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[Image taken 17.9.23] Reading Cafe, Rowntree Park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] By contrast with: #197568 any child in this cargo cycle when it has the cover on won’t get wet, soggy or cold in rain. But this rig may be … [more]
[Image taken 17.9.23] Reading Cafe, Rowntree Park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Taken to show the lining of a child seat that, if it rains and the cycle parking is not under cover, will get wet, soggy and cold. As will any … [more]
[Image taken 17.9.23] Reading Cafe, Rowntree Park, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] A further image taken to show how ‘inclusive’ the cycle parking here is: room on the ends for wider and longer cycles; for a cycle with a … [more]
[Image taken 9.9.23] York Explore Library, Library Square, York. Full racks. Context and links: #197266.
[Image taken 9.9.23] York Explore Library, Library Square, York. Taken alongside #197267 to show– once again – how well used the racks here are. It was a searingly hot day and there was an event on (Our City, www.ourcityfestival.com/). … [more]
[Image taken 7.9.23] Folk Hall, New Earswick, Elm Tree Mews, York. A beautiful (and what looks like very new) electric trike from Jorvik Tricycles (https://jorviktricycles.com/). Highlights the urgent need for better spaced (much wider) … [more]
[Image taken 2.9.23] Gear for Music, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] A further issue with the racks... The end one is bent and unusable. This and the gravel mean what could be practical cycle parking - including with clear … [more]
[Image taken 2.9.23] Gear4music, Kettlestring Lane, Clifton Moor, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The racks are toastracks. The linking bars have been submerged in gravel. You have to drag your cycle to the uprights through … [more]
[Image taken 2.9.23] Gear4music, Kettlestring Lane, Clifton Moor, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] At the York branch of Gear4music (www.gear4music.com/) the cycle parking is right next to the front entrance: no need to wonder … [more]
[Image taken 21.8.23] Yorvik Gillygate Medical Practice, St Saviours Place, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Flyparked cycles due to full racks. The cycles are vulnerable as they are not secured to an immovable object. … [more]
[Image taken 21.8.23] Yorvik Gillygate Medical Practice, St Saviours Place, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] The racks are full. And there are flyparked cycles too: #196906.
[Image taken 20.8.23] Near Fountains Learning Centre, York St John University, off Lord Mayor's Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Rather dark image of the cycle repair stand. But there are tools tucked away inside. … [more]
[Image taken 20.8.23] Near Fountains Learning Centre, York St John University, off Lord Mayor's Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Cycle repair stand viewed from the side. Close to where you’d need it. It's a Mantis … [more]
[Image taken 19.8.23] York St John University, off Lord Mayor's Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The green roof is now truly green. Context: #191161. Other image here today: #196849. Other images today: #196850, #196851, … [more]
[Image taken 17.8.23] Lidl, James Street, York. Taken to show the amount of space taken by the trike... The rider also needs to be able to get off and out of the space, to load it, perhaps to help the person who uses the second saddle onto … [more]
[Image taken 9.7.23] Marygate car park, entrance from/exit to Frederic Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The owners of the trailer had pushed it like a buggy here today. However they explained they can also run and … [more]
[Image taken 27.6.23] Deangate, York. This Tier hire e-cycle is using an endspace that could be reserved for cargo cycles, people with mobility issues, family groups sharing locks. Overview of Tier products in York: #164663. Related image … [more]
[Image taken 27.6.23] Coppergate, junction with Piccadilly and Pavement, York. The fallen Tier hire cycle is a trip hazard and unsightly. Both Tier cycles block access to the cycle parking (Sheffields, toastrack design) that during the day … [more]
[Image taken 24.6.23] Tower Gardens, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Some of the best-spaced racks in the city (see: #167279). Also some of the best-used: residents use them year round, cycling to here then continuing to the … [more]
[Image taken 19.6.23] New Walk at Blue Bridge. Context and links: #195250. I usually consider this location an example of ‘best practice’: #167764.
[UPDATE On 14.9.23 I saw this had been removed.] [UPDATE: Still in situ 9.7.23. I'll report it.] [Image taken 19.6.23] Sainsbury’s, Burton Stone Lane, York. Damaged/vandalised cycle stripped of parts. Other image today and links: #195241.
[Image taken 16.6.23] Folk Hall, Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] What works for one form of non motorised user works for another. But both of us have had to lift our machines over the … [more]
[Image taken 10.6.23] Derwenthorpe Childrens Park, Lotherington Mews/Foss Islands Path, Derwenthorpe, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Public amenity should always include cycle parking. Other image here today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 3.6.23] Exhibition Square, York. The Sheffield racks (cycle parking) were full. People were flyparking on the railings too: #194687. Other image today and links: #194685.
[Image taken 3.6.23] Deangate, York. There was a blanket in the basket so I assume an animal of some kind needed the protection of the parasol today. Other image today and links: #194682.
[Image taken 29.5.23] Deangate, York. Wider rig using the invaluable end space. Other image these racks here today: #194590. Inconsiderate car parking: #194591, #194592.
[Images taken 26.5.23] Deangate, York. The cycle with the trailer projects a minimum of 64cm further into the road than the others. (Compare with: #194419.) These racks are at the entrance to a nursery (Little Green Rascals … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Position approximate] We couldn't work out what this was... Example of good practice? Art work? An advert for … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location] A very good idea. It whets (younger?) visitors' interest about their visit and substantiates the value of the design … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. To reach this point on a cycle you have ridden 325m from Otley Road. A truly depressing trip. All of that distance is car parking. And it’s all full. There is … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location] This side-on view shows the green roof. The plants on it look to be thriving. Note all the nesting options for insects … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Closeup of the cycle parking. There are two of these covered sets of four racks. Good points: there is cycle parking; … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location] I first asked RHS Harlow Carr about cycle parking in April 2014. I received a prompt and interesting reply: “The Royal … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] Jubilee Terrace looking into Bright Street, York. This very narrow gap is two-way for people on cycles… I don’t think it is safe as there is no overt warning to expect someone turning out of the gap into your path. The … [more]
[Image taken 22.5.23] Jubilee Terrace, junction (for cycles only) with Bright Street, York. New ‘route is round the houses’ sign. There’s a lot of clutter here… the wand, the signpost, the new sign, the zebra light pole, the bench and now… … [more]
[Image taken 19.5.23] Providence House, University of York, Innovation Close, York Science Park, Heslington, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] I also struggled to get my bike in here. The racks are too close together. The … [more]
[Image taken 19.5.23] Providence House, University of York, Innovation Close, York Science Park, Heslington, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] I was unable to get my cycle into the space to the left of the peacock blue … [more]
[Image taken 19.5.23] Providence House, University of York, Innovation Close, Science Park, Heslington, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] There are posters explaining how best to secure your cycle, and the rack design is … [more]
[Image taken 19.5.23] Providence House, University of York, Innovation Close, York Science Park, Heslington, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Covered cycle parking. There are lights inside. It's close to the entrance and … [more]
[Image taken 18.5.23] New Earswick Swimming Pool, New Earswick, Huntington / York. Positives: There are racks; the racks are Sheffields; they are right next to the entrance to the pool - easy to find; they have a gap at the far end that … [more]
[Image taken 18.5.23] New Earswick Swimming Pool, New Earswick, Huntington / York. This row of Sheffields has ample space at the end for a cargo cycle. This one is a Babboe Curve (www.babboe.co.uk/babboe-curve). End spaces are invaluable … [more]
[Image taken 17.5.23] Morton Legal, 90 Tadcaster Road, York. The Sheffields outside Morton Legal (www.mortonlegal.co.uk/) are on cobbles. They are too close to the building - the wheel of the hidden cycle (the nearest one is mine) is turned … [more]
[Image taken 17.5.23] Morton Legal, 90 Tadcaster Road, York. Sheffields outside Morton Legal (www.mortonlegal.co.uk/). Other image these racks today: #194014. Other image today and links: #194007.
[Image taken 17.5.23] St Edward the Confessor, Tadcaster Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location] St Edward’s (www.stedsdringhouses.org/) provides easy to find easy to access Sheffield racks for visitors. Other image here … [more]
[Image taken 14.5.23] Asda, Monks Cross, Huntington / York. [NOTE: Location approximate. No street view at this exact location] There is cycle parking, and, when you get to it, there is a sign saying this is what it is/what the area is for. … [more]
[Image taken 28.4.23] NWT Cley Marshes, Cley Next the Sea, Norfolk. Uploaded to show the cycle parking - visible in the background - at NWT Cley Marshes … [more]
[Image taken 30.4.23] Scout Hut, York Road, Haxby. The 2nd Haxby & Wigginton Scout group of York Minster District Scouts (www.yorkminsterscouts.org.uk/local-groups/2nd-haxby-and-wigginton) had a tableau with three scarecrows in front of its … [more]
[Image taken 16.4.23] York Medical Group, Monkgate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] This cage looks like an addition. The sign to the Sexual Health Service Genitourinary Medicine surely predates it. The paper notice says: … [more]
[Image taken 16.4.23] York Medical Group, Monkgate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Providing Sheffields (cycle parking) at a health facility is good practice. But if you can't cycle to it then you've undermined the messages … [more]
[Image taken 13.4.23] Library Square, York. Pre covid (lockdown came into force on 23 March 2020) the racks at this location – the main York library (https://exploreyork.org.uk/) - were often full. It still doesn’t feel as if usage has … [more]
[Image taken 9.4.23] Rowntree Park, off Terry Avenue, York. The owner of the adult cycle has had to (be strong enough to) lift it onto the retaining wall to be able to park here. The two cycles are secured with one lock - locksharing. A … [more]
[Image taken 9.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location]. Context: #192822. Other image today: #192841.
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The end spaces on a run of racks can be invaluable: #165049. This is a wasted opportunity. It is too close to the wall on the left. You’d … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Brand new provision for parking cycles. Easy to find, close to where you need it but… just 97cm apart. The clearly desperately needed York … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Injudiciously spaced/placed Sheffield racks. The two end Sheffields could be removed and relocated. This would mean the now new end of the … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The Sheffield racks (cycle parking) are close to the entrance to the grounds of the Minster Refectory and to the outside eating area for … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] An unsecured Babboe on one of the three rows of Sheffields (cycle parking). The nearest rack (see: #192825) is a wasted opportunity. If it … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] There are 18 Sheffields at this newly opened (on Thursday 6 April 2023 by King Charles III … [more]
[Image taken 5.4.23] Exhibition Square, York. First week of the Easter school holidays. A heart warming image on a wet day. Other images today: #192696, #192697, #192698, #192699, #192700, #192701, #192702, #192703, #192704, #192705, … [more]
[Image taken 3.4.23] Rowntree Park, off Terry Avenue, York. These Sheffield racks are unusable - they are too close to the perpendicular structure. You can't wheel a cycle in far enough for it to be supported by the stand (see: #192841). … [more]
[Image taken 18.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Covered racks intended to support biodiversity. I’m not convinced they do the same for humans. For a discussion of the … [more]
[Image taken 18.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The racks are double barred – permitting many locking options. The parallel structure presumably gives strength… to support a … [more]
[Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Cheerful, smart-looking cycle parking provision with a roof. The uprights that support the roof cannot be used to secure … [more]
[UPDATE: Compare the appearance of the top of the roof here with the image from 19.8.23: #196848.] [Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Lord Mayor's Walk, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The original Sheffield … [more]
[Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. Sheffield racks. Easy to find. Easy to use. Conveniently sited. But uncovered. Note the clear wayfinding signage. Note the clear branding on the sign. Other image … [more]
[Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. The racks are too proscriptive. The front wheel of this e-cycle is too small to fit into the supports. Look how high you have to lift a cycle in - and out again. Even … [more]
[Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. Uncovered version of the racks to the right. No-one has noticed a couple of racks are obstructed by what looks like a broken Aboard. Note the clear waymarking signage … [more]
[Image taken 17.2.23] York St John University, off Clarence Street, York. The cycle parking is (good points): close to the entrance to the library (Fountains Learning Centre); easy to find; covered; with level access. but (negatives): you … [more]
[Image taken 16.2.23] Lidl, James Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] The cycle parking at Lidl is accessible – because there are no parking spaces in front of it. (Compare with the situation at Aldi on Water Lane: … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Waitrose, Foss Islands Road, York. The location of the cycle parking in relation to the entrance to this supermarket. Close. But when there are cars parked in the spaces (and the non-space) you can’t see it. Plus the … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Waitrose, Foss Islands Road, York. The problem is that the gap between the racks and the white line of bay 3 of the 'car park collect service' looks like a car parking space. And, as the person who was parked in it … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Waitrose, Foss Islands Road, York. 35cm gap this end and 45cm gap between the ends of the racks and the parked vehicle is not enough. So these 4 racks – that’s 8 cycle parking spaces - can’t be used. Other image here … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Waitrose, Foss Islands Road, York. Access to the cycle parking is obstructed. The gap is 140cm. However, to avoid making contact with anything let alone something you could damage you’d leave at least 25cm either side, … [more]
[Image taken 8.2.23] Peasholme Green, The Stonebow, York. It wasn't simply the fact it was an e-cargo cycle that caught my eye (roll on the day they are so ubiquitous they are not special) but the double height front storage. It's an Urban … [more]
[Image taken 8.2.23] Morrisons, Foss Islands Road (also entrances/exits on James Street), York. The owner of this e-trike may have mobility issues. The cycle parking - Sheffield racks - at Morrisons though peculiarly undersized (likely to … [more]
[Image taken 8.2.23] Morrisons, Foss Islands Road (also entrances/exits on James Street), York. Context and links: #190900.
[Image taken 8.2.23] Morrisons, Foss Islands Road (also entrances/exits on James Street), York. Clear cycle parking sign at Morrisons (https://my.morrisons.com/storefinder/155) supermarket. Note also how close they are to the trolley park. … [more]
[Image taken 6.2.23] St Andrewgate, York. Two cycles with flat bars and panniers (two on the left-hand cycle and one- on the right-hand machine). The cycle on the left has been reversed in. Men tend to be wider above the 'clutter line' (the … [more]
[Image taken 6.2.23] St Andrewgate, York. These two Sheffields (cycle parking rack design) are further apart than others. 120cm is the minimum to be comfortable, in my view. Other image this subject today: #190844. Other image today and … [more]
[Image taken 6.2.23] St Andrewgate close to the junction with Colliergate, York. Badly sited rack. Too close to everything. So the owner of this cycle has had to secure it at an angle. It's not supported as it should be rather it's wedged. … [more]
[Image taken 4.2.23] Esplanade cycle parking, West Esplanade/Wellington Row (below Lendal Bridge), York. These toast rack Sheffields (see also: #190736) are broken. The last support has been removed. But this leaves a substantial trip … [more]
[Image taken 4.2.23] Esplanade cycle parking, Wellington Row (below Lendal Bridge), York. Two lots of Sheffield racks linked by rails ie toast racks. I prefer flat-topped Sheffields. I think they provide a longer space for supporting my … [more]
[Image taken 4.2.23] Esplanade cycle parking, West Esplanade/Wellington Row (below Lendal Bridge), York. These racks are within easy walking distance of the city centre. For people on this side of the city/river you can avoid the queuing … [more]
[Image taken 1.2.23] Get Cycling, Hospital Fields Road, York. Newly done, striking branding on the facade of Get Cycling (www.getcycling.org.uk/) As the man in: #190581 and: #190581 said, the previous lower key design had made the building … [more]
[Image taken 17.1.23] St Hilda’s, Tang Hall Lane, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] We were able to use these wall bars easily. We don't have extra wide handlebars or anything else that would keep our cycles away from the bars. … [more]
[Image taken 11.1.23] Clifton Moor Retail Park - the area with Dunelm at one end and Tenpin at the other, Stirling Road, York. The bollards are too close to the racks. 140cm is insufficient space even for a standard cycle. When reversing … [more]
[Image taken 8.1.23] Aldi, Water Lane, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] For people arriving with children by car, or people with mobility issues arriving by car, the parking spaces here are easy to find. Though they are not … [more]
[Image taken 8.1.23] Aldi, Water Lane, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Child’s cycle secured on its own at Aldi (https://stores.aldi.co.uk/york/water-lane) today. Did the child cycle and the parent walk? A cheering sight. … [more]
[Image taken 8.1.23] Wickes, Lysander Close, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] I persevere with campaigning for cycle parking including at retail outlets: getting it installed; getting it upgraded; getting it better spaced. Why? … [more]
[Image taken 8.1.23] Wickes, Lysander Close, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Is the notice in response to practice such as this: #182124? Proactive action by the company. Other image here today and links: #189177.
[Image taken 8.1.23] Wickes, Lysander Close, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Wickes’ (www.wickes.co.uk/store/8471) racks were the busiest I’ve seen them. Our group of two, another customer on his own, a family of three (see: … [more]
[Image taken 31.12.22] Supersonic Cafe, The Stonebow, York. The cafe (https://supersonicfitness.co.uk/eat/) at the Supersonic Fitness Club (https://supersonicfitness.co.uk/) is open to all. It’s good. It's great for watching traffic - … [more]
[Image taken 28.12.22] Library Square, (off Museum Street/Lendal Bridge), York. The arrangement of the racks (Sheffield design) enable parking for longer and wider cycles such as this Bakfiets. Other images today: #188965, #188966, #188967, … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Library Square, York. A Tier hire e-cycle obstructs access to/from the public cycle racks. Tier in York overview: #164663. Other image today and links: #188672.
[Image taken 10.12.22] Library Square, York. Compare with the rack design and space allocated for cycles at a Co-op I passed en route: #188686, #188687. Other image today and links: #188672.
[Image taken 10.12.22] Co-op, 143-145 Tang Hall Lane, York. The racks need to be sufficiently far back from a vertical structure 'ahead'/ in front of the supports that you can roll your cycle in far enough for the uprights to support it. … [more]
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