Salford cycle roundabout
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Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- East central Scotland 🏴
Unfortunately not.
“After extensive consultation with members of the public, cyclists and groups representing people with a wide range of disabilities and visual impairment, the roundabout was created to provide the safest crossing solution.”
Really baffles me that they reached that conclusion.
https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/news/salford-unveils-roundabout-for-cyclists/
“After extensive consultation with members of the public, cyclists and groups representing people with a wide range of disabilities and visual impairment, the roundabout was created to provide the safest crossing solution.”
Really baffles me that they reached that conclusion.
https://www.salford.gov.uk/your-council/news/salford-unveils-roundabout-for-cyclists/
bobzmyunkle
Senior Member
The cyclist looks understandably confused.
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You just have to wonder what these people are really thinking, I maybe doing them an injustice but to me they do not have any concept of how to spend people's money wisely, it's not theirs, it's a bottomless bucket, at some point surely they will wake up to the fact it's not.
I'm just guessing, based on local experience, but odds on that the Council has a Cycling Advocate and a ringfenced pot of money then can only be spent on cycling infrastructure.
Jody
Stubborn git
I would certainly ignore it as either a pedestrian or cyclist
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
When you think of all the consultation fees this must have cost and its still a nightmare. All they had to do was fly to Denmark and talk to any town planning department. They would have got a reply that was cheap and it would work.
Oldhippy
Cynical idealist
There in lays the stupidity @steveindenmark the model has proved effective in so many countries and just involves a bit of cooperation and you get a model that works perfectly. This country for some reason is so inept these days at very simple fixes. Very sad and no wonder the UK is such a shambles now.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I'm not familiar with the location, but to me it looks like a case of a solution looking for a problem.
Some overpaid nobber trying to justify their existence?
Some overpaid nobber trying to justify their existence?
Petrichorwheels
Senior Member
can't help wondering if it's clearer at wheel level.
The eye in the sky shot gives you all the instructions at once, which of course you would never get when walking/cycling.
The eye in the sky shot gives you all the instructions at once, which of course you would never get when walking/cycling.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
I've seen this on a separate thread - what's wrong with a simple crossroads or a small circle of white paint to make it a mini-roundabout?
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Which is why I never use cycle lanes unless my life depends on it (such as avoiding a motorway, etc).
I wonder if the consultation was at all like the road improvements that occurred near to me a few years ago? We visited the residents information/consultation meetings about the road/pedestrian changes being made to the local bypass/duel carriageway that passes the town. We commented on the road plans and were told there would be a phase 2 to the project at a later date to include adding cycling infrastructure to the facilities. Guess what?
The cycling bits were done without further consultation and have resulted in a poorly thought out layout that is effectively unusable and ineffective for most users and has actually reduced cyclist safety. A waste of tax payers money but probably ticks the boxes for council green travel planning/provision?
