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| 153290 |  | Route sign directs cyclists across a level crossing with awkward kissing gates either side #153284 , dismount, then walk across a pedestrian only bridge rather than ride a short stretch of carriageway. And just in case folk might think this is a bit too much bother there is a fence to stop anyone getting ideas above their station. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 153284 |  | Kissing gates on either side of the level crossing. Awkward at the best of times, but completely bonkers if a group of cyclists is trying to get clear the railway when the red light starts flashing and have to slowly negotiate the gate one at a time. Why cyclists are directed through here when it leads to a pedestrian only bridge is beyond me. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 151148 |  | cyclists can ride on the busway as far as the roundabout, but no further. Why? | General sign/notice: Problem signs | |
| 151147 |  | Cyclists can ride on the busway this far but no further. Why? | General sign/notice: Problem signs | |
| 151146 |  | Runcorn busway. cyclists now allowed to use this stretch during daylight hours - but only as far as the roundabout where all other exits are prohibited for cyclists: #151147 , #151148 Presumably cyclists are expected to turn round and come back again! | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs | |
| 151144 |  | Runcorn busway - virtually traffic free roads which make for an ideal cycling environment. Unfortunately cyclists are prohibited from most of them, but as a response to the pandemic cyclists are allowed to ride along this stretch, but only during the hours of daylight. | Road environment: Infrastructure road | |
| 151143 |  | Cyclists allowed to use part of the Runcorn busway part of the time. | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs | |
| 151142 |  | Sign advising motorists to give way when crossing the popup cycle lane. | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 151141 |  | Covid 19 popup cycle lane - How do you get into it? | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 151140 |  | Popup cycle lane - rather narrow for a 2-way use. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 151139 |  | Covid 19 popup cycleway route sign | Route sign: Infrastructure routesigns | |
| 151138 |  | The good news: As a response to the pandemic cyclists now allowed to ride on this Runcorn busway. The bad news: but only a small part of the network and only during the daylight - which is going to make it less useful now that the days are getting shorter. | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs | |
| 151137 |  | Cyclists Dismount sign illustrates just how poor the new cycleway design is. Totally unnecessary since the adjacent busway only takes 4 buses per hour - if only cyclists were allowed to use it. | General sign/notice: Problem signs | |
| 150587 |  | Narrow shared use pavement passes through a bus shelter | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 150577 |  | Dropped kerb needed on link between Runcorn Loop Cycleway and disused busway. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 140394 |  | Last stretch of Black Bear Park greenway finally gets a tarmac surface. Unfortunately the anti-cycle barrier is #84821 wasn't removed while they were at it. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 140393 |  | Black Bear park now surfaced - addresses the step. The ramp up to Kingsway could still do to be wider. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 140392 |  | Sankey Street closed to cars to enable footway widening. | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 140390 |  | Cones are now less cluttered and there is a more substantial barrier. However, the cycle lane is still unnecessarily narrow and blocked at the far end: #140387 | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 140389 |  | Entrance to covid-19 pop-up cycle lane blocked by cones and a sign. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 140387 |  | Pop-up cycle lane on Bold Street now has more substantial barriers ... obstructing the exit onto Wilson Patten Street | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 139539 |  | Cattle pen removed from central island to give more space to pedestrians as a resonse to the covid pandemic. Unfortunately the cycle is still very long so queues of pedestrians still build up. | Road environment: Infrastructure road | |
| 139538 |  | Carriageway reallocated to create wider footway with temporary bus boarding platform as a response to the covid pandemic. | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 139537 |  | Parking spaces taken out to widen the footway as a response to the covid pandemic. I'm not sure why they didn't take the whole width of the parking bay - or indeed some of the carriageway, which is very wide at this point. | Road environment: Infrastructure road | |
| 139535 |  | Temporary covid footway widening. | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 139534 |  | Temporary pedestrian crossing as a response to the covid pandemic. Unfortunately the pedestrian signal heads are facing the wrong way! It shows just how much road space is available. Update 2nd July: Pedestrian signal heads now facing the correct direction. Update 20th July: It has now been removed - presumably staying in place just long enough to qualify for the emergency funding. | Road environment: Infrastructure road | |
| 137727 |  | Covid-19 funding used to fund a very short stretch of this long needed improvement of this stretch of cycleway #52592 - (they didn't get as far as #84321) You would have thought that they would have cleared the vegetation while they were at it (photo taken a couple of weeks after the work finished!) | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 137725 |  | Covid-19 road closure on Academy Way leaves a gap for cyclists. (if a bit on the tight side) | Temporary closure: Infrastructure closure | |
| 137723 |  | Someone forgot to include cyclists on the the covid-19 road closure sign. | Temporary closure: Problem closure | |
| 137722 |  | Cyclists exempt from the covid-19 road closure on Winwick Street. Unfortunately the sign at the other end doesnt mention cyclists #137723 | Temporary closure: Good practice closure | |
| 137717 |  | Covid-19 road closure of Barbauld Street. This creates an opportunity to create a cycle route from Warrington Town centre to the south via Arpley Road (in the distance #137710 ) avoiding the Bridge Foot Giratory. A crossing of Wilson Patten Street is needed. | Temporary closure: Infrastructure closure | |
| 137710 |  | Opportunity to create a cycle route into the town centre from Arpley Road to the recently closed stretch of Barbauld Street (in the distance #137717 ). Just needs a short stretch of cycle path from here to a toucan crossing of Wilson Patten Street (A5061). | Other: Infrastructure general | |
| 137041 |  | The road is wide enough for marked parking bays so plenty of room to widen the pavement, but what does Warrington Council do? Make the pavements one way! What are you supposed to do if you want to get to the high street? Walk all the way up to the crossing at the London Bridge and all the way back on the other side of the A49. UPDATE 25th JUNE: New temporary pedestrian crossing installed hee: #139534 | Road environment: Problem road | |
| 137034 |  | Pavement so narrow that the sides of the bus shelter had to be removed - yet the council put signs up telling pedestrians to "Maintain the Gap". How? UPDATE 25th June: Carriageway space has been reallocated to widen the bus stop: #139538 | Road environment: Problem road | |
| 137023 |  | The high street is very wide and even has space for parking bays, yet the best Warrington Borough Council can come up with as a response to the pandemic is stickers telling pedestrians to maintain their distance on the narrow pavement left over. UPDATE 25th June: The parking bays have now been reallocated to pedestrians: #139537 | Road environment: Problem road | |
| 137021 |  | What is needed is wider pavements - not signs telling pedestrians to mind the gap on a pavement that is obviously too narrow. The road is very wide here. UPDATE 25th June: barriers have been installed to widen the footway: #139535 | Road environment: Problem road | |
| 137019 |  | Just putting stickers down to tell pedestrians to "Maintain the Gap" when the pavement squeezes between a building and railings is rather missing the point. | Road environment: Problem road | |
| 133601 |  | Modal filter outside the Parr Hall | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 133599 |  | Good that cyclists are exempted from pop-up covid left turn ban at the end of Winmarleigh Street, but it is a real squeeze to get into the cycle lane past the sign at elbow height. It's not as if the road is narrow. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133586 |  | Cyclists exempt from the covid-19 turning restriction on Winmarleigh St. A shame the implementation at the junction is so poor #133599 | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 133584 |  | A forest of cones makes the southern end of the Bold Street pop-up contraflow cycle lane a bit of an obstacle course. UPDATE 27th June: It gets worse. Now there are more substantial barriers blocking the exit of the cycle lane: #140387 | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133581 |  | Cycle bypass to the road closure on Academy Way. A bit of a squeeze past the sign. | Temporary closure: Problem closure | |
| 133577 |  | Pop-up contraflow cycle lane on Bold Street - mostly occupied by cones. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133574 |  | cones obstructing the eastern end of the St Austins Lane pop-up cycle lane.Why? | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133570 |  | pop-up contraflow cycle lane on St Austins Lane. While the idea is good the implementation is dreadful. Until yesterday the road was taking 2-way motor traffic, so why on earth does the cycle lane have to be so narrow with signs further constricting the entrance? UPDATE 29th June: and it gets worse! now there is a cone to protect the sign further obstructing the entrance to the cyle lane: #140389 | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133101 |  | Half-width covid-19 pop-up cycle lane on the Kingsway bridge. It is only 1.2m between the fence and the cones so much too narrow to ride comfortably. Heading in the other direction it makes it very difficult for cyclists to turn right onto Sandy Lane which they need to do to reach the Black Bear cycleway. UPDATE July 20th: Good News - The cycle lane has been removed. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133093 |  | To continue riding on the A56 covid-19 pop-up cycleway from here you need to head right (where it is blocked by the two blue arrows) across the path of motor traffic heading straight on up Barton Road. An accident waiting to happen. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133088 |  | The A56 gains 10m of pop-up cycle lane | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 133085 |  | Sign saying nothing at all blocks the half-width cycle lane on the A56 in Trafford. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133083 |  | Sign as part of the pop-up covid-19 cycle lane on the A56 in Trafford. Why? | General sign/notice: Problem signs | |
| 133078 |  | Covid-19 pop-up cycle lane on the A56 through Trafford. Busy high-speed slip road for the M60 motorway crosses the cycle lane. To motorists this just appears to be coned off road works. For a video showing how dangerous this is see: #news4trafford.co.uk/2020/06/05/cyclists-cheer-about-the-new-pop-up-cycling-lanes-in-trafford-we-spot-the-dangers/ | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 133071 |  | Covid-19 pop-up cycle lane on the A56 in Sale. Too many high speed crossings . | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 115897 |  | Cycling permitted in Warrington town centre Pedestrian and Cycle Zone | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 115896 |  | cycling now permitted on Buttermarket Street (formerly pedestrians only) | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 115895 |  | Cycling now allowed in Warrington town centre pedestrian zone | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 115894 |  | Cycling now permitted on Sankey Street (formally pedestrians only) | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 115893 |  | Cycling now allowed in Warrington town centre pedestrianised area. | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 115890 |  | Cycling now permitted on Bridge Street. (formerly a pedestrian zone) | General sign/notice: Good practice signs | |
| 113996 |  | Cycleway heading north from the Birchwood Way roundabout does not provide a dropped kerb for cyclists to continue along Crab Lane. Instead the cycleway turns left along Fearnhead Lane where is simply stops #113995 (again with no dropped kerb) | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 113995 |  | Cycleway comes to an end with no dropped kerb to rejoin the carriageway. You would have though it might have occurred to the planners to provide a legally useable cycle crossing at this point rather than routing cyclists to a pedestrian only crossing. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 113994 |  | Illustrates the anti-cycling policies of Warrington Council. Cycleway is only provided with crossings on the entrance arms of the roundabout - NOT the exits. This means that cyclists face the added danger and delay of having to make extra crossings of the circulating carriageway. Any movement through the junction involves stopping and waiting at four separate toucan crossings, guarunteed to be out of phase with each other. To add insult to injury, even if you arrive at the crossing and push the button while motor traffic is held at red you do not get a green signal until the next complete cycle. While at a superficial level the council claims to be spending money on facilities for cyclists it is clear that the only purpose of this is to avoid cyclists causing any impedence whatsoever to the movement of motor vehicles. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 113993 |  | A frame barrier across tarmac path serves no purpose whatsoever as it is easily bypassed by the rough path to the right. | Obstruction: Infrastructure obstructions | |
| 113420 |  | Tawd Vale Cycleway - Reflective studs either side for use at nighr | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways | |
| 112312 |  | Sign about works on the Tawd Valley Cycleway. #tawd.net/2019/10/23/cycleway-progress/ Update 2020: Cycleway now open #113420 | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs | |
| 112311 |  | cycle bridge with separate footway | Dutch-style cycleway: Infrastructure dutchcycleways | |
| 111346 |  | Chicane barriers on the Transpennine trail NCN62. I suppose the idea is to slow down cyclists approaching the road, but this is entirely unnecessary as they are at the top of a steep ramp. The one positive is that they are a great improvement on the previous arrangement #83665. | Obstruction: Infrastructure obstructions | |
| 111345 |  | Link from Black Bear Park to Maple Grove. There used to be an obstructive "A Frame" barrier here - the two wooden posts are much easier to negotiate - though completely pointless. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110405 |  | Walton Gardens bike shelter | Cycle parking: Good practice cycleparking | |
| 110404 |  | Bollards prevent motor access through the decks - while not hindering cyclists. | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 110403 |  | TWO years on and there is still no way to cycle from Runcorn to Widnes during weekdays.Work has overrun on the old bridge and cycling is prohibited on the new one - #103166 | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 110402 |  | The tarmac finishes here | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 110401 |  | Sign directs the Bridgewater Way onto the right hand fork - which leads to some steps #88334. It is far more sensible to keep to the newly tarmacked towpath. | Route sign: Problem routesigns | |
| 110400 |  | surface transition #54455 now fixed, with a tarmac surface under the bridge | Other: Infrastructure general | |
| 110399 |  | Surface transition has been improved since #85012 | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110398 |  | Bridgewater Way (RCN 82) | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110397 |  | New surface on Bridgewater Way (RCN 82) | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110396 |  | Bridgewater Way (RCN 82) now with tarmac surface | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110395 |  | Bridgewater Way (RCN 82) | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110394 |  | New tarmac surface on Bridgewater Way. Not as smooth as it should be but a great improvement of the muddy towpath. #88161 | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 110059 |  | Underpass | Dutch-style cycleway: Infrastructure dutchcycleways | |
| 110058 |  | Underpass | Dutch-style cycleway: Infrastructure dutchcycleways | |
| 110057 |  | Underpass | Dutch-style cycleway: Infrastructure dutchcycleways | |
| 109905 |  | cyclists must give way in order to reach this very short cycle lane hugging dangerously close to stopped busses in the blind spot - then give way again at the other end. All while the general traffic lane sails serenely past. Utterly bonkers. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 109904 |  | General traffic lane has priority over traffic entering the road from the right, but the cycle lane gives way. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 109903 |  | Cycle lane channels cyclists to the left hand side of a left hand filter lane. Are they trying to engineer left hooks? | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 109902 |  | A rare example of genuine road space reallocation. Two general traffic lanes converted to a cycle lane and a single traffic lanes separated by a hatched buffer strip. | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 109738 |  | Poor signage on NCN 68. Where the canal goes through the Foulridge Tunnel the route over the top is not obvious and several junctions are not signed. | Route sign: Problem routesigns | |
| 109555 |  | Site closed long before the cycle path was created - yet the designers still feel the need to make cyclists give way. | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 109554 |  | Coran Ferry | Other: Infrastructure general | |
| 109553 |  | It is important to read this sign - especially if you are hoping to ride along NCN route 78 to Fort William on a Sunday. Camusnagaul Ferry #83656 does to operate on Sundays and there are only 4 crossings/day on weekdays. The warning would be more useful on the Coran side - before you cross to Ardgour. | Route sign: Problem routesigns | |
| 109552 |  | Don't expect too much in terms of "facilities" on this stretch of the national cycle network. | General sign/notice: Problem signs | |
| 109551 |  | Cyclists may turn right at the lights | Road environment: Good practice road | |
| 109550 |  | Even the Car Shop has covered cycle parking | Cycle parking: Infrastructure cycleparking | |
| 104313 |  | Lamp post in the middle of the cycleway | Obstruction: Problem obstructions | |
| 103669 |  | Useless short stretch of shared use pavement | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 103392 |  | modal filter | Road environment: Infrastructure road | |
| 103391 |  | bus shelter in the middle of the cycleway | Cycleway: Problem cycleways | |
| 103389 |  | cycleway | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways | |
| 103388 |  | chicane barrier | Obstruction: Infrastructure obstructions | |
| 103387 |  | Cycleway. 3.5m wide, smooth tarmac and lit. Access control is a single bollard. Much more civilised than #83626 | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
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