Brighton "death trap" bike lane fixed in double-quick time

The design falls far short of Danish design.

The kerbs there are much clearer, there are often trees planted between the cycle track and road,. There are often parked cars between the cycle track and moving traffic.
They are consistent across the whole of Copenhagen so the problem of unexpected kerbs does not arise.
They will have priority across side roads.
This is a parody of Danish design.

"The spokesperson said: "Cycle representatives were involved in the new design of the new junction, and we will involve them in any future review."

This is what South Glos does, but then ignores the cyclist's comments.

Strange how the single solid white line has been replaced by double yellows. So before a car was not allowed to drive over the white line, but now legally it can and even has a nice little ramp like the council use on temporary road works. Only thing it cannot do is wait or park there.

Amazing what a few potential law suits can do for motivation within notoriously slow moving council departments.

does anyone know if what they did there in Brighton actually matches the infrastructure they use in Denmark, because the only pictures Ive seen of Danish cycle lanes look nothing like that.

And its got the same feeling as the "dutch roundabout" in Cambridge, that also was "approved" by "cycling representatives" IIRC.

Id far rather our cycling infrastructure was designed and approved by cycling infrastructure experts who know what works, and know that shoe horning tiny bits of disconnected stuff actually helps nobody and can also spot the obvious mistakes before they have to spend more money to go back and fix them.

Looks like a design or construction mistake, and to their credit they fixed it once it became apparent.

Good on them for doing so, and quickly.

Now if only Bucks County Council could do the same with some of the man-eating potholes round here...

This is good news. It’s encouraging to see a cycle lane “fixed” by actually improving it!

We’re still learning how to build (and use) proper cycle lanes. Hopefully some lessons have been learned, i.e. look at best practice from across the North Sea.

The Danish solution of raising the bike lane sounds like a good one. Perhaps might be a better idea to raise it properly, so that it actually does prevent (most) motorists from infringing on it, and then paint an edge warning (e.g. yellow stripes) on the kerb itself. Maybe with a lowered section to allow bike access?

@mad_scot_rider - It's not the council that are the b****rds here, it's people who drive in such a way that cycle lanes are even required.

A half-inch kerb-let wouldn't really deter vehicles from encroaching.

I do hope the temporary measure doesnt become the long term fix.

I'm glad to road.cc for this exposure, having seen the people involved in accidents from the opposite direction last Thursday, so will be careful when I am on that stretch of road/cycle path.

that's a bit of a bodge... it very likely won't last a winter and will break up from heavy goods vehicles driving on it...

I went to Anglet/ France this year. Good weather and some stunning roads through the Pyranees by the way. The bike ways around Anglet/Bayonne are insane, though. Blind, narrow corners with direction changes and obstacles in them (going straight sends you in oncoming traffic), barriers in steep descends, fully painted roads in corners with metal knobs all over to lead the way, narrow parts guarded with metal posts, etc. A curb was also among the challenges. So feel gifted that Brighton turned around quickly.

Good on them. No shame in admitting you made a false start trying something new (the only shame is that the idea of fit-for-purpose bike lanes in blighty IS new). I'd rather that than sticking with the "safe" status quo.

When, oh when will those silly b*****ds at local councils realise that desire path analysis is vital and that they should employ ACTUAL CYCLISTS to help implement these things?