eyesee
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i take it you don't live by the binley road, then.
i take it you don't live by the binley road, then.Nah I like it.
i was born and bred in longford, so have seen the decline of the foleshill road over many years. one of the reasons i ended up moving to stoke. it's an absolute shit hole now.
they need to get some traffic wardens down there for a start. people just park where the hell they want.
Travel up and down pretty much every day!i take it you don't live by the binley road, then.
it just feels like another bus lane fuck up again. great idea, getting people onto bikes, but we all know the uptake will be low. i walk into town all the time, and rarely see more than 1 or 2 people using the bike lane.Travel up and down pretty much every day!
It’s OK, we’re allowed different opinions.
It was either that or a congestion charge being imposed on the city.it just feels like another bus lane fuck up again. great idea, getting people onto bikes, but we all know the uptake will be low. i walk into town all the time, and rarely see more than 1 or 2 people using the bike lane.
trouble is, it won't be as easy to rip out as a bus lane.
add to that the fact that the binley road already had a bike lane.
i guess they were offered money to do what they did, and couldn't bring themselves to say no. irrespective of the impact on the other 99.9% of the population.
it just feels like another bus lane fuck up again. great idea, getting people onto bikes, but we all know the uptake will be low. i walk into town all the time, and rarely see more than 1 or 2 people using the bike lane.
trouble is, it won't be as easy to rip out as a bus lane.
add to that the fact that the binley road already had a bike lane.
i guess they were offered money to do what they did, and couldn't bring themselves to say no. irrespective of the impact on the other 99.9% of the population.
how is a bike lane nobody uses gonna save the planet.It was either that or a congestion charge being imposed on the city.
it did.Also what the fuck is that building on Foleshill Road that’s been half finished for twenty years with no progress?
Binley road didn’t have a bike lane.
it did.
one of those shitty painted-on ones. but there was one there, i promise.
the fat guy walking in it seems to agree with you.A painted line isn’t a bike lane
I hate supposed bike lanes like this. They're an absolute danger with the cars all parked up.View attachment 36030
binley road bike lane v1
the fat guy walking in it seems to agree with you.
i totally agree.Sorry was rushing my answer.
The whining about separated cycle ways really winds me up. You could make all the same arguments for pavements.
We’ve got far too many cars on the road, way more than our infrastructure was built for, and one of the side effects of that is that cycling is essentially impossible for 90% of people on anything that’s not a quiet residential street. A painted line offers zero protection and is like claiming there’s pavement on motorways because of the hard shoulder.
People don’t want to reduce car usage so we’re going to have to spend money making proper cycle infrastructure. Personal mobility like bikes and scooters is only going to increase in popularity and having them share with cars is a non starter as is having them share with pedestrians. So we need to build a new third infrastructure essentially from scratch. But as soon as we do the same old shite comes out from the whiners.
Used to drive down Foleshill Rd a lot on the buses, and do quite a bit now in my truck and have watched traffic wardens while I’ve pulled over for a job. Stoney Stanton too. Both, Foleshill Rd especially, a warden will sort of hover around an illegally parked car, the driver will quickly run back to the car and tell the warden he/she won’t be long. The warden will just carry on their merry way ticketing nobody. Doesn’t want the confrontation. All over the HGV’s though who have absolutely no choice when all legit bays are taken up…
Always a chuckle going past the unused barbers and vape shops - staff with expensive cars
Money laundering at some point I'd guess?Was at the barber the other day talking about all the dodgy barbers and vape shops. He said he had a tax man in and basically they can’t do anything even though they know it’s dodgy. They come in to speak to the owner, he’s “away” then when they come back it’s the guys brother or cousin who has started a “new” shop so the process starts again. They know just how long to wait and how to keep them chasing their tails.
I’d vote for anyone that promised to put tough laws in to stop what’s blatant tax avoidance at best and a front for organised crime at worst.
Money laundering at some point I'd guess?
...amongst other things.Money laundering at some point I'd guess?
Legally it is.A painted line isn’t a bike lane
Legally it is.
While I agree that riding on roads with painted white lines feels hugely unsafe, I don't think the answer is using a load of the road space to build a dedicated bike lane and making the roads much narrower.Sorry was rushing my answer.
The whining about separated cycle ways really winds me up. You could make all the same arguments for pavements.
We’ve got far too many cars on the road, way more than our infrastructure was built for, and one of the side effects of that is that cycling is essentially impossible for 90% of people on anything that’s not a quiet residential street. A painted line offers zero protection and is like claiming there’s pavement on motorways because of the hard shoulder.
People don’t want to reduce car usage so we’re going to have to spend money making proper cycle infrastructure. Personal mobility like bikes and scooters is only going to increase in popularity and having them share with cars is a non starter as is having them share with pedestrians. So we need to build a new third infrastructure essentially from scratch. But as soon as we do the same old shite comes out from the whiners.
Ditto grass vergesI’d love to see a proper blitz on pavement parking. Big contributor to everything looking shit, even if just the damage it does to pavements.
While I agree that riding on roads with painted white lines feels hugely unsafe, I don't think the answer is using a load of the road space to build a dedicated bike lane and making the roads much narrower.
I prefer cyclists on the pavements to roads, yes. And I spend way more time walking than driving. Though of course it depends on how fast the cyclist goes.Do you want cyclists on the pavement? Because that’s how you get cyclists on the pavement.
You don’t need acres of space to drive. Just drive a bit slower. So bored of everything being built around cars when we aren’t the states. We don’t have infinite space.
It's an age dependant thing of course but if you're past a certain age "The fat guy" is actually slimView attachment 36030
binley road bike lane v1
A large city shirt would suffice I'd say!!It's an age dependant thing of course but if you're past a certain age "The fat guy" is actually slim
Do you want cyclists on the pavement? Because that’s how you get cyclists on the pavement.
You don’t need acres of space to drive. Just drive a bit slower. So bored of everything being built around cars when we aren’t the states. We don’t have infinite space.
You love throwing a random made up stat in don’t you?Everythings built around cars because 90% of the population has one
I was sad enough to GoogleYou love throwing a random made up stat in don’t you?
No they don'tEverythings built around cars because 90% of the population has one
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