Cyclist spotted holding up traffic - while ignoring new £1.2m cycle path
- Thread starter Alien8
- Start date
-
- Tags
- cycle path traffic
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Bonus
Veteran
- Location
- Ainsa, Spain
Same old same old. Half a story, peppered with nonsense, written for people who will lap it up regardless.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I ain't cycling down a cycle lane that's littered with driveways.... Don't give a fook how much it cost
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
FTFY. You can't ride much.
Not seen the one in the OP yet but Cambridge News is a bit of a shoot stirrer so the report is probably sphericals in all the ways pointed out so far and then some.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
All these local chipwrappers are wannabe Daily Mails, with the editor famcyimg himself as a hybrid of Hitler and Rupert Murdoch.
classic33
Leg End Member
Where did they get mentioned?
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
If the infrastructure was in Cambridge that seems about right, probably even more dangerous, as you have students on bikes, lots of them.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
And a few strategically placed trees, posts, broken glass bottles and dog turds.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I'm guessing the Cambridge Evening News circulation area is some sort of travel Utopia where no one is ever inconvenienced by parked or moving motor vehicles, but only by the odd bicycle?
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
And therein lies the problem. The infrastructure is designed for a nice family pootle at 8mph with the kids. For that it works fine
But if you're a cyclist wanting to go a bit faster (dare I say it, a "serious" cyclist) then you're far better off on the road
But other road users see cyclists as a homogenous group and that causes the conflict. The issue lies in design of the infrastructure
Nail. Head.
My bike is my primary means of transportation, I use it to go to work, or the shops. When the infrastructure becomes an inconvenience, thats actually a big problem for me.
Part of the run into work is down a fairly wide and busy A-road. On each side of the road there was a wide pavement, which the council has split and designated as a cycle route. The road side half being for cycling, where the bus stops, trees, phone cabinets and railing lie, then by the time you've added side roads and driveways, it's difficult to reach a 10mph average moving speed.
That's fine for a family or for kids out for a bit of fresh air, but it's wholly unfit for the purpose of transportation.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Post #1.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The Cambridge cycling phenomenon pre-dates the motor car. That being the case, why choose to live in Cambridge if they have a downer on bicycles?
Its like daughter #1's village, where the church bells have sounded since the 1200's. Some Muppet moves in from outside , clearly not noticing the dirty great church next door when the viewed the house, and has the cheek to complain about the noise.
Its like daughter #1's village, where the church bells have sounded since the 1200's. Some Muppet moves in from outside , clearly not noticing the dirty great church next door when the viewed the house, and has the cheek to complain about the noise.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
That website is absolutely nothing to do with the Department for Transport. HTH.
(If I set up a website called Alien8smum.com, that doesn't make me your mum.)
