Bradfield Rd

Had cause to visit Bradfield Rd (between Penistone Rd & Hillsborough Corner) yesterday, both by bike and car as I was there to pick my car from the mechanic (unlike many Sheffield motorists I believe it to be important that all your lights and indicators are working, and of course the bike is the easiest way to get to and from the garage)

What a nasty environment the council has made of this road. It started with putting barriers up to keep pedestrians out of the road - at a time when visionaries like South Kensington were realising the benefits of taking street furniture away - and this was compounded by the "it's driving me crazy" initiative which removed the hatching to force traffic into a single lane as you approached the Langsett Rd junction.

The result is a speedway, pedestrians penned into a narrow pavement - totally inappropriate for a shopping street, and just enabling potential shoppers to speed away to Meadowhall.

I wish I'd campaigned harder to stop this from happening. Still you can't win them all I suppose.