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[Image taken 28.11.23] St George’s Field car park, Castle Mills Bridge, York. A fallen Tier hire (e-)cycle blocks access to the toast rack-style cycle parking in the car park, near the river and next to the public toilets. My cycle was … [more]
[Image taken 28.11.23] College Street junction with Deangate, York. Cycle parking here – on the edge of the pedestrian area (‘foot streets’) is good practice. The racks are well used – even at 09.30 on a cold weekday morning. One has been … [more]
[Image taken 23.11.23] Folk Hall, Hawthorn Terrace, New Earswick. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Journey's end. But there is nowhere to secure the cycle with the cycle trailer. Note the mobility scooter in the cycle racks … [more]
Bikes locked to a motorcycle parking frame and poles in Regent Moray Street and outside the Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
[Image taken 3.11.23] Nutter Place junction with North Parade, looking into an entrance for the Oastler Centre, Bradford. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Providing cycle parking is good. And doing so close to close to shops, … [more]
[Image taken 3.11.23] Edge of car park looking towards Drake Street, Bradford. (The building to the right is the crown court.) [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #198982.
[Image taken 3.11.23] Edge of car park looking towards Vicar Lane, Bradford. (The crown court is behind the camera to the left.) [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Bradford City Council does what should be standard everywhere. If … [more]
[Image taken 3.11.23] North Parade close to junction with Upper Piccadilly and Rawson Square, Bradford. Context and links: #198980.
[Image taken 3.11.23] North Parade close to junction with Upper Piccadilly and Rawson Square, Bradford. A Bike Port from cyclehoop (https://cyclehoop.com/product/bike-port/) provides visual interest, is practical plus you can see what it … [more]
[Image taken 30.10.23] Playfootball behind Roko, Stirling Road, York. Other image here today and links: #198844. Dismal cycle parking at the Clifton Moor site of York playfootball (www.playfootball.net/venues/york). Wheelbenders neither … [more]
[Image taken 30.10.23] Roko, Stirling Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Overly full racks. Other image showing this rack today: #198845. Other image here today and links: #198844.
[Image taken 30.10.23] Roko, Stirling Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] The cycle parking is full. It's covered, it's easy to find, it's clear what it is, but there's not enough (today was rainy), the supports are … [more]
[Image taken 29.10.23] Waitrose, Foss Islands Way, York. Waitrose used to have cycle parking for people with a trailer: #174776. There is nowhere else you could get a wider or longer rig into to secure the cycle. It means the trailer … [more]
[Image taken 28.10.23] Lidl, James Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Thoughtless, careless parking by a motor cycle rider who needs neither the support of cycle racks nor their bars to secure the machine to blocks three … [more]
[Image taken 27.10.23] York rail station, York. Other images here today: #198826, #198827, #198828. At a meeting ahead of a meeting about cycle carriage on trains – Azumas – and the designs soon to be discussed-determined I thought I’d take … [more]
[Image taken 14.10.23] The Village, York. The Tier hire eycle (overview Tiers in York: #164663) doesn't need: the support of or to be secured to a rack. It is not only occupying a space that could be used by a cycle that does need both, it … [more]
[Image taken 14.10.23] The Village, York. Not one but two purple Jorvik Tricycles (https://jorviktricycles.com/). Other image here today: #198587. Other images today: Haxby Road cycle lane width: #198588; Denning's Yard access misc: … [more]
[Image taken 10.10.23] St Andrewgate, York. A dry though fresh October day and most of the racks here are in use. Other image today and links: #198368.
[Image taken 8.10.23] The Stonebow, York. A ‘York’ cycle – bespoke or adapted rig for transporting family, pets, kit and/or making utility trips. This person takes it to a new level by adding a protest notice: Bicycling - a quiet statement … [more]
[Image taken 7.10.23] Haxby and Wigginton Library, Oaken Grove Community Centre, Reid Park, Haxby. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] These are the racks you see as you approach the facility. They are undercover. But they are … [more]
[Image taken 7.10.23] Haxby and Wigginton Library, Oaken Grove Community Centre, Reid Park, Haxby. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] Toastrack cycle parking. Very close to the entrance. You don’t see it as you enter the amenity … [more]
[Image taken 4.10.23] Deangate/Goodramgate, York. These racks are always full. Note there’s a further cycle fly parked the low wall to the left of the bin. Other images here today: #198182, #198183.
[Image taken 26.9.23] Leeman Road, York. Not only has the number of racks been massively reduced but you can’t get to them even if there’s no road train waiting – there’s no dropped kerb. If the road train were in situ you wouldn’t see … [more]
[Image taken 26.9.23] National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York. Is this a bowl intended for dogs to drink from? It's a trip hazard. Four racks meaning 8 spaces is painfully little cycle parking for a national museum of international … [more]
[Image taken 24.9.23] Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields Road, York. Context and other image here today: #197909.
[Image taken 24.9.23] Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields Road, York. The non-standard securing point - a railing - is being well used today. Perhaps the riders of the cycles with child carrying-options had been on the 2023 Kidical Mass ride … [more]
[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]
Cycle parking at Mugdock Country Park Visitors' Centre and Café, somewhat hidden at the side of the building. I can't imagine too many people leaving buggies here.
[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]
Unprotected cycle parking in Hanover Street damaged by drivers, and uncontrolled car parking obstructing access.
[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]
The cycle parking at Queen Street station is now outside the eastern entrance door to the main concourse.
[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]
Cycle parking stands at Inchinnan, alongside a car parking layby just out of shot to the right. No need to park cars in bus stop laybys.
[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] York Art Gallery, Exhibition Square, York. The vehicles in the Square today were cycles (see also #194686 and #194687), an ice cream van and two lots of Tier hire e-cycles/scooters. In this image, the Square looks like … [more]
[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]
New bus lane connecting bus station to the main roads out of town. The second sign (on the hoardings on the same side of the roads as the first) included a plate for camera enforcement, but legally the second sign needs to be on the other … [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 30.4.23] Haxby and Wiggington Methodist Church, The Village, Haxby. Context: #193498. The ends of racks can be designated for cargo cycles, families and for disabled users (see: #165049, #170171). Organisations may provide … [more]
[Image taken 30.4.23] Haxby and Wiggington Methodist Church, The Village, Haxby. Sheffield racks in use during the 2023 Scarecrow Festival (context and links: #193497). Users include a family sharing locks. But a driver has parked his/her … [more]
We're used to signs about cycle parking round the station square, but this seems to be the latest iteration. It would of course be far better if they accepted that not everyone finds the Cyclepoint helpful if they're in hurry to catch a … [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]
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