Comments on: Bad Cycle Lanes

By: Rad Wagon

Rad Wagon — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:34:26 +0000

Thinking of doing a “hazards of south Cambridge” map/blog/vlog with all the poor cyclelane bits we have. Most is the disconnected nature, but there’s lots of downright dangerous and silly sections.

On the flip side, here’s a really good path, that’s pretty much unused.
http://radwagon.co.uk/2012/05/south-cambridge-guided-busway-cyclepath.html

By: Rules on Using Cycle Lanes | Cycling UK

Rules on Using Cycle Lanes | Cycling UK — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:54:29 +0000

[...] Therefore in this case, I tend to ride in road. See: Bad cycle paths [...]

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:12:13 +0000

@Simon
That is so true. I live in Northampton and there are barely any cycle lanes. There are none on my routes to work, uni, etc. The few we do have are next to useless, being short in length and most of them so thin that you could barely fit a bike. It feels like the equivalent of “tightrope walking” on the curb. You don’t feel safe from the traffic.

By: Best Reasons to Get A Bike | Cycling UK

Best Reasons to Get A Bike | Cycling UK — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:03:34 +0000

[...] like focusing on the positive, cycling blogs can easily become rants about the state of cycle paths, driving standards e.t.c. Anyway, I’ve made my own list of what I enjoy about cycling (many [...]

By: White Van Drivers | Cycling UK

White Van Drivers | Cycling UK — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:43:15 +0000

[...] does make me think bike lanes can be a curse as much as a help. But, then maybe the problem is not whether there are bike lanes [...]

By: A Good Cycle path | Cycling UK

A Good Cycle path | Cycling UK — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:14:52 +0000

[...] often criticise Oxford Council for providing bad cycle lanes, so it’s only fair to highlight a good cycle path, which runs along Donnington Bridge road. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:07:33 +0000

@Simon: +1.
It’s ridiculous the position of some lanes, they last for as you say 10 or 20 metres, then are gone again. And sometimes you have to divert from a safe path to get to them. Madness.

By: Peter Stephenson

Peter Stephenson — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:45:48 +0000

Dutch and Danish cycle paths are of such high quality that they are used by “average” cyclists and roadies alike. By choice!
I feel there is no reason that UK should not have such high quality infrastructure beautifully documented by Mikael at copenhagenize.com also David at http://hembrow.blogspot.com/

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:48:50 +0000

I often come across cycle lanes that are 10 or 20 metre’s in length and in the most ridiculous place they are no help to cycles or any other road users, some are so dangerous and totally useless. I think the goverment adds up all the little 10 or 20 metre’s of (dangerous) cycle lanes and then when questioned say, “we introduced 180 miles of cycles lanes in the last yadda yadda yadda.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:54:47 +0000

You say you’re glad this (appalling) cycle path isn’t compulsory – here, here! But as far as I know, no cycle path is so. Under the terms of the Highway Code, cyclists are (so far) free to judge a cycle lane on its worth and choose not to use it if they think that’s safer. This is what I was taught during my cycle instruction earlier this year.

Perhaps you’re confused by mandatory cycle lanes, in which motor vehicles are forbidden to drive (marked by an unbroken line). But that’s not the same thing at all.

I enjoy your blog a great deal