https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...dle-down-to-design-error-says-council-3909037
Here we go yet again funding by tick box and cycle Infrastructure on the cheep.
Here we go yet again funding by tick box and cycle Infrastructure on the cheep.
Why not in front of good infra? That'll be more inspiring... and, sadly, more of a challenge in the UK.I'm amazed there hasn't been a my bike in front of dumb cycling infrastructure photo thread.
At least the council spokesperson accepted it was an error and said they'll fix it. The "errors and omissions on the design drawings which should have been corrected during construction" is a bit rich, though, blaming the builders for not spotting the designers' mistake. That rarely happens. To be blunt, the people with shovels don't have the overview to spot and correct most of these errors.https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...dle-down-to-design-error-says-council-3909037
Here we go yet again funding by tick box and cycle Infrastructure on the cheep.
I'm amazed there hasn't been a my bike in front of dumb cycling infrastructure photo thread. There probably has at some point I guess. In Gillingham, Kent there is a cycling path with a bus stop straddling it, lamp posts, trees, sudden dead ends all over the shop.
It's more a case of the various departments not talking to each other. There's Highways, street lighting and then the safer cleaner greener team. All with their own points to prove and plans to implement.https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...dle-down-to-design-error-says-council-3909037
Here we go yet again funding by tick box and cycle Infrastructure on the cheep.
At least the council spokesperson accepted it was an error and said they'll fix it. The "errors and omissions on the design drawings which should have been corrected during construction" is a bit rich, though, blaming the builders for not spotting the designers' mistake. That rarely happens. To be blunt, the people with shovels don't have the overview to spot and correct most of these errors.
A more likely cause of this problem is that lampposts are not usually shown on consultation plans and added later by lighting teams who mainly care about lighting carriageways, not avoiding cycleways.
The street lights have been moved back from the road edge as the old sodium lighting has been replaced with LED lighting.At least the council spokesperson accepted it was an error and said they'll fix it. The "errors and omissions on the design drawings which should have been corrected during construction" is a bit rich, though, blaming the builders for not spotting the designers' mistake. That rarely happens. To be blunt, the people with shovels don't have the overview to spot and correct most of these errors.
A more likely cause of this problem is that lampposts are not usually shown on consultation plans and added later by lighting teams who mainly care about lighting carriageways, not avoiding cycleways.
It's more a case of the various departments not talking to each other. There's Highways, street lighting and then the safer cleaner greener team. All with their own points to prove and plans to implement.
I'm amazed there hasn't been a my bike in front of dumb cycling infrastructure photo thread. There probably has at some point I guess. In Gillingham, Kent there is a cycling path with a bus stop straddling it, lamp posts, trees, sudden dead ends all over the shop.
The councillor mentioned in that piece has a record of jumping on things like these. He's no viable alternative to offer to most of the "faults" and refuses to recognise that the initial problem was the crossing in this case. One which had the pavement built out to try and slow traffic down.Then throw in an elected mayor who has little clue and believes the only way to prove you need one. Is by trying to be TV every week and shouting the loudest. You've a right recipe for a total mess.
Unlike most, that shoot is intentional, standard practice from the Highways Agency's 1990s manual. Not allowed new since 2016(?) but still no order to remove existing ones.And of course these:
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The councillor mentioned in that piece has a record of jumping on things like these. He's no viable alternative to offer to most of the "faults" and refuses to recognise that the initial problem was the crossing in this case. One which had the pavement built out to try and slow traffic down.