Tags: yorkorbital

#192128, nearby

[Image taken 17.3.23] Denning’s Yard access, York. The crossing is around 3m 80cm wide. Context and links: #192126.

#191270, nearby

[Image taken 20.2.23] Crichton Avenue (close to the junction with Wigginton Road), York. The amount of space for any user group - pedestrians waiting/arriving at the crossing; pedestrians passing/leaving the crossing; people on cycles … [more]

#191269, nearby

[Image taken 20.2.23] Crichton Avenue (close to the junction with Wigginton Road), York. Just 260cm wide this route is shared with all varieties of non motorised users. The cyclist heading downhill is often very close to the kerb. At night … [more]

#190997, nearby

[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #190996.

#190996, nearby

[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Tyre tracks showing the line taken by users. The spiral route is narrow (see: #170964, #170965, #187304) and steep. There are very … [more]

#190995, nearby

[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context: #190045. Other image today and links: #190994.

#190046, nearby

[Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link/Crichton Avenue/Denning’s Yard, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] One of the artworks (www.kjartan.co.uk/blue%20pipes/index.htm) on the Foss Islands Path. … [more]

#190045, nearby

[UPDATE: #190995] [Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] You would come off if you cycled into this thick mud. On foot you’d get very muddy. A child might … [more]

#190044, nearby

[UPDATE: 12.2.23. The sign and the mud have gone: #190995.] [Image taken 25.1.23] Wigginton Road link, junction with Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Note the thick mud: #190045. Context and links: #190043.

#190043, nearby

[UPDATE: The sign was removed within a few days of my reporting it.] [Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Poor surface sign. Where does it refer to? Why is … [more]

#189805, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Kitchener Street at entrance to/exit from Foss Islands Path, York. Context: and links #189804.

#189804, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Kitchener Street at entrance to/exit from Foss Islands Path, York. Context: #189549. Other image here today and links: #189805.

#189799, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The shared use path to the right leads to/from Wigginton Road: #189801. Context and links: #189796.

#189798, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #189796. Other image this artwork: #190046 and caption.

#189797, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #189796.

#189796, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Image taken after the sides of the path have been cleared to show how much more room there is, how much lighter it is, … [more]

#189794, nearby

[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. Looking into Denning's Yard. Context: #187856. Other image here today: #189795. Other images here today: #189797, #189798, #189799, #189800, #189801, #189802, … [more]

#189550, nearby

[Image taken 18.1.23] Kitchener Street, York. Context and links: #189549. Image clearly showing the road markings: #189805.

#189549, nearby

[Image taken 18.1.23] Kitchener Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Entrance to/from Foss Islands Path/York Orbital. In the time I took to take this image and this one: #189550 a woman with a double buggy, three people on … [more]

#187621, nearby

[Image taken 9.11.22] Denning’s Yard Access, Crichton Avenue/Wigginton Road, York. The pavement on the right is as much a desire line across the mouth of this road as is the coloured tarmac link between Foss Islands Path (immediately to the … [more]

#187620, nearby

[Image taken 9.11.22] Crichton Avenue/Denning’s Yard Access/Wigginton Road, York. Looking uphill along the shared use cycle-ped-scooter-wheelchair route on Crichton Avenue road bridge at the steep incline over the York-Scarborough rail … [more]

#187619, nearby

[Image taken 9.11.22] Crichton Avenue/Denning’s Yard Access/Wigginton Road, York. This is a route for non motorised users. Reasons for people using it include: culture, education, food and other shopping, gardening (there are allotments … [more]

#187545, nearby

[Image taken 7.11.22] Crichton Avenue, junction with Ashton Avenue (close to roundabout), York. This is the third or fourth time this year I've encountered a driver parking obstructing the segregated cycle-ped off road route or, as here, … [more]

#187374, nearby

[Image taken 2.11.22] Denning’s Yard Access, (Crichton Avenue/Wigginton Road) York. Looking towards Denning's Yard (privately owned) down the access route (public highway) from Wigginton Road. The railway passes along the bottom. This is … [more]

#187373, nearby

[Image taken 2.11.22] Wigginton Road bridge (over Foss Islands Path) after Denning’s Yard Access, (Crichton Avenue) York. The pedestrian, mobility scooter, wheelchair user route to/from the hospital, but also Clarence Gardens (as a family … [more]

#187372, nearby

[UPDATE: Response added 3.11.22 - at end - from CYC about the non-feasibility of a motor traffic-free route to/from the hospital] [Image taken 2.11.22] Denning’s Yard Access, (Crichton Avenue/Wigginton Road) York. The restrictions on … [more]

#187371, nearby

[MY EXPERIENCE. On 22.2.23 I met Guildhall Ward Councillor Craghill here to explain that it's not just this crossing that needs a 'solution' - precipitated by the granting on 17.2.23 of planning permission for the development of Denning's … [more]

#187306, nearby

[Image taken 28.10.22] Foss Islands Path (at bridge over river Foss), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate] Context: #186176 and #186178. Other image here today and links: #187304.

#187305, nearby

[Image taken 28.10.22] Foss Islands Path (at bridge over river Foss), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Position approximate] The dip just ahead of the trike rider has been marked with blue paint. Context: #186176 and #186178. … [more]

#187304, nearby

[NOTE: While taking images here: #191289 I asked one of the people cycling on what is a pavement why he used that route. He said he had, at different times, broken his shoulder and an arm on the spiral slope. He said his friends with … [more]

#186176, nearby

[Later image: #187305] [UPDATE: On 20.10.22 Sustrans included in an email about somewhere else: "The path in this area was constructed circa 1994 and as you may be aware it has recently been resurfaced. Further work is being done soon to … [more]

#182456, nearby

[UPDATE 7.5.22: Resolved. A tall friend was able to balance on the fence and bash the direction pointers back into position.] [Image taken 6.5.22] Crichton Avenue roundabout, junction with the entrance to/exit from Kingsway North (east) … [more]

#182455, nearby

[Image taken 6.5.22] Crichton Avenue roundabout, York. Two vehicles on the roundabout between the exit from Crichton Avenue and the entrance to/exit from Kingsway North (east side). The parking obstructs the two green-surfaced cycle lanes … [more]

#180472, nearby

[Image taken on 24.3.22] James Street, York. Context and links: #180470.

#180471, nearby

[Image taken on 24.3.22] James Street, York. Context and links: #180470. Routes need spaces where people can socialise. "passing the time of day spaces": #168816

#180470, nearby

[Image taken on 24.3.22] James Street, York. Routes need to be wide enough for people to stop for a chat see: #180471 (to for ask for directions, to take off or add layers, etc…). And there still be room for others to pass, see: #180472. … [more]

#177334, nearby

[Image taken 5.1.22] Bluebird Bakery, Acomb Road, York. On the site of the former Bathstore, this branch of Bluebird Bakery (www.bluebirdbakery.co.uk/locations/acomb/) has easy to find, oversized, racks. It’s spacious inside too. Plus it's … [more]

#176465, nearby

[Observation from January 2022. The latest Highway Code says or will say road users must give way to pedestrians waiting to cross. I did this here last week. I felt very vulnerable. I don't have braking lights on my cycle. I felt at risk of … [more]

#176464, nearby

[Image taken 29.11.21] Crichton Avenue, junction with Burton Stone Lane, York. Illustrating that it’s used by buses, how limited the space for larger vehicles is, the position of the red vehicle cutting the cycle lane and how far back the … [more]

#170963, nearby

[Image taken 28.6.21] Denning’s Yard access, York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) Two typical school day users heading for the Foss Islands Path. The image also shows route signage including for the York … [more]