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[UPDATE: On 19.5.23 the wand was still where it was in this image. To stop it being an eyesore and possibly a hazard, I took it to Hazel Court (the recycling centre #193086) as I did for the previous one.] [Image taken 17.5.23] Burton Stone … [more]
[Image taken 27.04.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. I was certain last night there was a cycle roundel/cycle sign on this wand at this end as well as at the other #193433.
[Image taken 27.04.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. The wands have been reinstated. (Context: #193043.) The nearest wand has acquired a cycle symbol roundel. This adds further confusion and clutter to the nonsensical layout. … [more]
[UPDATE: #193433] [Image taken 19.4.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking southbound), York. The damaged section of splitter island and the broken wand have been removed. To alert road users to the splitter island two cones have been placed in it. … [more]
[Image taken 15.4.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. In the background is the second wand (behind the post) and to the right, leant against the wall, a section from the splitter island. Other image here today and links: #193043.
[UPDATE: 19.4.23 See: #193157] [UPDATE: On 18.4.23 The wand and the splitter island section had been removed. There were two cones on the island] [Image taken 15.4.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. Further damage to the splitter … [more]
[UPDATE: #193043 Further, more extensive, damage] [Image taken 5.4.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. MY EXPERIENCE 1: I went back to this location this afternoon to take this image to be able to put up a complaint I made about … [more]
[UPDATE: See #192696] [UPDATE: See #192696] [Image taken 23.3.23] Burton Stone Lane (Bootham/Clifton end), York. Earlier this week I saw the wand had presumably been hit by a motorist. It’s now on the pavement outlined red in my image. The … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. This rider is well lit, very visible, yet as I watched a motorist entered the 'pound' and drove straight at him. The cyclist stopped to talk to me. He said this is his regular … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. The driver entered the 'pound' when there was an oncoming vehicle, and despite the sign and the give way markings. Other image here today and links: #191523.
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. A other driver ignores the Give way to oncoming vehicles sign and road markings. Other image here today and links: #191523.
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. The driver of the white van has ignored the Give way to oncoming vehicles sign and road markings. Other image here today and links: #191523. MY EXPERIENCE: One evening in the … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking south), York. The clear practice is to ignore the Give way to oncoming vehicles signs and the markings giving the same message on the tarmac. Other image here today and links: #191523.
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. There should only be motor vehicles heading in one direction in the 'pound'. There are Give way to oncoming vehicles signs at both ends and double give way lines on the road. … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. One arrow shows a driver entering the 'pound' at the far end despite the oncoming vehicle - shown by the nearest arrow. And despite having the same message as visible in the … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. Other image here today and links: #191523.
[Image taken 28.2.23] Burton Stone Lane (looking north), York. 17.30-ish, daylight and still the driver doesn’t comply with the Give way to oncoming vehicles sign and the double white lines s/he has crossed to get to this position. Context … [more]
[UPDATE: On 27.2.23 I met a LibDem ward representative in situ. On 2.3.23, at his request, I emailed him my views. These include (but are not limited to) how the changes do not reduce speeds but actually create danger and additional … [more]
[Image taken 10.2.23] Copy of Focus on Clifton Ward, York delivered to residents in January 2023. [NOTE: Location is indicative.] This was the first issue of Focus - the newsletter of the local Lib Dems www.yorklibdems.org.uk/ - following … [more]
[MY EXPERIENCE 31.3.23 and 29.3.23: On my way south, ie towards the camera, this cycle channel was again obstructed as per the image. Parking here means there are no sightlines for anyone in any direction.] [Image taken 25.1.23] Burton … [more]
[UPDATE: 6.3.23 A vehicle from Garlands was again here today. Parking here blocks the cycle channel. I don't think those improve safety for people who cycle. But parking on the double yellows within the 'pound' means no user has any view of … [more]
[MY EXPERIENCE: At 19.50 on 29.3.23 I was a pedestrian on this side of the road at the other end of the 'measures'. A cyclist - with a very bright front light - had entered the pound from this end. As he neared the entry/exit at the other … [more]
[Image taken 31.12.22] Burton Stone Lane (southbound), York. Priority signage. Speed limit, splitter island and cycle channel, single speed cushion. All this paraphernalia and no or little effect on motorists' speeds. Cycling between … [more]
[UPDATE: In the first week of January 2023 I saw the cones had been removed.] [Image taken 31.12.22] Burton Stone Lane (northbound), York. Splitter island, permanent priority sign, speed cushion and… double cones. Compare with the earlier … [more]
[Image taken 31.12.22] Burton Stone Lane (southbound), York. Compare with: #188664. The stacked cones are moving around. (I will ask for them to be removed.) Cones are temporary measures. Cones create hazards and cause obstructions. People … [more]
[Image taken 31.12.22] Burton Stone Lane (northbound), York. Three speed cushions were replaced with two. Drivers simply straddle these. The speed cushions seen in the other direction and measurements: #187785. Context/overview of the … [more]
[Image taken 21.2.22] Burton Stone Lane, junction with Crichton Avenue, York. I saw this week this new sign: "Bootham Crescent No site traffic" (context: #182417) had gone up. So why is there no warning to all users of the changes to the … [more]
[Image taken 8.12.22] (Looking southbound) Burton Stone Lane, York. The pavement is blocked and you can’t see the new layout or priority signage: #188665.
[Image taken 8.12.22] (Looking southbound) Burton Stone Lane, York. By parking here, the driver of the white van has obscured the sightlines for all users in both directions. The vehicle also hides the new layout – overview #187753 and the … [more]
[Update 31.12.22: The temporary measure - the cone - remains but has moved and is now 'cones': #188988.] [Additional observations by the local resident who did the count below: Time and date: 17.30pm on Tuesday 13 Dec 2022. "Three cyclists … [more]
[Image taken 27.11.22] Burton Stone Lane (northbound), York. The temporary A-board duplicates the high level (too high?) permanent sign on the other side of the road: Priority over oncoming vehicles. It creates an actual pavement width of … [more]
[Image taken 27.11.22] Burton Stone Lane (looking southbound), York. The temporary A-board obstructs the pavement. There is no drop kerb this side for someone in a mobility scooter, wheelchair, a child on a balance bike, someone with … [more]
[UPDATE: On 30.11.22 I received a reply from a traffic engineer to my complaints about the temporary signage obstructing pavements. "Thank you for your email regarding the temporary signing on Burton Stone Lane, and I am sorry to hear of … [more]
[Image taken 27.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Moved bus stop has unsightly temporary barricading which it not doing its job but is creating a substantial trip hazard for people waiting/alighting. Overview of the measures intended to calm … [more]
[Image taken 22.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, southbound. Skid hazard from sand from burst sandbag. York. Context: #187860. Other image here today and links: #187859.
[Image taken 22.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York (southbound). Context: #187760. As I cycled south I saw a knot of people including one I recognised as a resident who I had spoken to on Friday. One was a woman. I asked her if her name was the … [more]
[Image taken 22.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York (looking northbound). ‘Traffic calming’ scheme overview and links: #187753. This driver was parked just ahead of the new 'cycle channel'. If someone on a cycle uses these they are sidelined, … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Surface water, fallen barricade. Other image today and links: #187780.
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Activated VAS northbound. Note the leaf litter on the pavement. Wet leaves are slippery and can clog wheels. Leaves in general obscure damage such as holes. Other image today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. I asked this couple if I could take this photo. They agreed immediately. They are on the pavement on the east side and heading north. They are therefore facing the oncoming traffic. People … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Completely obstructed pavement. The traffic calming scheme is supposed to deliver benefits for pedestrians as well as other non motorised users of the route. See obvious effect on pedestrians: … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Debris in the road and exposed metal rods on the splitter island (right). Context: #187761. Other image today and links: #187780 [Further damage: #192207]
[Image from 31.12.22 showing priority sign: #188989.] [Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Usable width 102 - 20 = 82. But I would not want to make contact with the speed cushion either so - 20 = 62cm. Other image today and … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Context and links: #187792. Other image today and links: #187780.
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Context: #187760. The usable width is 126 – (20 + 20) = 86cm. Other images this piece of infra today: #187793, #187794, and debris from damaged vehicles that hit this splitter island: #187795. … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. People in mobility scooters (on pavement, right) have to battle with pollution, high vehicle speeds, narrow pavements and obstructions: #187759, #187796, #187800. Other image today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Note the cyclist on the pavement. For a possible explanation see: #187760. Other image today and links: #187780.
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Looking southbound towards the northern set of the measures (intended to calm traffic and improve the non motorised user experience) at either end of the ‘pound’. Context: #187753. Other image … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Northbound carriageway though taken looking southbound. Usable width for people on cycles: 115 - 20 = 95cm. But I would not want to touch the speed cushion so that's a further 20cm to deduct. … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Southbound. Usable width for people on cycles: 119 - 20 = 99cm. But I would not want to touch the speed cushion so that's a further 20cm to deduct. Therefore the usable width is 79cm. … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, southbound, close to the junction with Avenue Road/Grosvenor Road, York. Two new speed cushions drivers simply straddle replace the previous three cushions. View in other direction: #188987. … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Context and links: #187784. I don’t know if it was this driver who activated the VAS. But note the road position of this vehicle. Other image today and links: #187780. MY EXPERIENCE: On … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. There are VAS's (vehicle activated speed signs) at this end of Burton Stone. They have been relocated as part of the traffic calming measures (overview: #187753). They are more often activated … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. [Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Width of southbound carriageway 300 – (20 + 20) = 260cm. Width of northbound carriageway: #187781. Other image today and links: #187780.
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Original island with keep left symbol on bollard. Note it is a replacement. There’s the evidence of damage behind it. The width of the northbound (the image direction is southbound) … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Context: #187753. Just one set of 20mph signs that predate the new (installed week beginning 14.11.22) measures that are intended to reduce the speeding and improve the cycling, mobility … [more]
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Context this image: #187760. Context/overview and links for the traffic calming installed week beginning 14.11.22 see: #187753.
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Note the absence of the two wands. (Compare with the intact structure: #187754.) These were at either end of the splitter island but barely visible after dark. They have a reflective covering … [more]
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. The Aboard is intended to give directions to road users that makes the street safer. But it obstructs the cycle channel. Plus, the sandbag has split creating a further hazard should someone be … [more]
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. This junction box (?) reduces the already insufficient width of the pavement still further. You don't walk right alongside structures... More comments on the pavements here: #187758. … [more]
[More recent image showing speed and priority sign: #188990.] [Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. The interventions in #187753 but looking southbound. The width of the space between the kerb and the cushion is 120cm. The reason … [more]
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Comments on pavement width as per: #187755. Context/overview and links see: #187753.
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. This local resident was happy to pose for a photo. He said he'd already written three emails to CYC about the new layout and would be writing another today. He is not actually moving and his … [more]
[Image taken 18.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. The Aboard is intended to make the road safer. It's pedestrians who need most protection here. 90cm is too narrow. You don't go right up to signs or walls. So the usable space is rather less … [more]
[MY EXPERIENCE 29.3.23: At around 12.25 I was cycling southbound. There was a driver behind me. I didn't use the cycle channel - it takes me out of the position I am most visible and can't be ignored. I maintained the line. Around 20m … [more]
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