DIY bike lane

[CopperBrompton]

I'm not getting into CC much lately, so excuse me if this has already been posted, but too much fun not to share ...

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFUbrme9V0M[/media]

 

[stowie]

Fantastic.

They appear to have got hold of some of Boris' blue paint!

Since the A11 CSH is going to stop short of the Olympics (for reasons which are too ludicrous to even go into) I wonder if they have any paint left over....

In hackney there is a T junction which has no pedestrian phase and is simply horrendous to cross (no time gap between phases). Someone painted zebras on the road to protest about the lack of pedestrian crossing provision so it does happen here to some extent as well.

In Brazil, I have been on major roads through small towns where the residents have got fed up with speeding traffic and have implemented their own traffic calming measures including pinch points and road humps. Some of these are so fierce that the traffic slows to walking pace to negotiate.

 

[Dan B]

I would like to plant a tall hedge all the way down the middle of Bethnal Green Road. Trouble is, as I understand it one typically plants the hedge small and then waits for it to grow, and it would get killed by speeding minicab drivers long before it reached the necessary height for self-sufficiency.

Any other ideas? Drinking troughs and breezeblocks, I suppose

 

[guitarpete247]

Yehuda and dead Fred seem to have been an influence .

 

[Over The Hill]

Great vid
thanks for posting

 

[CopperBrompton]

Since the A11 CSH is going to stop short of the Olympics (for reasons which are too ludicrous to even go into) I wonder if they have any paint left over....

I have a theory that a hi-viz vest and a clipboard with apparent work orders would allow one to get away with almost anything ...

 

[stowie]

I have a theory that a hi-viz vest and a clipboard with apparent work orders would allow one to get away with almost anything ...

A friend at university did exactly that for a bet. A group of them put in a diversion on a major road and caused mayhem. The police did turn up later in the day, and were nearly fooled until they realised the workmen all looked a bit.. studenty.

 

[subaqua]

Fantastic.

They appear to have got hold of some of Boris' blue paint!

Since the A11 CSH is going to stop short of the Olympics (for reasons which are too ludicrous to even go into) I wonder if they have any paint left over....

In hackney there is a T junction which has no pedestrian phase and is simply horrendous to cross (no time gap between phases). Someone painted zebras on the road to protest about the lack of pedestrian crossing provision so it does happen here to some extent as well.

In Brazil, I have been on major roads through small towns where the residents have got fed up with speeding traffic and have implemented their own traffic calming measures including pinch points and road humps. Some of these are so fierce that the traffic slows to walking pace to negotiate.

Re A11 - lack of joined up governmnts would be my bet, although i bet they use the excuse that national route 1 runs alongside the park.

any chance of a location for the bad T junction.

 

[fossyant]

A friend at university did exactly that for a bet. A group of them put in a diversion on a major road and caused mayhem. The police did turn up later in the day, and were nearly fooled until they realised the workmen all looked a bit.. studenty.

Ah, slim, young, and have hair. Not round, old and bald !

 

[summerdays]

So is anyone able to translate the gist of what was said in the video - which is good ...

 

[Adasta]

So is anyone able to translate the gist of what was said in the video - which is good ...

I'll paraphrase slightly to get to the gist:

From this moment on, we're building on a few years' work...[and], with this bugle, inaugurate, formally, the commencement of the first "Citizen's Cycle Lane" of Guadalajara.

At the end the message says "We are not 100 bikes more; We are 100 cars fewer."

 

[Headgardener]

Perhaps if the cycling community did the same sort of thing here then the facilities wouldn't be short narrow lanes and paths that go nowhere.

 

[kettle]

So is anyone able to translate the gist of what was said in the video - which is good ...

I have always wanted to learn Spanish. Perhaps this in the time. Anybody know any good free sites or dowwnloads for this. Ta

 

[summerdays]

IAt the end the message says "We are not 100 bikes more; We are 100 cars fewer."

Thanks for that ... and I love the last line.... do you think some of the thicker UK motorists would understand it?

 

[Adasta]

I have always wanted to learn Spanish. Perhaps this in the time. Anybody know any good free sites or dowwnloads for this. Ta

Try something like Livemocha; it's free and there's the chance to chat to Spanish people who want to improve their English. Although Central/South American Spanish is quite popular, I suggest trying to learn Castillian Spanish (or "the lispy one") because, once you've cracked that, learning any other accent/dialect is much, much easier.

That being said, I'm not fluent at all, but I'm giving you my tuppence worth anyway!