Cyclist crashes on new Leeds-Bradford route due to missing manhole cover

My sympathy if this is genuine, BUT but this looks like a dodgy set-up to me to generate a bit of negative press. Why no photos of the injury? If it was so bad, surely you'd have some evidence for the injury claim. And as said, you really would have to be very unobservent not to see that hole.... it must be visible from a good way back.

If it was revealed that cyclists were staging accidents to generate bad press it would just give more fuel to the rabid Street-Porters.

On another point, how do you easily activate the crossing button while still on a bike and without losing your front wheel to passing traffic?

Little things count to users, but I presume that no-one on the layout team has ever cycled?

Are you sure that the cycle route gives way at every side road? That certainly isn't what was in the plans.

Probably looking at The Shard...

Downright dangerous whether it's on a cycle path or a footpath. I hope the lads OK and recovers and we can be thankfully her wasn't flung into the path of a bus like a ragdoll. But, this is still a sizeable hole that you should be seeing at any reasonable speed.

Dunno about everyone else but I have a specsavers banner playing at the top of this piece

Shouldn't happen but how did he not see that missing? Its probably Janet Street Porters supporters who have removed the cover

They've made a huge mess of this. The cycle lane is too thin in places, stops at all junctions and randomly rejoins the road and then starts again without warning creating a hazard for cars. They've created "continental" mini roundabouts which aren't very visible and totally confused all road users as they looked unfinished.

It's a massive disappointment and has created a huge wave of bad feeling towards cyclists despite them having nothing to do with it.

Ironically it was also my fastest cycling route to work before the work commenced. Now I take a totally different route which is faster and safer.

It's a shame that something that should have been a flagship development has been so poorly designed and implemented. Hopefully despite all this it'll still attract more people to cycle to work but it feels like a missed opportunity.

Thank God for that! Another couple of yards and he'd have been taking his life in his hands crossing that junction.

Straight to injurylawers4u if that was me.

Hope the lads OK. Being near to the junction hopefully he wasn't going too fast though I'm sure it was bad enough for him. Hit at speed this could have led to very serious injury at the very least. Get will soon fella.