Sandygate Road New Central Road Marking

[Eric Arthur]

It doesn't mention if it will make it more dangerous for cyclists to move the lines back. I've used that road and it's almost impossible to see cyclists riding uphill on the bend especially when the sun is low.

[Wazzock]

Seems the hard of thinking SCC have once again tried their upmost to hinder road users and made a road dangerous. They will be repainting the road markings to put them back to how they were. What a waste of money.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-35318399

 

So Amey (not the bloody council) will be putting it back to what it was, and you still moan? It's only paint!!

[Berberis]

So Amey (not the bloody council) will be putting it back to what it was, and you still moan? It's only paint!!

 

Who do Amey work for? Who's responsibility are the cities roads?

[geared]

Surely if you're doing something in the name of cyclists then you stick a cycle lane in.

 

There's either the room for one or there isn't, putting some off centre line in just confuses everyone.

[sgtkate]

Surely if you're doing something in the name of cyclists then you stick a cycle lane in.

 

There's either the room for one or there isn't, putting some off centre line in just confuses everyone.

 

And if the people coming up the hill drive next to the white line which is completely their prerogative to do so then they will likely incur a head on collision with someone coming down the hill unsighted. I can half see the councils reasoning on the cycles going up the hill, but why didn't they put in a cycle lane then? Half-arsed cost saving measure I presume, we can afford white paint but not red tarmac...

[geared]

And if the people coming up the hill drive next to the white line which is completely their prerogative to do so then they will likely incur a head on collision with someone coming down the hill unsighted. I can half see the councils reasoning on the cycles going up the hill, but why didn't they put in a cycle lane then? Half-arsed cost saving measure I presume, we can afford white paint but not red tarmac...

 

You don't really need red tarmac for a cycle lane, plenty are just marked out with white paint.

[horribleblob]

And if the people coming up the hill drive next to the white line which is completely their prerogative to do so then they will likely incur a head on collision with someone coming down the hill unsighted. I can half see the councils reasoning on the cycles going up the hill, but why didn't they put in a cycle lane then? Half-arsed cost saving measure I presume, we can afford white paint but not red tarmac...

 

I agree that the off-centre white line was unwise, but, as the OP says, and from the images in the link in post #6, drivers park along both sides of Sandygate Road. Putting a cycle lane on the uphill side would decrease the available parking space and/or result in cars parked in the cycle lane anyway. No doubt the planners would get it in the neck for that too, particularly from local residents. They can't win really.

[geared]

I think if there's room then stick one in, if there isn't then leave it out.

 

Try and do some half measure leaves alot of ambiguity, drivers get confused and confused drivers aren't paying full attention to what they're doing.

[Redyam]

Sticking a cycle lane there would never work, as cars park on both sides of the road and would block any lane. Double yellow lines would work, but then the local residents would have a moan that it's their right to park there.

[Guest]

An interesting link to the Crosspool Forum. Nothing mentioned about Foxy's kerb stones on Forres Road though ???

 

 

Oh yeah, they're not in crosspool lol

 

This thread isn't about kerbs on Forres Road, its about the central road markings in Crosspool.