https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9892314lx7o
Looks very minor compared to mishmash in the north east.
Looks very minor compared to mishmash in the north east.
Street furniture.
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On that one it is safest to follow the edge, fast bikes can suddenly appear on your right.
Further down, same day, east on the Amazon way curved path approaching Follingby Lane, and without furniture I encounterec a very fast road cyclist. He did a shoulder look behind and hopped onto the road to avoid colliding with me. I assumed he was late for work. My first move was left but for his speed he chose a 'quick decision' manoeuvre. Not that it mattered, myself fast realising momentum was keeping him right. He gave the appearance of being late for work whilst the other near miss was with masked ebikers.
Further down, same day, east on the Amazon way curved path approaching Follingby Lane, and without furniture I encounterec a very fast road cyclist. He did a shoulder look behind and hopped onto the road to avoid colliding with me. I assumed he was late for work. My first move was left but for his speed he chose a 'quick decision' manoeuvre. Not that it mattered, myself fast realising momentum was keeping him right. He gave the appearance of being late for work whilst the other near miss was with masked ebikers.
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The one in the BBC article may be because Lincs CC are obsessed with putting street lights as close to the road as possible, to give motorists the most light possible, and to hell with walkers or cyclists. That sort of shoot is why they have the joint-lowest rating from Active Travel England.
All uphill
Still rolling along
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- Somerset
I'm a wee bit obsessed with street furniture. Not the individual items, more the awful, ugly clutter of posts, signs, directions and injunctions everywhere.
They distract from our public spaces, prevent us seeing what is around us and must cost a fortune.
The only thing I like about Poundbury, Charles's toytown in Dorset, is the reduced road signs and road markings.
They distract from our public spaces, prevent us seeing what is around us and must cost a fortune.
The only thing I like about Poundbury, Charles's toytown in Dorset, is the reduced road signs and road markings.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Theres a lamp post dead in the middle of a cycle path near me. The district Council wont move it due to wanting to maximise Kier Construction's sharholder return the expense.
Ill get a pic next time im over there.
Ill get a pic next time im over there.
Do you mean Poundbury ? ( or Poundland as it's sometimes referred to locally) There's a big Tesco nearby, probably the best built of the Tesco estate. Even the aircon / refrigeration units were relocated from the roof so it's not an " eyesore " if you fly over it in your helicopter 🤔. Take a look at the view on Google Earth, then compare to our local superstore in Poole.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Thanks, edited now.
One of the problems is that no one has vocabulary to describe different parts of the pavement.
There are lines that everyone chooses to walk, places where no one choses to walk, places where it is not possible to walk due to obstruction.
People stop and chat only at the busiest spots on the pavement where they cause most disruption
If we had names, we would recognise these different parts and use them .
One of the reasons that Italians design thr best looking cars is that they have names in Italian for every specific line, curve and junction that they have to address.
There are lines that everyone chooses to walk, places where no one choses to walk, places where it is not possible to walk due to obstruction.
People stop and chat only at the busiest spots on the pavement where they cause most disruption
If we had names, we would recognise these different parts and use them .
One of the reasons that Italians design thr best looking cars is that they have names in Italian for every specific line, curve and junction that they have to address.
Known as " grock stops " locally ( grockles = tourists). Read a study that discussed how the side of the pavement people tend to walk on and the social etiquette involved varies from country to country.
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Some local eejits have decided that the middle of a primary cycleway is a good place for a black non-reflective bus stop post:
Its predecessor was silver and by the kerb. If they're not going to do the decent thing and make this busy A-road bus stop (a double-length layby platform used by something like 10 routes) into a proper one with shelter, seat, live info display, ticket machine and so on, there's no good reason why the post and timetable panel can't be off the tarmac in the verge or low hedge like other nearby A-road stops.
I've reported it to the highway authority, but I'm expecting a "we cannot find any problem" like the time I reported a 6m x 2m hole in the road.