CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
The Bridge to Everywhere?
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Posted 11 years ago #
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It's going to be a good piece of infrastructure. The cycle tracks have been open for a while - there are even cycle-specific traffic lights at the junctions, which is nice.
Unfortunately, the cycle tracks are frequently obstructed by drivers, who feel entitled to dump their vehicles wherever they like, and this inevitably results in you having to dismount and walk around them. Some of the bollards that used to line the cycle tracks are gone already because drivers have crashed into them. Requests for intervention by traffic wardens are met with complete indifference. It would never occur to me to suggest that people who are inconvenienced like this should key the offending cars - certainly not.
Posted 11 years ago # -
There is a lot of height gain on that.
I wanted Groucho, Harpo and Chico as the statues.
I'll have a bash when it opens but I don't think I'll be a regular user, not very keen on heights, I don't even like the Expressway -> Kingston Bridge car lane as it's level with the building roof.
Posted 11 years ago # -
There's a photo of proper segregated cycle tracks with a kerb - too narrow, of course, but I assume cars can't park in them? Or do people bump over the kerbs?
Posted 11 years ago # -
Yup, they bump over the kerbs. And obviously there are gaps in the segregation at side roads, so they nip in there as well. The cycle tracks are just wide enough for a car. This happens even on stretches of the route where there are designated car parking places on the other side of the street - i.e. almost all of it. Sheer laziness and selfishness. I'd like to see the council carry out enforcement with cameras like they already do with bus lanes.
Posted 11 years ago # -
NI Greenways in Belfast do regular surveys of parking in the bike lanes (they pick a day and get people to send in camera footage from their route to work). So far they've had no actual enforcement response from the council, but maybe something for Glasgow cyclists to try and shame the council into action?
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