barriers on cycle paths.

[wiggydiggy]

The roads and transport department of your local council would be the responsible body.
If they will not remove the barrier, they should remove the round blue 'cycle path' sign. It has to be one or the other, it can't be both!
You could also approach a local councillor for assistance, and point out the insanity of wasting public funds on a sign indicating a cycle path beside a barrier preventing cycle access. .
Is there a local cycle campaign group?


Errrr These horizontal wooden spars each side of the barrier look as if they might fall off if someone were to stumble against them as they stopped to take a drink from a water bottle

Most of the barriers I see have indeed been placed between the fencing equivalent of some jelly and so are useless anyway....

http://goo.gl/maps/VRRBI

Another ingeniously useless idea, the lowered section on the left slightly hidden by the undergrowth is for horses, motorcyclist and quadbikes to use to safely get through, the padlocked gate allows emergency access to all emergency vehicles as they carry keys to random chain and padlock combos. Cyclists get the handy A Frame to negotiate.....

http://goo.gl/maps/3RgwM

This features the classic A Frame, a stepover, a sprung gate, and a locakble but currently wide open swing gate. Its amazing the thought process that goes into these lol

 

[Ganymede]

i had a hospital appointment on Thursday and i went by bike due to parking being a joke, but on the way home i decided to go the long way home via the cycle path. but partway down it there is a barrier that is to narrow for my bike to fit through and also entering the park my bike just fits scraping each side. the link below shows the type of barrier i am on about.

should this be reported to the council if so which department. also will the council do anything about it?

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=e...id=XFPYyswvwzHH21i8pCCwQQ&cbp=12,81.8,,0,15.2

Yes go to the council, and if you don't get any joy, go to the local press!

 

[Kookas]

Is it even possible to keep motorbikes off paths using barrier geometry, without also keeping cyclists with flat bars & heavy bikes off? The difference in width is marginal. Councils need to try a different approach.

 

[ComedyPilot]

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/anti-cyclist-barrier.70677/#post-1303561

Not the first time obstruction of cycle paths has been discussed.

 

[snorri]

This features the classic A Frame, a stepover, a sprung gate, and a locakble but currently wide open swing gate. Its amazing the thought process that goes into these lol

That would bring a tear to a glass eye wiggy diggy.
Looks more like the sort of thing apprentice steel fabricators might be asked to produce in order to demonstrate their skills rather than a practical installation for use in the real world.

 

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