Cycle lane hall of shame

[Matthames]

Having seen threads mention about crap cycle lanes.

Take a look at this beauty: http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&l...=WxLy1dZ8cT5cu2gNJQsIAg&cbp=12,74.51,,0,19.06

It is a total waste of council tax payers money on paint and I will never use it. The reason why, just rotate the view around 180 degrees and you will see what I am talking about.

 

[automatic_jon]

Oh that's about par for the course though isn't it? There's a fairly wide one that goes up by Southampton Uni which seems to be filled with small cars, the lane is the perfect width for a fnord fiesta or nissan micra to park in. I had to check it was still a cycle lane at that point and wasn't actually on street parking.

 

[adscrim]

Check this one out. The road is only just wide enough for two cars yet the council felt the need to put cycle lanes on it. You can't actually drive on the right side of the road without being in the lane!

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Check this one out. The road is only just wide enough for two cars yet the council felt the need to put cycle lanes on it. You can't actually drive on the right side of the road without being in the lane!

That one WOULD be perfect

Just needs the addition of:

to make it a fast "Cycle Motorway" with 2 lanes in either direction

 

[Norm]

What is the supposed function of the cycle lane with dotted lines? What purpose is it meant to serve?

I ask because motorists abhor them and cyclists ignore them.

Are they meant to do anything other than allow a box to be ticked in some council office?

 

[mcshroom]

There are some great ones on this site: -

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/

 

[gouldina]

There are some great ones on this site: -

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/

I love that site. My favourite of all time. Truly brilliant. Imagine how much all those signs cost.

 

[snorri]

You can't actually drive on the right side of the road without being in the lane!

As I understand it, it is permissible to drive in the cycle lane as long as there is no cyclist in the lane at the time.

 

[bauldbairn]

I love that site. My favourite of all time. Truly brilliant. Imagine how much all those signs cost.

WTF!!!!! What a spectacular waste of money all those signs are.

Still you have to laugh!!!!!!

 

[Gasman]

One of my own 'favourites'. Even if I did take the pic myself.

 

[biking_fox]

My personal local favourite now available through the glory of Streetview is http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...noid=Vst1DCT25l4cbsDDAILQOg&cbp=12,45.25,,0,5 here.

very short stretches of dualway cyclelane on btis of pavement on both sides of a roundabout. Each cyclelane is less wide than the width of the bike, and barely as long as a bike. No I've never seen anyone even attempt to use them.

 

[gouldina]

One of my own 'favourites'. Even if I did take the pic myself.

That's a cracker fair play.

 

[BigSteev]

This http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=London+E17+6PT,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.575229,-0.029655&spn=0,359.977856&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.575136,-0.029599&panoid=hqHkQBvmogY1oXvrDn5vjA&cbp=12,150.74,,0,-0.14

is near me. What's interesting is that if you move one arrow back down the road you can see how it was before. So now instead of a narrow, not great cycle lane we now have several very wide pedestrian islands which create pinchspots where all but the narrowest of cars have no option but to move over into the cycle lane (as the black car in the pic demonstrates).
Nice one Waltham Forest council.

 

[Armegatron]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=IHf5I4vDehXToKkZ4AaObw&cbp=12,86.42,,0,24.72

The same car is parked there every day. Really irritates me as there is plenty of room on the driveways

And this one slightly gets my goat: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...jPmx61oJIF0bv0vLwkUC1w&cbp=12,168.31,,0,24.22

 

[Theseus]

Having seen threads mention about crap cycle lanes.

Take a look at this beauty: http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&l...=WxLy1dZ8cT5cu2gNJQsIAg&cbp=12,74.51,,0,19.06

It is a total waste of council tax payers money on paint and I will never use it. The reason why, just rotate the view around 180 degrees and you will see what I am talking about.

Is it because of the death ray from the spaceship overhead?