Wheelie happy over Peterborough’s Town Bridge
I can’t believe it.
After months of warnings being issued by the Police that cycling on pavements is bad m’kay, Peterborough council have gone and quietly painted a white line smack in the middle of the pavement across the Town Bridge. As everyone knows, the white line creates an invisible shield between dangerous cyclists and vunerable pedestrians.
It’s not a perfect solution however as the pavement markings disappear at the North side of the bridge. Why this side is so dangerous I’m not sure, can anyone suggest a reason?
Back in March I vented my disgust at how I thought Peterborough council were failing cyclists yet the council is all too quick to shout about their green credentials and Travelchoice initiatives.
I’d love to think that I’ve had some hand in this action from the council, but they rarely come out in public unless it’s in their own interest. Shame really as this is finally going some way to improving cyclists access from the South of the city.
Here here! I hate riding my bike on the pavement and go to every length to avoid this but I simply DO NOT FEEL SAFE on the roads. Too many reckless drivers for my liking. The bike paths in the city, are great in some areas but desperately inadequate in others. Don’t even get me started on PCC!!
Lilith Claire, you say that you hate cycling on the pavement and will go to “any length to avoid it”. No other options occur to you? Getting off and pushing your bike along the pavement when you get to a bit of road you consider dangerous, maybe??
Actually, S. Smith, the “any lenght” I choose to take is mainly to walk or get the bus. I only ride my bike if I am going somewhere that I can get to mainly by bike. However, where I live there isn’t a bike path until you have gone a fair distance. I don’t ride if there are a lot of people around (in such circumstances OF COURSE I would walk and push my bike. I don’t know what gave you the impression that no other options occurred to me and assumed the statement ‘every length’ would have covered it.