Understanding Shared Use paths...

[rosscbrown]

Sometimes I think Shared Use is just too complicated to bother with.

First sign, "End of Route" - what does that mean? End of shared use, or just the end of some nice published route but the right to access the road continues? - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...=buB-fP6J2KRRjB_uvBa96g&cbp=12,222.81,,1,4.75

Just around the corner from the above, we have a route sign and a shared use sign. So what about the bit between the End of Route sign and the national route direction sign?? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...=cuoVGsq79O9zJ9ZghDoc3g&cbp=12,262.35,,1,8.57

Moving across the roundabout into Lockerbie we have another Shared Use sign - but the pavement that follows is rubbish for cycling on, never mind sharing with anyone else! http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...=u899nCSRF8aMU3OOCXd_zg&cbp=12,177.57,,1,6.18

After that sign there are no further signs - so presumably all of Lockerbie is shared used? Open season on pavement terrorism?

 

[Black Sheep]

I've always understood shared use paths to be a permitted route along the pavement, just like driving across a pavement to get your car on and off your drive,

end of route I would assume to mean end of permitted route.

no further signs could mean that lockerbie is the first town in the uk to be completely shared use pavements but it might be that the signs have to be repeated every so often.

 

[marinyork]

Sometimes I think Shared Use is just too complicated to bother with.

First sign, "End of Route" - what does that mean? End of shared use, or just the end of some nice published route but the right to access the road continues? - http://maps.google.c...,222.81,,1,4.75

Just around the corner from the above, we have a route sign and a shared use sign. So what about the bit between the End of Route sign and the national route direction sign?? http://maps.google.c...,262.35,,1,8.57

I'm not quite sure why they've done that but you're clearly allowed to cycle both sides of the 'end of route'. It's basically a roundabout bypass they've done that links up some route.

Moving across the roundabout into Lockerbie we have another Shared Use sign - but the pavement that follows is rubbish for cycling on, never mind sharing with anyone else! http://maps.google.c...,177.57,,1,6.18

After that sign there are no further signs - so presumably all of Lockerbie is shared used? Open season on pavement terrorism?

I think you're allowed to the drop kerb, I know it's not clear but having seen quite a few of this sort of thing that'd be my guess. If you're in doubt you can always consult other sources. Stuff's just badly labelled sometimes. Looking on the open cyclemap this is what someone else thinks it should be

Edit. Looking at the sustrans site confirms what I said. The drop kerb on the south side is the end of the shared use and you're back on the road. Sustrans may have labelled it wrong or originally the shared use ended at the 'end of route' sign and then some nice person at a council came along and made the bit round 2 sides of the roundabout shared use to get you back on the road at the other side (going south into Lockerbie).