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[Image taken 20.2.23] Wigginton Road (east side, close to junction with Crichton Avenue, looking south), York. ASL obstructed by vehicle. This is not the largest of the vehicles that use this route next to the unprotected, damaged narrow … [more]
[Image taken 8.9.22] Bootham, York. Two clear stop lights and a new and capacious ASL. This is a pedestrian crossing and… the eastern end (looking west towards Clifton Green) of the extended junction that is part of the Scarborough Bridge … [more]
North Canal Bank Street back open to traffic, and there's plenty of it. The tactile paving on the cycle track is still incorrect.
Pedestrian crossing on Rauhehorst, between the daycare centre (Kita) & Primary School "Grundschule Babenend" and Brunsbrok in Dietrichsfeld.
Back to business as usual with the traffic racing round the Benalder Street/Old Dumbarton Road junction.
No provision for cycling (other than the parking stands) and minimal provision for pedestrians at the busy Wallace Street junction with Dalintober Street. A dropped kerb crossing across three lanes of fast moving traffic heading for the … [more]
The on-road option for cycling from Aikenhead Road onto Polmadie Road. A central cycle lane has been provided between the left-turn filter lane and the ahead lane for motor traffic.
[Image taken 13.4.21] Bootham, York. Driver turning out of queueing traffic to travel on the wrong side of the road (the oncoming carriageway) into Marygate. See also: #167116
[Image taken 13.4.21] Bootham, York. When there is queuing traffic towards Bootham Bar, some drivers heading for Marygate (perhaps the car park at the end) get impatient. They turn out of the queue and drive on the wrong side of the road in … [more]
[Image taken 9.4.21] Early green for cyclists in York. It's on Skeldergate in the direction of North Street (junction with Micklegate and Bridge Street). There's also one on the other side of this junction ie in this direction. Drivers seem … [more]
[Image taken 16.3.21] York: Bishopgate Street junction with Price's Lane. The image clearly shows the space for passing a cyclist - advisory lanes - in either direction is insufficient. After taking this pic (from the pavement), I rejoined … [more]
[Image taken 21.6.20] York: Bishopgate Street junction with Price's Lane. See also: #165589 I have uploaded it to show the narrowness of the cycle lane, the carriageway, the bend, the walls. The signs and cones have long been removed. They … [more]
UPDATE See: #167917 [Image taken 2.3.21] Blank hoardings on Bridge Lane, York, the ped-cycle route along one side of York Hospital. This very well used link runs between the 'Glass Bridge' (the footbridge with cycle gulleys over the … [more]
Bilsland Drive at the junction with Balmore Road, a short distance after the end of the pop-up cycle lane. Since the inside of the carriageway was occupied with queuing traffic, the cyclist seen in #151391 had no option but to queue with … [more]
A decrepit shared footway approaching the uncontrolled crossing across the High Common Road sliproad from Strathaven Road. Room for improvement.
The start of the Holmston Road replacement cycle lane. The two-way segregated lane was removed after pro-car councillors went in a huff.
Narrow road past school with lots of motor traffic. But excess motor traffic is a problem right across Ayr.
Cycling in Ayr appears to be only for the brave. This busy double roundabout is at the start of Holmston Road. Note how the visibility of the school 20mph sign on Holmston Road is obstructed.
Transition from seperated cycleway to mixed traffic in city center. Due to the entrance on the left for firetrucks, ambuces, etc., there was no room to create some backing where cyclists mingle among other traffic.The maximum speed is … [more]
01_2016_063 Cycle route alongside the A27, near Chichester, January 2016 [Between Shoreham and Lancing]
Traffic lights with bike and Ampelmännchen Combined traffic lights for bikes and pedestrians, with an East German Ampelmännchen. Location: , Wismar (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
Red surface pavement cycleway on Lübsche Strasse. Traffic lights combined for pedestrians (East German 'Ampelmännchen') and bicycles. Location: Wismar (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
R Location: Stadtteil Stadtmitte, Rostock (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) Traffic lights in Rostock.
Traffic lights for cyclists on Bismarck Street crossing with Queen Elizabeth Road. Location: Charlottenburg, Berlin (Berlin, Germany) Crossings and lights on Berlin cycleways, Bismarck Str. / Heerstrasse / Kaiserdamm
Japanese funded highway in southern Kathmandu. Note there are traffic signals at this junction - and there are no police on the island on the middle of the road. They are sort of respected - and about the only ones I have seen in use in … [more]
Centre rut has been surfaced for bikes with a rough hardcore. Good enough for most tyres/wheels. Outer ruts remain for farm traffic in an interesting combination approach. See clip at http://youtu.be/Om0qumHbp2o
Wiggly road markings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10404661/Wiggly-road-markings-drive-motorists-round-the-bend.html
See clip at http://youtu.be/az0Kthyc6Nk Not a massive issue but one that needs some note. The "nice" route for people riding is longer and takes longer without any delays. If it's to appear benefical to riders, delays like this need … [more]
See clip at http://youtu.be/bh7MzRbab-g The traffic lights at the junction of Coldhams Lane and Cromwell Road are not well placed for cycling in from the common. These are mandatory lights so people cycling in from this direction are … [more]
I saw this tream of hire bikes going past my window, so I thought I'd take a photo. Turns out picture tells a lot of stories. 1. Look at the space used by ~15 people on bikes compared to 4 people in motor vehicles. 2. Overall I can spot … [more]
KF57 LHN treating the very clearly marked advanced stop zone as his own personal starting box. Driver pulled into this well after the lights were red, as can be clearly seen in the video. Unquestionably in contravention of the highway code … [more]
Youth traffic awareness training facilities at the "English Square" in Karlsruhe. School visits are an event primary school children look forward to.
Whenever I travel down Radegund Road around 9am there is a car obstructing the cycle bypass lanes to the traffic calming outside Coleridge College. This driver became aggressive when she saw me taking a photo. She reversed at me, and then … [more]
Traffic counter in Copenhagen, publishing the number of cycle journeys in the day and the year's running total. See also #41512,
See clip at http://youtu.be/h1x75CMNVkU "Highway code rule 163". http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070314 This car decided to "go for it" despite oncoming traffic. This forced the oncoming car to slow whilst … [more]
One of the traffic lights that used to face Chesterton Road (next to the Folk Museum in the photo) has been moved. It's now on the traffic island in Chesterton Road at a point where it is hard for pedestrians to see whether it's safe to … [more]
Market Street is closed because of gas main works, but why temporary traffic lights are thought necessary here, I cannot imagine.
Redmac filter lane and advanced advanced stop line plus flush kerb to join the shared use pavement ( #34998). Note that the advance stop line highlights with a left turn arrow that left turning cyclists should position themselves in front … [more]
Redmac filter lane and advanced advanced stop line plus flush kerb to join the shared use pavement (right turning cyclists can avoid the red phase). Note that the advance stop line highlights with a left turn arrow that left turning … [more]
New 'Cyclists proceed with caution' pavement "sign" at the end of the Crouch Street East cycle lane. There is a lot to take in at this junction, and nothing bar this "sign" to aid the cyclist, or prompt them as to where hazards may be: … [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHeAk4MT1Io These lights are a potential accident blackspot. Luckily they are temporary. I go through my light when it changes and head off up the West Cambridge Cyclepath. A cyclist with a … [more]
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ov_y27wAQ Okay, I'm a bit slower than a car, but can't help feel this is dull behaviour. Part of a trying day ... http://radwagon.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-those-cycling-days.html
The main road, with a speed limit of 70 km/h, runs alongside this minor road which has been made into a through road only for cyclists. This is a cheap and effective way of building good cycling infrastructure. Note that while we stop at a … [more]
A straight road will entice motorists to speed. Reducing the forward view through alternating parking bays with the lane winding between the sides of the road is an effective measure for speed reduction which does not require altering the … [more]
Selective speed cushions. Speed cushions slow down vehicles with a narrow base (like those in low and zero rated vehicle licensing duty bands), while cars with a wide wheel base (large people carriers, 4x4, limousines and vans) can just … [more]
A nice little traffic free path heading out of UEA campus towards the city centre. This is how bollards should be positioned - one central bollard that divides the flow rather than forcing people into conflict, the other two clear of the … [more]
The Avenues is traffic calmed and perfectly suitable for on road cycling for all abilities. It forms an important link between the city centre and UEA, the hospital, and the western residential areas. There is a parallel segregated cycle … [more]
The Avenues is traffic calmed and perfectly suitable for on road cycling for all abilities. It forms an important link between the city centre and UEA, the hospital, and the western residential areas. There is a parallel segregated cycle … [more]
Amsterdam: Traffic lights with a countdown - note the number '31' (31 seconds to go) in the middle position.
This "Bicycle Road" in Oldenburg is a major route into town from the west. Wheel chair users and OAPs with trolleys benefit from the smooth surface of this "Cycle Road", too.
This "Bicycle Road" in Oldenburg is a major route into town from the west. It is mixed use (residents and bicycles) with priority for the cycle road and special blue tarmac at most junctions.
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