Photo listing : obstructions (good practice)
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The old road under the old railway bridge has been closed to motor vehicles, but remains open to cycling and walking into the Kinneil Estate.
UPDATE 1 The cycle by pass is now in place and community have taken ownership by decorating ! https://www.facebook.com/groups/gorgeousgorsehill/permalink/511524805682361/ At the end of the Railway Road is a kerb to make it a cul de sac this ... [more]
The chicanes here are to dissuade cyclists from the steep bank just after, and that is probably a good thing and anyway there is quite a good nearby alternative just a little further.
Old Leicester and Swannington railway line, now a cycleway. Access barriers designed to allow for horses and cycles to pass.
Old Leicester and Swannington railway line, now a cycleway. Access barriers designed to allow for horses and cycles to pass.
Well-placed bollard at the end of the new connection to Red Cross Lane. Strange & unnecessary but harmless give way markings, I suppose.
Low white concrete bollards allow cyclists to pass while preventing motor vehicles crossing the bridge. A far superior solution than the kissing gate at the other end of the bridge
Previously locked central gate removed, removing need for cyclists to open sprung side gate. Planter boxes obstruct central gate enough to prevent motor vehicle access, but not enough to stop footway parking alongside. See also #85471.
Posts with reflective strips prevent motor vehicle access to Woolston Park while presenting no obstacle for cyclists.
Gate prevents motor vehicle access to Green Lane - and there is a nice wide gap for cyclists to ride past.
Choice of by-way or bridleway. We chose the bridleway. It looks well-cared-for here, and the sign asks you to kindly close the gate.
At last, Tesco have discovered it is possible to drive an extra 10m up the road to avoid blocking the cycle lane on East Road
Generous chicanes at crossing of minor road just right to slow cyclists where the walls make blind corners.
Recently added self shutting gate at Romsey Rec - a good idea for slowing down bikes onto this park at a blind corner. It is probably a bit of a pain for wheelchair / mobility scooters when approaching from the side where the gate opens ... [more]
Bicycle permeable barriers at this end of the Middlewood Way. I think the bit on the right is for horses to step over.
Barriers removed along cycle route from Springfield Green to Chelmsford city centre. Now two simple bollards mark the point. Other barriers along the route have also been removed as have barriers on other routes, thanks to a concerted effor ... [more]
Finally, a newly modified cycle gutter on the station platform bridge! Two years and three months or so after the original botched install, (L-shaped rail immediately under handrail) and the subsequent botched attempted remedy (move L-sha ... [more]
Barrier on Town Close Footpath apparently designed to allow bikes (and other things like push chairs) to be pushed but not ridden through.
Barrier on Town Close Footpath apparently designed to allow bikes (and other things like push chairs) to be pushed but not ridden through.
This gate easy to get around without hindering path users too much, but enough to slow users down at road crossing
Bateman St mandatory counterflow cycle lane is frequently blocked by workmen's vans, but this one has left space for East-bound cyclists, while still allowing motor vehicles through.
Oldenburg cycleways. These steps have an incorporated ramp – but large bollards have been added to stop pedstrians stepping onto the ramp.
Very pleasing to see the new bollard painted white after I pointed this out to our hard working cycling officer- even though he thought it was visible enough beforehand.
Sue Abbot's awesome campaign to fight helmet laws. Nice intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLoPA_I6SL8 Update: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ1CWfgOal8
The chicanes at the ends of this railway underpass were attacked by Ninja Knitters in March 2011... http://www.streathamaction.org.uk/node/196
A bike ride from Chippenham to Calne. The sign warns that: "The cycleway will be CLOSED to all traffic between Blackdog and Stanley every THURSDAY from 9am to 3:30pm from November to February inclusive."
A nicely generous chicane - but probably like this to help mobility scooters as this path is no cycling.
These yellow posts are a distinctive feature of the Milton Keynes redway system - crossing a residential road here.
Another cycle access gate, the mobility scooter got through this gap too - after she folded in her wing mirror.
These bicycle access narrowings vary a bit some quite tight, others loose. There's a horse step over on the left.
Another restriction - necessary here to stop motor vehicles getting onto the bridge behind the camera. This is on the TPT see: http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/
I think that's a channel on the left edge of these steps, to help wheel bikes, then again it might just be a drain.
Sometimes there can be terrible obstructions for cyclists on Dutch streets. This is one of the main streets through Assen.
This gate is now pinned ajar to let cyclists through, but why is there a big sign on the left asking them to dismount?
The Boris Bikes just fit through these filters - but the gates were wide open anyway. The Greenway - a disused railway line - see #29722 for opening times.
Compared to the horrid situation previously (see #12089) the new arrangements strike a better balance to force slowing down for the junction.
Proof that deliveries and works to this hotel do not need to be done by blocking the Regent Street cycle lane near Pizza Hut.
These bollards have been moved further apart so that they can allow wider non-motorised traffic, such as tricycles and trailers.
Much improved bollard arrangement at the start of the path to the Riverside Bridge. The previous pair of bollards forced people entering and leaving the path into each others' way, creating conflict and confusion (see #13896 ). This singl ... [more]
The angle makes all the difference. This barrier, locked open, should be negotiable by all path users.
Close-up of Cambridge cattle grid (used on cycleways to avoid obstructions), showing exit feature for animals who would otherwise get stuck
Close-up of Cambridge cattle grid (used on cycleways to avoid obstructions), showing exit feature for animals who would otherwise get stuck
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