slh73 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Pettytom said: If you wish to get to St James, ride the tram to Birley Lane/ Donetsk Way And then have a bit of a bike ride You can't take bikes on the tram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxydebs Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 11 hours ago, slh73 said: You can't take bikes on the tram You can take fold up bikes on the tram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggidee Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 the left hand lane from gleadless to turn in needed to come up about 50 yards nearer ,but the stupid one in out road you can just about do a right or left without hitting a wing mirror stupid layout the times ive heard horns blasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardworker Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Trying to cycle in Sheffield is akin to swimming with sharks. If the hills don't finish you off, the mad drivers will and failing that your lungs will be clogged with diesel particulate. It really isn't a safe or practical cycling city I'm afraid. I bit more thought on the layout of roads and two lane entering the centre for left and right shops would clear Bochum parkway faster. There is room to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 2 hours ago, hardworker said: Trying to cycle in Sheffield is akin to swimming with sharks. So pretty safe if you keep your wits about you then........ chances of being killed by a shark = 1 in 3.75 million chances of being killed in car accident = 1 in 84 See: https://www.thewildlifemuseum.org/exhibits/sharks/odds-of-a-shark-attack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadron Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 The whole of Sheffield's road network is set up restrict or stop as you get closer to the centre with rail bridges, towns, other roads & rivers as natural restrictions. two lanes become one and then you hit the traffic lights. Not one area in Sheffield has a road in or out that you can get from one side of the city to the other without a junction that stops you. No ring road, no fly over, no underpass. It has all been made flat and that costs time, money and has raised pollution levels to there highest ever. Cycling is dangerous because car drivers that have never cycled don't have a clue what its like for cyclists on the roads and drive too closely. I would like to see cycling on the road as part of the driving test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Hadron said: The whole of Sheffield's road network is set up restrict or stop as you get closer to the centre with rail bridges, towns, other roads & rivers as natural restrictions. two lanes become one and then you hit the traffic lights. Not one area in Sheffield has a road in or out that you can get from one side of the city to the other without a junction that stops you. No ring road, no fly over, no underpass. It has all been made flat and that costs time, money and has raised pollution levels to there highest ever. Cycling is dangerous because car drivers that have never cycled don't have a clue what its like for cyclists on the roads and drive too closely. I would like to see cycling on the road as part of the driving test. Not a deal different to any other UK city really. No underpass or flyover (thank God) - but Sheffield does have a ring road . Edited December 30, 2019 by Daven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyedges Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Daven said: Not a deal different to any other UK city really. No underpass or flyover (thank God) - but Sheffield does have a ring road . Is the ring complete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 53 minutes ago, abbeyedges said: Is the ring complete? The Inner Ring Road is complete. Outer is only partial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderplant Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 The hills do make a massive difference to many people in Sheffield-the elderly, the ill who can't walk up hills but could walk a distance on flat roads, people pushing babies in buggies. These are all people for whom bikes would not necessarily be an answer, and the hills are significant. If there were trams in the south of the city they would provide an answer, but I have no idea where you could put them! Ecclesall Road or Psalter Lane are certainly not wide enough for them. Trams are brilliant to get to Meadowhall once you get to the city centre, but some better transport in the south would be great. Also, as someone said, getting across the city. via public transport is impossible. Bents Green to Crookes/Fulwood for example. Again, the hills make it difficult to walk too, not just because of the hills but the lack of decent pavements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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