Photo listing: road environments (good practice)
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This trial filter on Hartington Road is designed to stop ratrunning through the residential estate, by motorists trying to avoid queues of traffic on the A6. A very good idea IMO.
Flynn campaigned for a crossing here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-24/thomas-street-crossing-bayside-glen-eira-council-teen-advocacy/101828578 https://twitter.com/heathryan16/status/1617777423214587904?s=46&t=OgsCC8mon1dEkNrac7asWw
The bollard in the left gap is back. (Apologies for the poor quality photo.) Compare with photo a couple of days previously: #189003.
From tweet: This year, we completed a transformative redesign of Schermerhorn St in downtown #Brooklyn, converting the street to one-way for vehicles & installing a two-way protected #BikeNYC lane (Boerum Pl to 3rd Ave) bringing major … [more]
It’s Friday afternoon, so who wouldn’t want a bit of informal side street zebra action from Cardiff (Llandaff North & Whitchurch)? Three locations, four crossings. https://t.co/49tary6dZT
This is the solution for where the cycle path meets the road. https://t.co/QiQlcDqkMc Precise location not yet known.
Toucan crossing on North Canal Bank Street, connecting the cycleway to the bascule bridge over the canal.
[Image taken 22.11.22] Crichton Avenue/Wigginton Road, York. Context: #187857. Note that the Iceland driver did not move into the ASL (bike box). Other image today and links: #187856.
Cardiff Council are trialling simple zebra crossings in a number of locations in Llandaff North and Whitchurch. This one has just been put in on the corner of Bishop's Rd and Merthyr Rd. Drivists on the local Facebooks are livid. … [more]
A new street in Clydebank, Titan Boulevard, at last providing a high quality walking and cycling connection between Clydebank College and the town centre, lining up with Hume Street and Abbotsford Road to link to the canal towpath.
Cycle contraflow, 20km/h, pedestrian priority, on a street with lots of independent shops and restaurants
Have a great Thursday! Let’s be bold and courageous like this cyclist in Cambridge transporting their cello - impressive! #thursdayvibes https://t.co/j8uT6UZsT1
Bin bags suspended from third floor windows for collection in the Castello area of venice. Note the uncluttered street, despite washing strung across to the opposite side and a street light affixed to the building.
Venice bin collection: In the morning the bin collectors call out Zeno! and collect rubbish bags left outside doors or suspended by rope from upstairs windows using these large trolleys.
There's a succession of traffic-calming features with cycle bypasses along the minor road from St Gervais to Sallanches.
This lamppost is the only hint that there is a Charles Rennie Mackintosh art centre here. It has burned down twice and is obscured by the dense scaffolding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh
[Image taken 10.8.22] Taco Bell, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York. The new signage (the banner left) requesting drivers turn off their engines and the previous format (a vulnerable piece of paper in a plastic wallet). Other image here … [more]
[NOTE: On 27.8.22 I was sitting at the tables outside. No-one kept the crossing clear (the flimsy sign in the image has disappeared.) No-one that I noticed turned off their engine. As we were ready to leave an employee came out. I thought … [more]
A binswinger (list price is €886) on the crossings of cycle routes in Wilhelmshaven. This section of the path toward the cemetery is narrow, but otherwise it's good practice.
[Image taken 7.7.22] Waterside, Knaresborough. The iconic viaduct, boats for hire on the river Nidd, open air cafes and it's cycle-friendly too. Other images here today and links: #184213.
[UPDATE: On 21.7.22 I saw the Road Closed sign had been removed.] [Image taken 4.7.22] Coppergate (Nessgate end) York. Context: #183629. The planter is no smaller but it now has reflective details. The bashed sign that was on the road is … [more]
[Image taken 25.6.22] Rowntree Wharf, Navigation Road, York. The slotted drain cover has been replaced with one buggy, cycle, scooter, wheelchair wheels can't get trapped in. Context: #182120. Other image here today: #183751. Other images … [more]
[Image taken 17.6.22] Coppergate direction of Pavement/Piccadilly, York. The single cycle logo (see: #183406) has become four. This must hugely reduce any chance of confusion over who should be where. Other images here today and links: … [more]
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