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[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]
[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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 11.2.23] Micklegate, York. The buildouts with the Sheffield racks look like a sop... They facilitate car parking. What if the arrangement were reversed? Two spaces off-road for motor vehicles and all the onstreet spaces for … [more]
[Image taken 11.2.23] Micklegate, York. The six Sheffields (see: #177267) have been reduced to four. So four fewer spaces to secure a cycle. Yet Micklegate needs more formal racks not fewer. Other image this subject today: #190980. Other … [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, York. The space has invited people to dump rubbish here. Doesn't make this location look good or feel safe. Including to leave a cycle right next to. Could it be marked with a symbol of a cargo or family … [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 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]
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