RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Then you won't know how strssed they can get
Cycling revival UK
- Thread starter snorri
- Start date
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Then you won't know how strssed they can get
You been in Lincoln hospital recently?
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
Last time I had a hospital appointment, there was nowhere to park my bike and I had to lock it to a sign
vickster
Squire
No as it's not private afaik
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Plenty of places to park bikes at the local hospital, but little chance of a space. AFAICT, this was taken fairly early morning, yet still the main entrance parking was pretty full: https://goo.gl/maps/ZUd9fHFm4fS2
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Well, yes, but most hospitals woefully underprovide cycle parking. The only hospital I know which has many spaces showing on Street View is Weston General in the famously cyclist-hostile North Somerset - at most, flyparking is visible. (I only checked those I know as cycle parking is often not on maps and not obvious - as well as Addenbrookes, I checked King's Lynn, Norwich, Northampton, Milton Keynes and BRI.)
It's very disappointing as cycle parking should be a relatively cheap public health win for the NHS.
I'm surprised if that's not a breach of planning permission conditions. If it isn't, then the local council has missed a trick.
jefmcg
Guru
Well, if you are not, then how are you getting home? Driving while exhausted is as dangerous as driving drunk.
Cycling is visibly very popular in London, fwiw.
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
Tube or bus either works
Similar story here in Manchester. Motorists are quite content to sit in traffic all the way into the city centre in single occupancy vehicles even though on bike it would probably be quicker, even for a slow cyclist. Transport for Greater Manchester is only obsessed with buses and trams and therefore all the 'improvements' to cycling infrastructure they are making at the moment are generally misguided at best and dangerous at worst in order to prioritise buses and make motorists even more angsty.
Was a lovely morning today, saw perhaps 10-15 cyclists max on a 10 mile commute. It's shocking really, especially after having spent a few years living in London where cycling really is taking off.
Was a lovely morning today, saw perhaps 10-15 cyclists max on a 10 mile commute. It's shocking really, especially after having spent a few years living in London where cycling really is taking off.
You see as many as that? 15 miles each way for me and I usually see perhaps 1 or 2 at most in Winter, half a dozen in Summer. And half of those aren't commuting.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I have to attend my local hospital (Inverclyde Royal, 15 miles away) every other year for a check up due to a heart arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation). If the weather is half decent then I cycle there, via the very hilly Brisbane Glen route. There are no bike facilities at Inverclyde, and I have yet to see another bike there. Having said that, it is located at the top of a hill! The staff at the cardiology department are always surprised/impressed/amused that an AF patient cycles 15 miles each way to an appointment and is then asked to do a treadmill assessment 
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