On Sat, 1 May 2004 at 16:16:18, Paul Oter wrote:

All the on-road contraflow cycle lanes I can think of are on the left
side of the road. If you can remember, is there any obvious reason why
the lane in Petty France is on the right? Is it separated from the
main carriageway by a kerb or simply a white line?

The one outside my window is on the right, now I come to think of it.
It is separated from the main carriageway by a kerb.
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In article , Paul Oter
writes
All the on-road contraflow cycle lanes I can think of are on the left
side of the road. If you can remember, is there any obvious reason why
the lane in Petty France is on the right?

No, unless it's that there's no side turns on that side.

Is it separated from the
main carriageway by a kerb or simply a white line?

Kerb, IIRC.

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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Clive D. W. Feather wrote:

In article , Simon Hewison
writes
Correct. The cyclist is riding from right to left, with the bike wheels
almost in the gutter, next to the pavement, therefore they're on the wrong
side.

That sounds like the cycle lane along Petty France. Road is eastbound
only, cycle lane is westbound only and on the north side.

Or Torrington Place: there's a bidirectional, partially segregated, cycle
lane on the eastbound side. As a cyclist, i wish it wasn't there, as it's
a pain to get on to, and just makes it hard to turn north from the
westbound main lane!

tom

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On Sat, 1 May 2004 20:27:01 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:


Or Torrington Place: there's a bidirectional, partially segregated, cycle
lane on the eastbound side. As a cyclist, i wish it wasn't there, as it's
a pain to get on to, and just makes it hard to turn north from the
westbound main lane!

tom

Yes, if I had been designing this facility, I would have put it on the
other side of the road. Having said that, you should be able to get
into the reservoir area if the traffic is stopped, or cross TCR later
if it is moving. Of course, you aren't *required* to use this cycle
lane!

Straying a bit, the eastern end of this route (the Seven Stations
Link) comes to an abrupt end at Woburn Place, with offside traffic
lights but separated cycle lanes. Does anyone know why it has not been
completed?

Regards,

Clive

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Simon Hewison wrote the following in:


TfL are currently publicising a load of cycling route guides on
various tube stations posters / newspaper adverts etc. You may have
seen one with a cyclist with motion blur cycling past a pie and mash
shop.

Now if you next see that advert, see if you can spot what's wrong
with the picture. There's something that's just not right with it,
especially given who is promoting these cycling guides.

Cycling on the pavement? Pie shop isn't in London?

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"Simon Hewison" wrote in message
...
TfL are currently publicising a load of cycling route guides on
various tube stations posters / newspaper adverts etc. You may have
seen one with a cyclist with motion blur cycling past a pie and mash
shop.

Now if you next see that advert, see if you can spot what's wrong
with the picture. There's something that's just not right with it,
especially given who is promoting these cycling guides.

I'll post the answer on this newsgroup later.


Is it that they took the picture then decided to reflect it as it 'looked
better'? Or that its not even in the UK.

Jaime

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:20:43 +0100, jaime
wrote in :

"Simon Hewison" wrote in message
...
TfL are currently publicising a load of cycling route guides on
various tube stations posters / newspaper adverts etc. You may have
seen one with a cyclist with motion blur cycling past a pie and mash
shop.

Now if you next see that advert, see if you can spot what's wrong
with the picture. There's something that's just not right with it,
especially given who is promoting these cycling guides.

I'll post the answer on this newsgroup later.

Is it that they took the picture then decided to reflect it as it 'looked
better'? Or that its not even in the UK.

The shop sign is readable -- see a small version at
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/streets/cyclin...leguides.shtml
so it's not flipped. May be a composite.

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"Dr Ivan D. Reid" wrote in message
...

May be a composite.

I'm amazed the shot doesn't show a cyclist tearing along a pavement at 35
miles an hour, yelling "get out the way, you beckstext*******/beckstext
w**k**s!"

Ian