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Doing something about chicanes

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  1. SRD
    Moderator

    It's pretty clear that most requests for chicanes are coming from community councils and/or neighbourhood partnerships.

    If you really want to do something about this, I suggest you join your local CC or offer to attend NP transport meetings on behalf of Spokes or Living Streets.

    Lionfishy represented Spokes on the SWNP transport committee, which is probably responsible for the Balgreen chicane. Don't know if someone else is attending now or not.

    Too late to get these removed, but you might be able to prevent more.

    I suggested this in the autumn, when CC's had elections, but there are probably still spaces if you contact them and indicate your interest.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    "Too late to get these removed"

    I don't think that's strictly true, though 'the council' doesn't agree with the point of view that seems to the one of most people on here (and Twitter).

    Clearly there is 'other pressure' from those with 'different interests'.

    Of course as 'cyclists', 'we' can be regarded as 'not understanding' (if it suits).

    It seems to me there are two basic problems -

    Chicanes aren't fit for the purpose(s) intended - not least because they restrict the space available and *might* lead to conflict.

    Chicanes (it's unfortunate most recent ones have had to be redone), tactiles (ditto), "cyclists dismount signs (ditto!), shiny "non-slip" surfaces (ditto!!) all suggest that CEC doesn't regard cycling as transport. On roads 'traffic' has the most importance, elsewhere pedestrian 'concerns' are addressed with alacrity.

    So 'we' as hard-pressed, downtrodden, marginalised, vanguards/representatives of the brave-new-active-travel are getting 'upset' (to varying degrees) when 'we' should be praising the council for its progressive policies and ever-rising % of the transport budget.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  3. Nelly
    Member

    So is there one area in CEC which decides to install these obstacles?

    Or are we victim of multiple departments following their own guidelines?

    I don't know the answer, would certainly be easier if there was one focal point within CEC that gave thumbs up/down to infra changes on bike/ped lanes.

    I suspect its not that simple.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  4. sallyhinch
    Member

    Hmm, is there not a bike/pedestrian equivalent of a Traffic Regulation Order? You can't close a road, or even change the speed limit on it, without a TRO. If bikes were seen as a form of transport, rather than a social problem, there would be a similar system...

    Posted 9 years ago #

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