tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post2396270492533583285..comments2023-07-07T10:22:46.305+01:00Comments on Coventry Cyclist: Hales Street - One Way!George Richeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11515037929935424227noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-88947050068450656192012-02-24T09:34:41.141+00:002012-02-24T09:34:41.141+00:00Good idea Neil, I'll publicise the petition o...Good idea Neil, I'll publicise the petition on the Coventry Cycling Camapaign monthly newsletter out next week.<br /><br />I've been holding back a bit as Colin Knight did say they were looking at what could be done for cyclists, the council hasn't dug their heels in; they have just overlooked us. Still there are a lot of road works going on in the city centre, so it isn't surprisingly that things get overlooked - I hope just temporarily.George Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515037929935424227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-27322732634778631732012-02-23T19:28:31.522+00:002012-02-23T19:28:31.522+00:00I have started an e-petition on Coventry City Coun...I have started an e-petition on Coventry City Council's website to ask them to reinstate the cycle path along Gales Street at: <br /><br />http://epetitions.coventry.gov.uk/2012/02/reinstate-hales-street-cycle-path/<br /><br />Please feel free to sign the petition and let anyone else you know sign it who feels that the council has made a mistake by removing the old cycle lane.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171032894498393022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-72951947455394095772012-02-14T11:06:07.252+00:002012-02-14T11:06:07.252+00:00Colin Knight (who is pretty high up in the Directo...Colin Knight (who is pretty high up in the Directorate of City<br />Services and Development) said at a meeting of the Cycle Users' Consultation Group on 25 January 2011 that "options for contraflow provision on Hales Street would be explored, although [...] budgets and timescales for achieving this would be limited." <br /><br />I emailed Cllr Allan Andrews (cc'd to Cllr Lindsley Harvard & Colin Knight) on 1 Feb, making arguments in support of contraflow working, in the hope that the idea would be taken more seriously.<br /><br />The council's traffic engineers are worried about taxis illegally waiting on Hales Street if there is no taxi rank. But does the rank need to be so long as to make contraflow cycling dangerous?George Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515037929935424227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-40011118308088619992012-02-01T15:20:45.639+00:002012-02-01T15:20:45.639+00:00I regularly need to cycle across this junction fro...I regularly need to cycle across this junction from Fairfax Street to Corporation Street via Hales Street. I consider that it is entirely reasonable to be able to cycle the whole route, without being expected to dismount.<br /><br />I am not happy with option a - riding against the traffic flow in Hale Street - so I ride on the footpath, taking care to show consideration to pedestrians, which I suppose is option b.Bob Tinleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-39457806718224883042012-01-31T22:15:17.933+00:002012-01-31T22:15:17.933+00:00I agree, this is terrible. I've been going for...I agree, this is terrible. I've been going for option a too as there is no other sensible way of getting from one side of town to the other. It's rediculous and I'd be happy to help with the campaign!Laura Vestynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-69478332769348493612012-01-09T15:56:11.674+00:002012-01-09T15:56:11.674+00:00I've just finished checking this with the Traf...I've just finished checking this with the Traffic Management Department of Coventry Council.<br /><br />Coventry Council have decided that cyclists will just have to put up with the ban. They propose making Traffic Regulation Orders to make the following bans on contraflow cycling permanent:<br /><br />Hales Street<br />Greyfriars Lane<br /><br /><br />Still we are not alone, it's all part of the typically British attitude to cycling<br />http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/531312/how-britain-has-failed-cycling.html<br />and of course<br />http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.meg/wcc/facility-of-the-month/<br /><br />There will be public consultation about the orders, so prepare to campaign to reverse the decision.George Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515037929935424227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-23650804762442243052012-01-04T20:17:21.448+00:002012-01-04T20:17:21.448+00:00I cycle this route every weekday. I always go for...I cycle this route every weekday. I always go for option (a).Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306149735893772521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-88688350855292009152012-01-03T18:44:01.198+00:002012-01-03T18:44:01.198+00:00I was shocked that we couldn't cycle this way....I was shocked that we couldn't cycle this way.... we use this route a lot and it really is the only sensible route for cyclists - although now that the entrance has been narrowed into this short section of road, it will need some remediation work to put it right again! The space is too narrow to risk cycling along there at the moment.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376531984269924769.post-88303650021185854912012-01-02T21:44:04.957+00:002012-01-02T21:44:04.957+00:00I agree - I hope this can be rescinded. The new a...I agree - I hope this can be rescinded. The new arrangements make a safe bicycle contraflow very unlikely. I don't recall seeing any official notices announcing the change during the extensive roadworks that took place.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627061002529863701noreply@blogger.com