Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Someone was riding on the pavement/sidewalk, which is poor form at a high rate of speed.
Our cycle areas are a pain in the ass.
It was right here on the brickwork:
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7959...7i13312!8i6656
This crossing is dual walking/bike, so perhaps bicycles are allowed to ridden there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7958...7i16384!8i8192
It just leads to a bike rack area after a pinch point (on the brickwork) where homeless people sleep (next to the heating vents, where the motorcycle is parked) right next to the bike rack (a lot of food from the students.)
It's not a malicious commentary, just an interesting chain of events.
It looks like very poorly designed cycling infrastructure. 2 or 3 lanes of one way traffic. No bike lanes. Narrow shoulders. Curbs on both sides so there is no place for cars or bicycles to go. One might be tempted to ride in the loading lane, but it doesn't go through.
Even the fencing is designed so one loses about 2 feet of sidewalk. Or almost enough space that the road could be widened to the edge of the fence, and give room for a cycle lane.
I'm not sure I'd blame a person riding on the sidewalk.
Was the guy heading towards the bike rack you mentioned? Perhaps he was late, and had just about arrived at his destination.
I suppose one should just look down on anybody that commutes on anything less than a $10,000 racer.
