Greenwich Council removes semi-segregated cycle lane – because it was trip hazard to pedestrians

bogbrush wrote:

I ride or run this road nearly every day and to be honest I won't miss them. 

The lane is invariably obstructed by people storing cars and vans in it, meaning you are always zig zagging between the orcas. It definitely made pulling out of the lane while shoulder checking feel less safe.

Also, at points where drivers previously drove into the mandatory cycle lane  in order to go past other cars waiting to turn right, they have continued to do so because the orcas are so easy to drive over. 

I stopped cycling on Trafalgar Rd because they are such an obvious death-trap. God knows why anybody ever thought otherwise. I'm glad they've been removed.

ConcordeCX wrote:

bogbrush wrote:

I ride or run this road nearly every day and to be honest I won't miss them. 

The lane is invariably obstructed by people storing cars and vans in it, meaning you are always zig zagging between the orcas. It definitely made pulling out of the lane while shoulder checking feel less safe.

Also, at points where drivers previously drove into the mandatory cycle lane  in order to go past other cars waiting to turn right, they have continued to do so because the orcas are so easy to drive over. 

I stopped cycling on Trafalgar Rd because they are such an obvious death-trap. God knows why anybody ever thought otherwise. I'm glad they've been removed.

I fail to see how some orcas could amount to a death trap. If there are wands as well, people can't park in the lane. Sounds to me like Greenwich needed to do some simple enforcement. 

Prosper0 wrote:

ConcordeCX wrote:

bogbrush wrote:

I ride or run this road nearly every day and to be honest I won't miss them. 

The lane is invariably obstructed by people storing cars and vans in it, meaning you are always zig zagging between the orcas. It definitely made pulling out of the lane while shoulder checking feel less safe.

Also, at points where drivers previously drove into the mandatory cycle lane  in order to go past other cars waiting to turn right, they have continued to do so because the orcas are so easy to drive over. 

I stopped cycling on Trafalgar Rd because they are such an obvious death-trap. God knows why anybody ever thought otherwise. I'm glad they've been removed.

 

I fail to see how some orcas could amount to a death trap. If there are wands as well, people can't park in the lane. Sounds to me like Greenwich needed to do some simple enforcement. 

90% of the orcas were wandless from the beginning. Those orcas initially with wands at junctions were very quickly wandless due to drivers failing to see them (to be fair, none of the wands I saw were wearing helmets).

I absolutely want Greenwich council to take responsibilty and provide a high quality cycle route, but the orcas felt much more like a bone being tossed as an excuse to not actually provide anything useful.