Off to brum

I'm off to Birmingham for a conference on regional organisation of the CTC RTR network. Will let you know what transpires.

What do we want to see in LTP3?

The Council along with the rest of South Yorkshire is drawing up its plan for transport for the next 5 years. What would we like to see in it? Ideas are being collected at ltp3  - please post comments to the blog. One thing's for sure - there won't be any money for large capital projects and small-scale cycling projects represent excellent value for money.

New Cycle Crossing open

The new pedestrian cycle crossing is open at the bottom of Commercial St. This means you can get from Sheaf St, one of the busiest roads in Sheffield but now mostly having an alternative off-road route to Exchange St, Blonk St, the National Cycle Network and quieter roads to the North-East, without mixing with heavy traffic. A lot of the traffic has already been diverted away from this area by the Northern Inner Relief Road, but Sheat St still carries a lot of traffic from the West and South of the city towards the Parkway & M1. Eventually, we are told, there will be crossings on all the exits of Park Square (the parkway already has a subway conveying NCN6)

Cycling seems to be on the increase in this area - here's the cycle parking at the new offices on Blonk St (at the Five Weirs Walk entrance  - this part of the Walk is closed at the moment however, for environmental works) 

And this is the cycle parking at the PTE offices   - wonder if any of these cyclists would ever find it useful to take their bike on the tram?