London
I recently wrote about a new barrier in Hackney, that seems to be intended to protect pedestrians from bikes, but is in fact resulting in people walking in the road. This one is probably less dangerous, but, if anything, sillier.
It’s situated in a pedestrianised side street that provides a nice cut through to Upper Street next to the Town Hall. What’s really clever is that in this case one side of the alley is marked as a bike lane. But whoever positioned this barrier put it across the lane, so the only (staggered of course) gaps are on the pedestrian side. So cyclists have no option but to go through the gaps for pedestrians…
The people who plan these things drive cars all the time don’t they?
Check out my review of Pavement Barrier - I am moonrising - on Qype
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