It's Facility Time Again



On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Phil Cook wrote:

> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index.htm
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.

Ooh, i've got a brilliant one on my camera, must send it in soon. It's
part of a two-way segregated cycle lane, and looks a bit like this (where
= is a kerb and - is a painted line):

pavement
===============================
-> <-
---------- ==========
<- ->
==========---------------------
road

Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends two
opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a yield
mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't see it
doing so in practice.

tom

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"Phil Cook" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index.htm
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.

FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!

Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.
 
wafflycat wrote:

> FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
> amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!
>
> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.

not until after the legal branch of the Association for the Advancement
of Amoebae has sued you for defamation, it won't...

Pete.
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On Jun 4, 7:51 am, Phil Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> Newtonmore.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index...
>
> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> the road.
> --
> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
continue, sweet!
 
"Peter Clinch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> wafflycat wrote:
>
>> FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
>> amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!
>>
>> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.
>
> not until after the legal branch of the Association for the Advancement
> of Amoebae has sued you for defamation, it won't...
>
> Pete.

Darn... they got me bang to rights! :)
 
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:36:50 +0100 someone who may be "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote this:-

>FFS, do the designers of these monstrosities have anything more than an
>amoeba for a brain?!! AAAARRGGGGHH!!

They have a brain? When was this novel idea introduced and who is
responsible for it?


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Marz wrote:
> On Jun 4, 7:51 am, Phil Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>> Newtonmore.
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index...
>>
>> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>> the road.
>> --
>> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
>
> It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
> out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
> continue, sweet!
Continue for 10 yards until you have to stop and the give way ( just
visible at the top), just how much use do they think this bit of white
paint lunacy will get?
 
On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:53:42 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

> Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends two
> opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a
> yield mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't
> see it doing so in practice.

If you enjoy this then come for a ride around Wrexham some time -
scalextric style crossovers on shared use paths (i.e. swapping the
pedestrian and the cyclists' sides) seem to be the speciality around here.

One farcility has 3 of them in about 400m. Must take a photo of it and
send it in....

peter
 
On 04/06/2008 15:36, wafflycat wrote:
> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.

I thought that was normal service :p

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"Danny Colyer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 04/06/2008 15:36, wafflycat wrote:
>> Rant over. Normal service will now be resumed.
>
> I thought that was normal service :p
>
Oi! Nipples! Watch it! ;-)
 
On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:51:14 +0100, Phil Cook
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>Newtonmore.
>
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index.htm
>
>In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>the road.

And after bunny-hopping over the fence, see how far you get before the
first giveway sign.

Pete
 
Tom Anderson wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
>> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
>> Newtonmore.
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index.htm

That is a classic. The council went to the expense of dropping the kerb,
then placed the barrier exactly in the middle.

What is really worrying is that whenever I see a new FotM, I am nearly
always reminded of a similar farcility near me.

>> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
>> the road.
>
> Ooh, i've got a brilliant one on my camera, must send it in soon. It's
> part of a two-way segregated cycle lane, and looks a bit like this
> (where = is a kerb and - is a painted line):
>
> pavement
> ===============================
> -> <-
> ---------- ==========
> <- ->
> ==========---------------------
> road
>
> Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends
> two opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a
> yield mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't
> see it doing so in practice.

There is a shared use path near me where the cyclist half jumps from the
left side, to the right in a short distance, right on a blind corner.

Martin.
 
In news:X%[email protected],
Martin <[email protected]> tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

> There is a shared use path near me where the cyclist half jumps from
> the left side, to the right in a short distance, right on a blind
> corner.

The one along the east side of the Tottenham one-way system does this, with
the added bonus of doing so at the entrance to one of the industrial units.
Thus one has to look out not only for errant peds and cyclists, but also for
vehicles entering and exiting said industrial unit. Not to mention having
to dodge round the plodmobiles frequently parked smack in the middle of the
path while the filth nick people for driving in the bus lane.

--
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man would rather be seated upon the back of a bee.
 
On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:14:52 -0500, naked_draughtsman
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:53:42 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> Yes, it changes from ride-on-the-left to ride-on-the right, and sends two
>> opposing streams of traffic directly across one another. There is a
>> yield mark on one of them, so it sort of works in principle, but i can't
>> see it doing so in practice.
>
>If you enjoy this then come for a ride around Wrexham some time -
>scalextric style crossovers on shared use paths (i.e. swapping the
>pedestrian and the cyclists' sides) seem to be the speciality around here.
>
>One farcility has 3 of them in about 400m. Must take a photo of it and
>send it in....

There's a few "facilities" around here I could submit to FotM -- no, I
tell a lie, it's all of them.

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Marc <[email protected]> wrote:

> Marz wrote:
> > On Jun 4, 7:51 am, Phil Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> >> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> >> Newtonmore.
> >>
> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index...
> >>
> >> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> >> the road.
> >> --
> >> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
> >
> > It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
> > out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
> > continue, sweet!
> Continue for 10 yards until you have to stop and the give way ( just
> visible at the top), just how much use do they think this bit of white
> paint lunacy will get?

not a lot i think it's over the rise upto the railway bridge. i'm in the
area today i'll have a look and see if i can take a wider angle shot.
assume it's still there.

roger
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Marc <[email protected]> wrote:

> Marz wrote:
> > On Jun 4, 7:51 am, Phil Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I've just had a look at this month's and it reminds me of the barrier
> >> at the Kingussie end of the section of NCN between Kingussie and
> >> Newtonmore.
> >>
> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/index...
> >>
> >> In both cases the barrier prevents you from riding onto the path from
> >> the road.
> >> --
> >> Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
> >
> > It's an obvious attempt to inject 'xtreme' into urban cycling, when
> > out riding your BMX you can now hop up onto the rail, grind and
> > continue, sweet!
> Continue for 10 yards until you have to stop and the give way ( just
> visible at the top), just how much use do they think this bit of white
> paint lunacy will get?

as i was in the area i stopped at it, well it was a handy place to park.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/8766162@N04/2554355574/in/set-721576007133
72686/>

the give way is at a dropped kerb for crossing the road, and then it
continuses up to the roundabout on the bridge and then down to the high
steet.

there is better one on the other side, in that it doesn't have a
barrier. niether seem to get used much.

roger
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