New cycle lane in Ayr

[User6179]

Oh boy.

Maybe that's the bollard installation van?

Apparently not against the law to park on it yet so some folk are .

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/fears-over-free-protest-parking-8917277

 

[EnPassant]

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Apparently not against the law to park on it yet so some folk are .

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/fears-over-free-protest-parking-8917277

It's an offence to obstruct the highway, various legislation covers it so the reporter is talking crap.

What that paper wants is to encourage some drivers to deliberately block it out of spite.

GC

 

[User6179]

What that paper wants is to encourage some drivers to deliberately block it out of spite.

I thought that myself , I wonder where the reporter stays ?

 

[gasinayr]

http://www.ayrshiredailynews.co.uk/…/BREAKING-NEWS-Councill…
Been on the local news today, bike lane getting ripped up

 

[Lonestar]

No sign of bollards on the CS 3 just cars driving down it and parking on it.Plus joggers.

 

[e-rider]

Although this cycle lane might not have been designed well (like most cycle lanes in this country) it appears that the objection primarily comes from motorists who are not happy that taxpayers money has been spent on a cycling 'facility' - this is just another arm of the 'we hate cyclists' motoring group

If you want to see a significant improvement in cycle infrastructure and a change in the attitude of motorists I'd recommend moving to another country becasue it isn't going to happen in the UK in this lifetime!

 

[gasinayr]

It is not the motorists that are complaining about this lane. It is the householders that can't get access to their houses or visiting friends park outside them
Also the main cemetery is on this road, for large funerals cars overflow onto the road. There has been no problem with this until now, but now the whole road gets blocked. Even a bus stopping causes a tailback.
Work started ripping it up yesterday.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It is the householders that can't get access to their houses

I find that hard to believe. Can you show an example, perhaps via Google's street view?

 

[e-rider]

It is not the motorists that are complaining about this lane. It is the householders that can't get access to their houses or visiting friends park outside them
Also the main cemetery is on this road, for large funerals cars overflow onto the road. There has been no problem with this until now, but now the whole road gets blocked. Even a bus stopping causes a tailback.
Work started ripping it up yesterday.

I followed a few of the links for this story and there were several 'motorists' complaining - the articles didn't state whether they were local residents or not. I also find it hard to believe that driveways to houses were blocked

 

[gasinayr]

The driveways were not blocked as such. Bollards were fitted on cycle lane at either side of driveway blocking any parking at houses and cars from drives had to reverse right out onto main road. Not good on a busy A road

 

[gasinayr]

( Glasgow Cyclist )I find that hard to believe. Can you show an example, perhaps via Google's street view?

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/south-ayrshire-councillors-set-launch-8931277

The photo in this link shows the bollards at each side of the driveways

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The driveways were not blocked as such. Bollards were fitted on cycle lane at either side of driveway blocking any parking at houses and cars from drives had to reverse right out onto main road. Not good on a busy A road

Ah, okay. Reversing out of a driveway isn't clever and I'm guessing they did that even before the bollards went in. The loss of on road parking for visitors is tough luck, free parking outside your house doesn't come as standard with a car.

From what I can tell, the road was a single carriageway, two lanes, one each direction and had a painted cycle lane either side. Now, the cycle lane is a segregated two-way lane on one side of the road. All that's changed is the cycle lane is now out of bounds to cars. Road capacity is no different, it's still two lanes, one each direction.

It appears what's irked the locals is loss of the ability to abuse the old painted lanes.

 

[gasinayr]

These clowns are in action again, The grass verge just outside the village of Coylton is too narrow for a cycle lane so they have bought a slice of land for an undisclosed sum from the land owner. More wasted money!

 

[toffee]

These clowns are in action again, The grass verge just outside the village of Coylton is too narrow for a cycle lane so they have bought a slice of land for an undisclosed sum from the land owner. More wasted money!

Why is that a waste?