Cycles In Sheffield

[Irene Swaine]

11 hours ago, welder1 said:

To planner 1 and others on this forum since when has it been LEGAL TO RIDE A CYCLE ON THE PAVEMENT every one seems to think its okay to ride on the pavement ,and i wonder how many near misses ther have been, its ok to create cycle lanes as long as cyclists stick to them,

The pavement is for pedestrians and wheelchairs. Simple. And the cycle lanes shouldn't infringe on our pavement space, of which we have so little.

[SheffieldForum]

8 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

The pavement is for pedestrians and wheelchairs. Simple. And the cycle lanes shouldn't infringe on our pavement space, of which we have so little.

So why not demand more pavement space from car users, who have so much of the carriageway and far more infrastructure than cyclists, or even pedestrians?

[echo beach]

12 hours ago, Palomar said:

Hardly. Between 2005 and 2018, 548 pedestrians on pavements were killed by vehicles.

 

Of the 548, 6 were killed by cyclists.

In any case aren’t you far more likely to be killed if hit by a vehicle as opposed to a pedal cycle?

I would have thought so.

 

echo.

[RollingJ]

Just now, SheffieldForum said:

So why not demand more pavement space from car users, who have so much of the carriageway?

There is possibly a reason for that - vehicles are slightly larger.

[Baron99]

On 17/03/2024 at 14:18, Planner1 said:

Enforcement against cycling on the footway has to be done by the Police

And also can be done by PCSO's who might be knocking about on The Moor. I'm sure SYPD could spare a few from front line policing? 

 

 

[spilldig]

On 17/03/2024 at 13:15, cuttsie said:

Since when has it been legal to park on pavements and in cycle lanes . 

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[Resident]

On 17/03/2024 at 13:15, cuttsie said:

Since when has it been legal to park on pavements and in cycle lanes . 

Nationally, until recent changes started to allow councils to apply for enforcement powers (apparently a drawn out process) it was only illegal to park on pavements within the city of London. 

Cycle lanes, if marked out with dashed lines and not a solid one are perfectly legal to be parked in. 

[cuttsie]

2 hours ago, Resident said:

Nationally, until recent changes started to allow councils to apply for enforcement powers (apparently a drawn out process) it was only illegal to park on pavements within the city of London. 

Cycle lanes, if marked out with dashed lines and not a solid one are perfectly legal to be parked in. 

How many in Sheffield have dashed lanes ?

[Resident]

17 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

How many in Sheffield have dashed lanes ?

Most of the cycle lanes I see have dashed lines. 

[Planner1]

10 hours ago, Resident said:

Nationally, until recent changes started to allow councils to apply for enforcement powers (apparently a drawn out process) it was only illegal to park on pavements within the city of London. 

Cycle lanes, if marked out with dashed lines and not a solid one are perfectly legal to be parked in. 

I believe you may be confusing the rollout of moving traffic enforcement with pavement parking.

 

Central government are allowing councils in England to enforce moving traffic offences like box junctions and banned turns, but pavement parking is not included.

 

The Local Government Association, which represents local authorities has recently called for pavement parking powers to be rolled out to councils in England. See this article.

 

The government have talked about doing it for years but so far haven’t taken any action.