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After having a moan to my local council about the changes they recently made to a cycle path I ride to work on In response to my question "why did you choose to make the changes you did rather than an alternative that would be far better" I was informed that Swansea City Council has allocated a massive £44,000 to cycle infrastructure improvements for this year.

That's is a massive 18.18 PENCE per person per year!

And supposedly councils are implementing the "Active travel wales act" to encourage cycling.


Bloody ridiculous.

In reply to gethin_allen:

Not surprising. That said given how many waste it on utterly pointless and/or dangerous splatters of green paint it might be best most dont get more cash.

In reply to gethin_allen:

It will be spent on pointless shit like this:

http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk

In reply to KevinD:

Well they spent some of it removing the segregation of the cycle path down the prom and putting up big signs for a 5 mph speed limit. And the logic for removing the segregation was that there had been an incident where a cyclist hit a pedestrian, so they got rid of the segregation! genius.

In reply to gethin_allen:

It's incredible. Ok, so they clearly hold cyclists in low regard, but the way they talk to cyclists suggests they think cyclists hold themselves in equally low regard. It's like they're talking to children.

I hope you told them they're full of bollocks.

In reply to gethin_allen:
The normal speed limit signs don't apply unless you are a motor vehicle so fast walkers, joggers and cyclists needn't slow down. However if it is a council bylaw they can apply.

Not that you should be antisocial by running fast or cycling much more than walking pace through crowds.

In reply to gethin_allen:

......and an extra 1.3 billion to sort out some of the roads for cars....

In reply to elsewhere:

The signs are blue square things specific for cycling. I doubt they are enforceable as most people don't have a speedometer on their bikes and there's no law to force them to have one.

Regarding cycling quickly through crowds, this wouldn't be a problem if they hadn't removed the segregated cycle lane.

In reply to gethin_allen:


How was it segregated? Something more substantial than a line of white paint?

In reply to gethin_allen:
Blue rectangles are usually advisory information, I looked it up when some "cyclists dismount" signs appeared on a cycle path.