Wands protecting cycle lanes

Interesting picture. The double yellows are effectively enforced by the wands - no more fudging the issue by parking in the cycle lane or on the pavement - either keep driving or try and park in the traffic lane.

So now it's a through route only, from elsewhere to elsewhere. At which point you have to ask why the traffic even goes through the High Street, it makes no sense.

Shoppers voting with their feet and purses have resoundingly said No to motorised high streets. Round here we have a sadly dilapidated High Street, and a thriving retail park. The retail park is mostly one huge mall where pedestrian avenues take the place of congested roads. Which would you rather stroll along - its a no-brainer.

Perversely, the business in the High Street have vociferously opposed all attempts at pedestrianisation, insisting that their salvation lies in a street clogged with cars, until only charity shops and pawn brokers remain. Even the banks and phone boutiques have gone.

Sriracha wrote:

Interesting picture. The double yellows are effectively enforced by the wands - no more fudging the issue by parking in the cycle lane or on the pavement - either keep driving or try and park in the traffic lane. So now it's a through route only, from elsewhere to elsewhere. At which point you have to ask why the traffic even goes through the High Street, it makes no sense. Shoppers voting with their feet and purses have resoundingly said No to motorised high streets. Round here we have a sadly dilapidated High Street, and a thriving retail park. The retail park is mostly one huge mall where pedestrian avenues take the place of congested roads. Which would you rather stroll along - its a no-brainer. Perversely, the business in the High Street have vociferously opposed all attempts at pedestrianisation, insisting that their salvation lies in a street clogged with cars, until only charity shops and pawn brokers remain. Even the banks and phone boutiques have gone.

You've reminded me of some article I read recently that was questioning the U.S. design of roads and streets (roads being for moving vehicles and streets being for shopping etc). It highlighted the confusion in design that happens all over the place whereby shopping areas get mixed up with through routes and thus pedestrians have to put up with an unpleasant amount of traffic. I'll see if I can find it again.

Edit: searching for "stroads" helped me find it: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/10/30/the-stroad

Video by Not Just Bikes based on the same concept and referencing the Strong Towns Articles
 

Looks good - I don't know if the bike sign's enough to legalise "no motor vehicles in here" but if so great (assuming that was actually enforced...). No expertise in this but I believe you need all the spells:

Solid white line outside any wands or bollards (which reduces the space a little). Double yellows (or red "clearway"). Double strokes on kerb for "no loading". Probably need some signage somewhere with "no stopping, no loading" conditions too?

Wands definitely not my first choice - or probably anyone's apart from the officials managing the budget for them.  I still wonder whether some ugly concrete Jersey barriers wouldn't be both cheaper and more effective / safer?  Maybe we've used all those for anti-terror use already though.  Of course what we want - in the absence of "almost no cars" - is an actual segregated cycle path. Bet that is more expensive though. (Always reminds me of the classic cartoon).

Those new wands look very smart! Haven't been along there recently, so nice to see the pics.

Thanks brooksby !