A promising effort
This example was created some years ago. These pictures were taken in Hythe on the 9th.August 2014. Usually I
hate Pinch-Points, but they have devised this arrangement with Cyclists in mind,
which is good, but my criticism is that cyclists having negotiated the
platform/Pinch-point the cyclist has to proceed down a lane edged by parked
cars.
I would like to see further calming in the straight road either side of this Pinch-Point. A 20
mph restriction would not guarantee anything.
A shared- space cycleway approaches a through road,
and a slight off set takes one across, and up onto the promenade (and NCN Route
2).
Why should cyclists dismount? Do drivers of M/Vs
have to get out of their vehicles? No!
Once on the road, motorists (funneled in by parked
cars) must not try to squeeze past cyclists, but they do (well some do).
The road is straight like this either side of the
Pinch-Point, and vehicles park on both sides of the road.
All in all, I think that it is a promising effort.
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