Photo listing : other (problem)
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[Image taken 19.5.22] Haxby Cycleway, rail bridge, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Large amount of broken brown glass. I will report it. Other images today: #182703, #182704, #182705.
[Image taken 18.5.22] NCN658, link route between James Street (direction of camera) and Foss Islands Road, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context and links: #182699, #182119.
[Image taken 8.5.22) Field View, York looking towards/beyond Burton Stone Lane. At around 6.15Returning from buying a Sunday paper I could smell smoke. I could see very black clouds issuing from a property (unidentified) behind Burton Stone ... [more]
[Image taken on 5.5.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Other images here today and links: #182419. The bench has been removed. This street is very long yet has a doctor's surgery on the corner top left (junction with Bootham/Clifton) and two supe ... [more]
A new communal bike pump has appeared, to replace the one at #90787, but is already showing signs of vandalism, with some of the mounting bolts partially pulled out of position.
The communal bike pump seen in #90787 is now missing parts, in addition to being unusable in this location surrounded by stands, and should be removed.
[UPDATE: #182703] [Image taken 26.4.22] Navigation Road, York. The slotted grating is a hazard. It's where people on cycles are turning into and out of the non motorised user route through Hungate. It is very busy. Sightlines are restricted ... [more]
[Image taken 26.4.22] Cocoa Works development, Haxby Road, York. This sandbag is a trip hazard. It suggests the area of the works is not checked. (Hence the fallen planning notice: #182107.) Other images today and links: #182070.
[Image taken 23.4.22] Field View junction with Haughton Road (northern end), York. Context and links: #181979.
[Image taken 23.4.22] Field View junction with Haughton Road (northern end), York. The pavement the dropped kerbs in: #181976 lead to is obstructed by a hedge that the residents do not keep trimmed back (view from the approach on the other ... [more]
[Image taken 23.4.22] Haughton Road (northern end), York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location]. The dropped kerbs in: #181976, #181978, are not supported by well maintained access routes ie this substantial crack and height difference in ... [more]
[Image taken 23.4.22] Mill Lane looking towards the junction with Heworth Green, York. As I was taking this image a driver approached. I assumed he was going to turn into offroad parking. A pedestrian on the pavement just ahead of me starte ... [more]
[Image taken 23.4.22] LNER Community Stadium, Huntington, York. Free matchday parking for motorists. (There are cycles in the racks against the hedge despite the no cycling sign.) Despite Monks Cross park and ride being just 100m away. Cont ... [more]
[Later images: #182594] [Image taken 17.4.22] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Drivers obstructing both gaps into/out of the car park that lead to river routes, the accessible Scarborough Bridge ... [more]
[Image taken 17.4.22] Stirling Road, junction with Wigginton Road, York. Mid-April and the foliage is already encroaching and reducing the width of this shared use route (used by pupils, commuters, leisure riders, shoppers, riders from a co ... [more]
[Image taken 17.4.22] Stirling Road, junction with Wigginton Road, York. The reservoir is wide and capacious. But full of grit. It leads to a very tight turn and a would-not-now-meet-standards for the width of shared use non-motorised users ... [more]
[Image taken 14.4.22] Deangate, entrance to Minster Yard, York. The sign has been abandoned. It's the start of the Easter weekend. There is no owner information/contact details. Context: #181696, #181697 and contrast (also today: #181696). ... [more]
[Image taken 14.4.22] Deangate, entrance to Minster Yard, York. 12 days after the event and the sign is still in the area... But now on the ground as bright yellow litter. Context: #181697. Other images this subject today: #181697 and links ... [more]
[Image taken 14.4.22] Deangate, looking into Minster Yard, York. Abandoned sign at one of the city's most beautiful and iconic locations. Other images this subject today: #181698, #181699. Contrast today: #181696. Other images today: #18169 ... [more]
[Image taken on 2.4.22] Clifton Green, York. Cycles only locked by the wheel to something are vulnerable. The cycle has disappeared. The wheel and the chunky lock remain. This suggests the cycle has been stolen and the only secured part, th ... [more]
[Update: On Saturday evening the sign was upright again.] [Image taken on 1.4.22] Bootham Terrace, York. I was unable to report this sign. (It's an 0845 number and these are not included in my package.) But it ought to have been checked ahe ... [more]
Cyclists SLOW DOWN in toad migration/breeding season (March/April) - www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/hundreds-of-toads-rescued-on-chisholm-trail-in-cambridge-9247262/
epetition https://democratic.trafford.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDisplay.aspx?id=134&TPID=15724894 to Trafford council to investigate and create with TfGM a new cycle route using the redundant rail tracks 3 & 4 between Sale Britannia Road and Traff ... [more]
[Image taken on 27.3.22] Tanner Row, York. I spent an hour or more with my dustpan and brush. There were shards of green glass and of orange glass. But most was clear. There's a large circular piece that suggests it came from a drinking gla ... [more]
[Image taken on 25.3.22] Swann Street, York. Redundant cones become a trip hazard. They are unsightly and also make an area feel unsafe. The items frequently get damaged so cannot be reused. This is the result of works not being checked and ... [more]
It wouldn't be hard to put in a level cycleway to the left, avoiding the steps on the route from Whitstable to the town centre.
Steps between the two parts of Ebbsfleet International station, and a not very obvious ramped route to the left.
Remarkably small amount of disabled/cycle etc space on the Class 395 Javelin high-speed trains from St Pancras to Kent - and it's right at one end of a six-car train, but because the trains take a loop around Kent and end up back at St Panc ... [more]
Remarkably small amount of disabled/cycle etc space on the Class 395 Javelin high-speed trains from St Pancras to Kent - and it's right at one end of a six-car train, but because the trains take a loop around Kent and end up back at St Panc ... [more]
I know it's a masterpiece of modern architecture, but couldn't there be some cycle parking outside Harlow Town station?
[Image taken 9.3.22] Taco Bell, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York locations.tacobell.co.uk/york/monks-cross-drive.html. The flimsy handmade signs asking people to switch off their engines while queuing to put in and then collect an order ... [more]
[Image taken 9.3.22] Taco Bell, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York locations.tacobell.co.uk/york/monks-cross-drive.html. The signs asking people to keep the pedestrian crossing clear while queuing to put in an order are now just scraps of ... [more]
Surely one of these routes - in Greenwich Park or behind the Queen's House - could be made into a proper cycle route parallel to the A206?
[Update 24.2.22 Too windy to battle with the trailer so we bungied it to our racks. It was a toy garage complete with car wash and petrol pumps.] [Image taken 22.2.22] Haxby Cycleway, A1237, Ring Road, York. This plastic rubbish has been he ... [more]
A very optimistic speed limit in Royal William Yard, Plymouth, which would be fine for cycling if only there were the slightest trace of cycle parking.
[Image taken 17.2.22]. Outside gents loos, York rail station, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Undiplomatic and ungrammatical sign. Other images this issue here: #178570, #173701, #165420. Other images today: #179173 and links.
Access to the Maiden Lane development - there's no point going much further by bike, but cycle parking is needed here.
[Image taken 11.2.22] Lidl, Foss Islands, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] What do people on cycles (including 'York'cycles that are bespoke or adapted designs for carrying dependants, people you care for, and/or luggage) spend ... [more]
The Timberworks Development - no obvious cycle parking as yet, despite being so close to the city centre and the Chisholm Trail, but at least there are charging points for e-cars...
Ely Museum reopened last year after a £2.2 million refurb. I couldn't see what they got for the money, but it didn't include any cycle parking!
[Image taken 18.1.22] Filey Terrace junction with Hudson Street, York. Context: #177860 and links to other images elsewhere from today.
[UPDATE: These have been removed.] [Image taken 18.1.22] Filey Terrace, junction with Hudson Street, York. Abandoned cones. Blocking the already area that is two-way for all road users and very narrow. Available to anyone who thinks they co ... [more]
[Image taken 18.1.22]. Lidl, James Street, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The water dripping from the roof created a long icy slippery hazard for all users of this area. I pointed it out to a member of staff. But regularly ch ... [more]
The link between Nedderend and Babenend is now missing. We need an under path underneath the A293 motorway.
[Image taken 13.1.22] West Esplanade, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Mud in the cycle lane alongside the Ouse. Context: #177017. Other image here today: #177552 and links
[Image taken 23.12.21.] James Street, York, in front of Lidl. The Lidl opened end of 2019. Steps (why no slope for people with buggies, wheeled shoppers, mobility scooter or wheelchair users and accompanied children on cycles/balance bikes? ... [more]
[UPDATE: The leaves here and along the length of Railway Walk and on the yellow hatching at the entry to/exit from the car park were cleared 22.12.21. However the puddle remains as per: #169471.] [Image taken 21.12.21] Steeper of the two sl ... [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Marketing suite, The Cocoa Works, Haxby Road, York. No provision for people arriving actively. We are to wait outside. The continued provision for or references to cars reinforce the second class citizen feeling many ... [more]
[Image taken 10.12.21] Burton Stone Lane junction with Horner Street, York. The van for works above Mrs Greedy's cafe completely blocks the pavement - the - only - access to/from the - only - zebra crossing between homes and a Sainsbury's l ... [more]
No sign of any cycle parking at the new Battersea Power Station tube station. Try Nine Elms instead.
New crossings of the motorway slip roads. This is better than the previous uncontrolled crossings, but unfortunately the wait times are very long and do not appear to consider if the slip road has any cars on it.
[Image taken 26.11.21] Dame Judi Dench Walk, York. [NOTE: The image on streetview shows the gap through the floodwall and works associated with the replacement of Scarborough Bridge in 2018/19 to make it accessible.] Looking towards the gap ... [more]
[Image taken 26.11.21] Dame Judi Dench Walk, York. [NOTE: The image on streetview shows the gap through the floodwall and works associated with the replacement of Scarborough Bridge in 2018/19 to make it accessible.] The narrow slope betwee ... [more]
[Image taken 26.11.21] Dame Judi Dench Walk, York. [NOTE: The image on streetview shows the gap through the floodwall and works associated with the replacement of Scarborough Bridge in 2018/19 to make it accessible.] The higher - white laye ... [more]
[Image taken 23.11.21] Tanner's Moat, York. The 'plastic tray', the temporary wheelchair ramp, has gone: #171342. The works to replace the flood gates under Lendal bridge are complete. But I'd been assured the ramp would stay. People in whe ... [more]
[UPDATE: 23.12.21. The temporary - inaccurate - signage here has been removed. (And the 'footway' is open.)] [UPDATE: 21.12.21 This sign 'Footway Ahead Closed' is still in situ. And still inaccurate. I got an immediate reply from the Enviro ... [more]
[UPDATE: 29.11.21. The gap now looks like this: #176252.] [25.11.21. The rough surface with the upstand is still as per the image. There is no sign of the temporary ramp/plastic tray. A local disabled organisation I asked about this replied ... [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The hoardings are around the compound connected with the Museum Gardens flood defence works (www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-to-improve-f ... [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] St Mary's from Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context and links: #175871.
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This lamp on St Mary's is one of the two sources of light near: #175869 and #175870. But it does not reach that junction. Other images tod ... [more]
[UPDATE: 15.11.21. "A ticket has been raised for this." [Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] This light was out 12.11.21. The cycle-ped-wheelchair routes, including to the acc ... [more]
[Image taken 13.11.21] Railway Walk, Marygate car park, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175867, and links.
[Update April 2022: I noticed recently the sign has finally been removed (from behind the railings, lying on the ground). It was not doing its job. It was simply litter and like litter was attracting more rubbish and making the area less at ... [more]
[Image taken 12.11.21] Marygate car park, York. [Note: No streetview at this location.] The bush has gone. The foliage in the drainage channel remains. Context: #173642. Other images today: #175797 and links.
[Image taken 3.11.21] Burton Stone Lane, York. Wet leaves may be pretty but they are also pretty slippery for people on foot and cycles (see also: #175434). Other image here today: #175479.
There's convertible space in this local train along the Adriatic coast of Italy, but it can only be reached by steps.
[Later image: #175803] [Image taken 31.10.21] York rail station, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175432. I moved the sign out of the way of all users of this key entrance to/exit from and through the rail station. Ot ... [more]
[UPDATE: #175803] [Image taken 31.10.21] York rail station, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Context: #175231. Other image here today: #175433. Other images today: #175401 and links.
[NOTE: 8.12.22. Re-reported today. My chain of emails about the issues here goes back to December 2018. Though that may not be the earliest report.][Image taken 31.10.21] Leeman Road, junction with Station Avenue, York. Context and links: # ... [more]
[Image taken 31.10.21] Leeman Road, junction with Station Avenue, York. The issues with surface water collecting here have not been resolved. (Previous image: #171908 and link.) Leaves obscure any hazards beneath them and create a slip haza ... [more]
[Image taken 31.10.21] Clifton Backies, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] The cyclist pushing his cycle through the grass told me that on his outward journey that morning the nearest water extended and incorporated the furthest ... [more]
[Image taken 31.10.21] Clifton Backies, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Surface water after heavy rain. Other images here today: #175401, #175403 and links.
[Image taken 31.10.21] Clifton Backies, York. Sutton Way entrance. [Note: No street view at this location.] Extensive surface water on an already narrow and damaged key commuting (including with shift workers and pupils) route. Other images ... [more]
[UPDATE: #175432.] [UPDATE: Evening of Friday 29.10.21 after a day of heavy rain with more forecast. No change. I will chase up Network Rail who said they could clear up the sand/grit. ][Image taken 24.10.21] Riverside entrance to York rail ... [more]
Way-point on the Via Francigena in southern Tuscany - but hikers and cyclists should take the road in the background to avoid a short stretch of main road.
Rest stop and water point on the Via Francigena in southern Tuscany - but it should be clearer that hikers and cyclists can turn left here to avoid a short stretch of main road.
[Image taken 20.10.21] Waitrose, Foss Islands Way, York. This is the main entrance. But the clutter on the pavement and... more worryingly the insubstantial metal support of the barrier. A blind or partially sighted person might not see it. ... [more]
[Image taken 11.10.21] Leeman Road, Memorial Gardens, York. This is part of the Scarborough Bridge to Ouse Bridge Flood Scheme diversion. Context and links: #174803.
[Image taken 11.10.21] Leeman Road, Memorial Gardens, York. This is part of the Scarborough Bridge to Ouse Bridge Flood Scheme diversion. Sandbags that stabilise signs need to be checked for damage. Their contents are skid and slip hazards ... [more]
[Image taken 11.10.21] Leeman Road, Memorial Gardens, York. This is part of the Scarborough Bridge to Ouse Bridge Flood Scheme diversion. A sand bag used for stabilising a temporary sign has split and been moved/removed. But the sand – a ... [more]
[Route ridden/data captured 8.10.21] York. This is the official, signed, diversion route during the Clementhorpe flood works. It is around 2km long. Typical ride time: around 10m but the junctions mean it could be longer. The route is twist ... [more]
[UPDATE: 9.10.21. The contractors retrieved the sign and put it back into position.] [Image taken 8.10.21] West Esplanade, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Another useless sign. This one is for wheelchair users on the diversion ... [more]
[UPDATE: On the afternoon of 9.10.21 these had gone.] [Image taken 7.10.21] Burton Stone Lane, York. The red frame shows the existence and location of one or more signs not in situ, not doing their jobs. Therefore they are hazards and eyeso ... [more]
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