So they have done some more work on the Blenheim road/Hansons lane intersection. There is now a sign for traffic heading south and turning right from Hansons lane into Blenheim road saying that all turning traffic to give way. There is another one when you are heading north warning about on coming turning traffic. I thought yeah right that’s going to work, coming through that intersection tonight I had just missed the 6 seconds of dedicated cycle light phase but the normal green light was on and there was a gap in the traffic so I proceeded through the intersection… and had two cars pull across in front of me as expected. They seemed to be surprised that some body would dare to take their right of way and travel straight though an intersection on a green light… This is not an unusual event for this intersection as I have seen people trying to turn in front of trucks coming out of steel and tube through the same intersection! Anyway so those signs work really well… I would have thought that they could have swept up the glass from the broken bottles that have been there all year while they were there putting the signs up. OK I feel better for that wee rant, carry on…

Travelling along Wilsons Rd north approaching the roundabout with St Martins Rd cars regularly park in the bike lane because the parking area narrows but there aren’t any yellow dotted lines to prohibit parking. This forces cyclists into the traffic lane and hence causes congestion and conflict. The extension of yellow dotted lines further south till the parking area is wide enough to accommodate a car would prevent this happening. This is a common problem to many intersections around the city.

I also agree with Nic about removing the parking from Brougham St. This could be done for many major routes around the city where on street parking isn’t really needed or appropriate. It would free up room for extra traffic lanes as well as allowing separate bike lanes.

Port company can’t really comment on safety ! Their recent record is tragic

Yes and keep left signs.

Agree with all those, what a disaster the wrights road crossing is. BTW, we looked at Brougham Street about 5 years ago, NZTA then backtracked due to an agreement they have with the port company about minimum lane widths.

There is no obvious safe way for a cyclist to get onto the left side of Annex Road from Hansens Lane.
The “level” crossing (four sets of tracks) desperately needs attention.
A traffic island with wait space is needed for at the intersection of Annex Rd/Magdala Pl/Birmingham turning across Annex Road to get to the underpass. Failing that, green paint in the middle of the road might help.

Heading north, the Annex Road/Magdala Place intersection is, what shall we say, treacherous?

Also, the right hand turning light onto Blenheim Rd off Annex Road is not activated by a cyclist. A push button (a la pedestrian crossing) would be welcome.

I especially like how the cycle lane heading south down Annex road suddenly stops with the back of the first parked car once you have turned into Birmingham drive… It also coincides with the island in the middle of the road creating an interesting pinch point. I thought the island had a pedestrian refuge but is doesn’t, it’s just an obstacle in the middle of the road. It would’ve better if it was a) removed and bollards put in its place or b) turned into a padestrian/cycle refuge.

There is no point to these standards when Council Staff refuse to implement them and if our Elected Council don’t insist that Council staff do.

The bottlenecks, pinch points, and cyclists sharing busy 3.2m lanes with buses, trucks and cars is a guaranteed recipe for death and serious injury as forecast by the safety audit of Dr Shane Turner. One of the three developers (Noble) and his engineer have made grave mistakes and the Council for four years have turned a blind eye to them.