tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post4505852770440726671..comments2024-03-29T04:56:21.385+00:00Comments on The Ranty Highwayman: A Bicycle Is A Vehicle Capable Of SpeedThe Ranty Highwaymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-83002056634361237082013-12-12T16:19:55.601+00:002013-12-12T16:19:55.601+00:00WRT the low-level cycle-specific traffic signal sh...WRT the low-level cycle-specific traffic signal shown in the picture (and which you saw at TRL), in a queue of cyclists, how far back from the stopline would you estimate it would still be visible?<br /><br />ARAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-14706893748108377652013-12-12T07:33:31.418+00:002013-12-12T07:33:31.418+00:00One of the many things that deal with HGV Training...One of the many things that deal with HGV Training training is safe and civilized driving.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cpc4you.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">hgv cpc training</a> & <a href="http://www.cpc4you.co.uk/psv_exam.htm" rel="nofollow">Cpc exam</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828166865647185633.post-2453839580720495982013-12-06T16:23:28.151+00:002013-12-06T16:23:28.151+00:00Poorly designed shared space is certainly a proble...Poorly designed shared space is certainly a problem. I have seen some examples which are actually quite good, and work quite well, where there is enough space for both pedestrians and cyclists and a natural boundary between the areas designated for each – say a slight difference in level and a kerb – but most are too narrow, or littered with lampposts and other street furniture which somehow are always arranged to be on the cycling side of the line. <br /><br />One slightly different example which I particularly dislike is the shared path on the Waterloo Station approach. This used to be explicitly and exclusively for cycles, used only a little by pedestrians, but then a cycle hire station was installed alongside it. The path was widened but became shared-use with pedestrians. I suspect that this was necessary simply because no-one has yet devised a means for hire cyclists to reach their bikes other than by walking to them, and it wasn’t intended that the path should be extensively used as a footpath, but that is what has happened. Now my everyday experience is that pedestrians spread out across the entire width of the path, often groups of 4 walking abreast and leaving no safe space for cyclists to pass through. Cue a lot of bell-ringing or even “buzzing” which no doubt irritates the pedestrians but they have only themselves to blame, they are supposed to share and they are not sharing. It also doesn’t help that the path is on an incline so cyclists can pick a bit of speed going down.<br /><br />I don’t understand those barriers and gates which just about allow a standard bike to pass, but are hopeless for trailers, cargo bikes, trikes and – most importantly – wheelchairs etc. I suppose the excuse trotted out is to prevent cars or motorbikes getting through but how often in practice does this actually happen? <br /><br />Turn radii however I can understand – as cyclists/pedestrians we object to corners of roads being smoothed out to wider radii precisely because it allows cars to take the bend at excessive speed. IN a cycle/pedestrian shared context surely the same objection should apply?<br />Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com