Worth mentioning when the whingers start on about the Tour of Britain next year...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7115228.stm
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunny Bank - Bedale Road Cycle Route
A few more bits of this route have gone in, including ASL's at the junct. of Washington/Wostenholm Rd & Sharrow Lane (much needed) and a rather strange turning arrangement at the junction of Empire Rd & Abbeydale Rd.
New TRO's
Falding Street (Chapeltown) - Controlled Parking Zone
Oughtibridge - creating no waiting zones on various roads being used by through traffic
avoiding closure of Middlewood Rd. 6 months, experimental.
Firth Park South. 20mph Child Safety Zone. I shall write to support this. Slower speeds aid cyclists.
If you have any comments on any of these or would like to see the plans use the blogger comments facility or email.
Oughtibridge - creating no waiting zones on various roads being used by through traffic
avoiding closure of Middlewood Rd. 6 months, experimental.
Firth Park South. 20mph Child Safety Zone. I shall write to support this. Slower speeds aid cyclists.
If you have any comments on any of these or would like to see the plans use the blogger comments facility or email.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Quick Notes from Cycle Forum 13th Nov
Presentation from Rob Stanley about Connext2
TV prog is on 4/12
Link to tram
NIRR opens Sun
Bus lane cameras on Wicker/Snig Hill
A review of broomhall & hill parking schemes is upcoming. Comments welcome.
Supertram safety scheme in next financial year.
New signage scheme for cycle routes
Herries RD/Scraithwood Drive puffin.
Leopold St "fan" puts cyclists in danger.
Snig Hill/Burngreave - Andrew R. is on the case.
TV prog is on 4/12
Link to tram
NIRR opens Sun
Bus lane cameras on Wicker/Snig Hill
A review of broomhall & hill parking schemes is upcoming. Comments welcome.
Supertram safety scheme in next financial year.
New signage scheme for cycle routes
Herries RD/Scraithwood Drive puffin.
Leopold St "fan" puts cyclists in danger.
Snig Hill/Burngreave - Andrew R. is on the case.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO's)
(i) Brincliffe Gardens/Osborne Rd.
Additional parking/waiting retrictions.
(ii) East Bank Rd - road safety scheme at junction of Northern Ave. I tend to support these even if they cause some inconvenience (but not danger) to cyclists as I think the overall benefits outweigh the minor inconveniences.
Any comments to me asap please (via blog or email list). By the time I get these they are pretty much done and dusted.
Additional parking/waiting retrictions.
(ii) East Bank Rd - road safety scheme at junction of Northern Ave. I tend to support these even if they cause some inconvenience (but not danger) to cyclists as I think the overall benefits outweigh the minor inconveniences.
Any comments to me asap please (via blog or email list). By the time I get these they are pretty much done and dusted.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Around the city...
...a sign on Staveley Rd, probably Sheffield's bumpiest on-road bike route at the moment says that re-surfacing will start on the 15th, 2007. It doesn't say what month though!
People have asked where the next CCTV on Bus Gates will be. Well, all the Bus Gates on the Northern Inner Relief Rd will be covered by CCTV. A new publicity campaign under the "Free the Sheffield Buses and Trams" banner has been launched.
The CTC is setting up a Cycle Parking website where cyclists can feed into the process of deciding where new cycle parking should go, and Sheffield has agreed to take part. We will be happy to enter our list of cycle parking requests -
http://tinyurl.com/2zmr8c - on the system once it is set up.
Simon
Sheffield Cycle Campaign
p.s. Cyclists Social, Bath Hotel Victoria St Thursday 15th Nov 8-10.
All welcome.
People have asked where the next CCTV on Bus Gates will be. Well, all the Bus Gates on the Northern Inner Relief Rd will be covered by CCTV. A new publicity campaign under the "Free the Sheffield Buses and Trams" banner has been launched.
The CTC is setting up a Cycle Parking website where cyclists can feed into the process of deciding where new cycle parking should go, and Sheffield has agreed to take part. We will be happy to enter our list of cycle parking requests -
http://tinyurl.com/2zmr8c - on the system once it is set up.
Simon
Sheffield Cycle Campaign
p.s. Cyclists Social, Bath Hotel Victoria St Thursday 15th Nov 8-10.
All welcome.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Rotherham Station improvements
SYPTE Press Release.
Aedas wins £2.5m South Yorks station design brief
Filed 30/10/07
Architectural practice Aedas has been selected to design a £2.5m railway station at Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
The brief - for South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and Yorkshire Forward - will see the existing station upgraded to match similarly improved stations in Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield.
Rotherham station is included in regeneration body Yorkshire Forward’s Urban Renaissance programme and will gain a passenger lounge, retail space and a travel and information centre.
Melanie Dei Rossi, principal project Manager of SYPTE said: “The catalyst for the change within Rotherham has been Yorkshire Forward’s Urban Renaissance programme which has set out a new agenda for the future of the region’s towns. Developing the railway station is going to be an important part of Rotherham’s regeneration.”
Work on remodelling the station is expected to take place in 2009/10 and will be the first phase of a four-phase programme. Future phases will include the provision of lifts to the platforms, dualling the track access to increase train frequency and lengthening the platforms.
Aedas project manager Alistair Branch said: “The redeveloped station will present a dramatic and architecturally impressive gateway for visitors and daily users. It will provide passengers with a fantastic improvement in waiting facilities, while also upgrading links to the town centre.”
Filed 30/10/07
Architectural practice Aedas has been selected to design a £2.5m railway station at Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
The brief - for South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and Yorkshire Forward - will see the existing station upgraded to match similarly improved stations in Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield.
Rotherham station is included in regeneration body Yorkshire Forward’s Urban Renaissance programme and will gain a passenger lounge, retail space and a travel and information centre.
Melanie Dei Rossi, principal project Manager of SYPTE said: “The catalyst for the change within Rotherham has been Yorkshire Forward’s Urban Renaissance programme which has set out a new agenda for the future of the region’s towns. Developing the railway station is going to be an important part of Rotherham’s regeneration.”
Work on remodelling the station is expected to take place in 2009/10 and will be the first phase of a four-phase programme. Future phases will include the provision of lifts to the platforms, dualling the track access to increase train frequency and lengthening the platforms.
Aedas project manager Alistair Branch said: “The redeveloped station will present a dramatic and architecturally impressive gateway for visitors and daily users. It will provide passengers with a fantastic improvement in waiting facilities, while also upgrading links to the town centre.”
Any local/EMCF feedback yet?
My initial thoughts:
Rotherham station is already on NCN6 and has reasonable - not great - cycle links to the town centre, which has suffered more from the imposition of Meadowpool than Sheffield. NCN6 could be improved in the area - it suffered heavily on the floods. Rotherham has yet to complete the link to Aldwarke - a stroppy boatyard owner is refusing to allow a right of way & Rham are fighting shy of a CPO.
A long-term ambition has to be a route alongside the River Don linking back to the NCN at Conisborough.
The station itself has dual tracks but the connecting line from the MML to the Rother Valley line is single - this was all done in a hurry and on the cheap when Masborough station was closed.
Rotherham has no CTC RTR so I'll have to take it on.
My initial thoughts:
Rotherham station is already on NCN6 and has reasonable - not great - cycle links to the town centre, which has suffered more from the imposition of Meadowpool than Sheffield. NCN6 could be improved in the area - it suffered heavily on the floods. Rotherham has yet to complete the link to Aldwarke - a stroppy boatyard owner is refusing to allow a right of way & Rham are fighting shy of a CPO.
A long-term ambition has to be a route alongside the River Don linking back to the NCN at Conisborough.
The station itself has dual tracks but the connecting line from the MML to the Rother Valley line is single - this was all done in a hurry and on the cheap when Masborough station was closed.
Rotherham has no CTC RTR so I'll have to take it on.
Wicker
The council have posted proposals to restrict traffic on the Wicker, now the bulk of the traffic has been taken off it by the NIRR . These will help to restore this area to its former glory and prosperity and attract inward investment. We have written to support the proposals.
Boston St/Cemetery Rd.
Those who follow this route in the morning may have noticed that there is slightly less traffic queuing to use the bus gate. This is because, further along on Denby St (some of you may recall the popular children's nursery there that was closed so the land could be sold to developers for student apartments) a Traffic Regulation Order has come into effect closing the road and making it impossible to get to Bramall Lane and thus the Inner Ring Road by this route. Presumably people are currently driving down there, finding they can't get through legally, and either turning round or driving through illegally - hopefully they will start using Sheffield's trunk road system as they are supposed to (or even switch to bikes/public transport!)
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