerable position.
These roadworks unnecessarily block the cattle grid, so cyclists, wheelchair users and people with pushchairs can't get through. What the contractor ought to do is to put a bridging plate over the trench, just like the one they've used for ... [more]
Cycle lane comprehensively blocked (and the motorbike seems to be trying to go the wrong way down a one-way street).
I'm not sure how long this car had been parked on the cycleway before it was ticketed.
Guard in 18th-century costume ensuring a cyclist uses the footway to leave the citadel of Alba Iulia, Romania
New path 'coming soon' http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1058#post-11920
Unreasonable flooding on the shared-use path north of the Trumpington Rd/Brooklands Ave junction.
Road 'Safety' Partnership van chooses to block segregated cycle lane. Then the partnership try to justify their actions saying they have the authority of the Chief Constable, an exemption to all prohibitions and restrictions, and they park ... [more]
You are meant to dismount for "public safety" even so there were pretty much no people on the promenade. Location: , Westgate on Sea (England, United Kingdom)
Cycle contraflow completely blocked by MACC Building Solutions van. Occupants, in back of van, said they had to block the cycle lane because there was nowhere else to park.
Taken on new cycle-path, Western Esplenade, Southend-on-Sea - a convenient place to park.
CAT Scaffolding Ltd with number plates V353 FHW obstructing a Mandatory Cycle Lane despite space on the driveway. Cyclist forced into main lane with speeding cars and lorries. See also #22296
RAC launches a bike rescue service, conveniently parked in the middle of the segregated cycle lane.
This lorry was delivering to the Midsummer House restaurant, Cambridge. It hadn't backed into the restaurant's driveway, and rush-hour cyclists were being forced into the mud to get round it.
Taxi AG04 LCN with license 1051 parked in contra-flow cycle lane with double yellow line. So much about professional drivers.
Totally selfish and illegal parking to deliver at St Faith's School - no reason not to pull in a few metres ahead, off the zig-zags, and the road would not have been obstructed.
Daytime closure of cycle access to Addenbrookes while new accommodation is under construction.
One half of the cycle/pedestrian path alongside Butt Road is closed due to building work.
Cambridgeshire Police Scientific Support unit parked in a mandatory cycle lane (MCL). Officer had just returned to the car to fill in forms. There was plenty of space (see #19172) to park the car with number plates AF52 VMO without blocking ... [more]
Police van blocks contraflow cycle lane on Downing St. whilst officers attend Revolution Bar. Time 09:15
Wonderful - a warning sign for the car traffic which isn't being impeded, but nothing at all for cycle traffic in the contraflow lane which has actually been totally blocked.
Traffic light and roadworks signs placed inside the cycle lane on College Green, blocking half of it.
Apex Scaffolding truck parked in Mandatory Cycle Lane - but would it be any safer if they parked on the other side and carried the poles across??
Queen's Road closed for tree works - the northbound car is trying to go on the wrong side of the cones (it did reverse and go the right way).
Downing Street blocked. Probably no better arrangement here, as the works proceeded well into the road.
This parking by the police is contrary to the Highway Code, though probably not illegal.
Two white vans blocking the contraflow cycle lane on Bateman Street - right by the traffic island.
Lorry unloading in Emmanuel Street, Cambridge is in the cycle lane and directly in front of the "No loading at any time" sign.
CambridgeOnIce's German Market occupies a key walking and cycling route without any preparations to guide cyclist and pedestrians around it. See also #15475, #15476 and #15478.
Revolution are at it again. Staff think it is funny when someone complains at the illegal, dangerous and obstructive unloading
Hobson Street closed at North End due to collapsed sewer. One has to walk the bike along the pavement to get past the works.
Hobson Street is closed a little bit further on from here due to a collapsed sewer. No Entry signs covered up.
Memo to self - do not call for a fire engine when the Newnham Croft school pick-up combines with the permanent jam of builders' vans to block the roads. It's not as if there weren't parking spaces around the corner.
Council 'City Rangers' van obstructs the railway/guided bus underpass on Milton Road (NCN11).
Public Inquiry on the Mill Road Tesco planning application. Cambridge Cycling Campaign's representative appeared and helped defeat Tesco's proposals which would have seen Mill Road blocked twice a day for 41 minutes.
Cambridge's new million-pound clock is causing problems for cyclists and pedestrians on Benet Street.
In Cambridge, cycle ways are popular spots to park large cars like FB57 EWV in the picture. For cars parked on the off road cycle track on Milton Rd #10591, #11008, #11216, #11674, #10498 . For cyclists using it: #14180, #11009, #10560, #14 ... [more]
Colleges Cycle Route closed by event at Piping Centre. Marquee across road. No diversion route signed.
With a little care (less) parking it's possible to block the pavement and the cycle lane. Licensed taxi 148 blocks mandatory cycle lane and pavement outside Revolution in Downing Street, Cambridge
Department of Transport survey vehicles blocking the footpath beside the A10 over the M11. This forces pedestrians onto the road into the traffic. Why couldn't they park in the nearby layby?
Why not just clear up the spilled sand, rather than putting cones in the cycle lane? (St Thomas's Hospital, London)
A motorist who appeared to have run into the bollards, or got stuck there, ignoring all the signage.
The taxi driver (plates MA03 ZBP ) with license 1015 is not bothered by the photo being taken of him blocking the mandatory cycle lane in rush hour (Wednesday, 8:05 am) as he is reading today's headlines about the supposedly increased cos ... [more]
The taxi driver (plates MA03 ZBP ) with license 1015 is not bothered by the photo being taken of him blocking the mandatory cycle lane in rush hour (Wednesday, 8:05 am) as he is reading today's headlines about the supposedly increased cos ... [more]
Fifth of five coaches blocking Trumpington Road cycle lanes on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March
Fourth of five coaches blocking Trumpington Road cycle lanes on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March
Third of five coaches blocking Trumpington Road cycle lanes on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March
Second of five coaches blocking Trumpington Road cycle lanes on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March
First of five coaches blocking Trumpington Road cycle lanes on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March
A lorry blocking the cyclepath/footpath on the A10 - a frequent occurrence. This lorry is in fact parked beyond the end of the layby.
Pembroke St contraflow cycle lane blocked by a BT van - a particularly bad location, right by the junction.
Delivery vehicles often stop outside the BMW garage on Cambridge Rd Gt Shelford. The manager 'promised' an explanation and apology. Nothing happened
Yet again delivery vehicles to the Grand Arcade construction site are told by site security to park up in cycle lane and on pavement