Comments on: Safety Improvements on Dyers Pass Road

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 09:29:14 +0000

In reply to David. I'm very keen to see these type of road treatments in NZ (have been promoting them here for five years). But Dyers Pass Rd is much more winding than the Scottish road. You can't use this treatment where you have limited sight distance.

By: David

David — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 08:20:20 +0000

Why not be somewhat different? reduce the speed limit a bit, and ‘dutch style’ the road. See what has been done in Scotland at http://pedalonparliament.org/gogar-station-road-how-to-fix-a-road-in-273-emails/

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 07:34:44 +0000

In reply to LennyBoy. Invite them for a field trip to see what its like. Beats reading reports.

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 02:18:40 +0000

An update: we met with the Spreydon-Heathcote Comm Board this morning, who were very sympathetic and supportive of some improvements here. Likely to result in a workshop of relevant parties to kick around a few ideas in more detail. Will also be looking to survey people about incidents they’ve encountered up Dyers Pass – watch this space…

By: Alastair Brown

Alastair Brown — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:54:22 +0000

Taking the full lane going down hill is good as the speed differential is lower. Going up hill, not so much.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:02 +0000

Dyers Pass. Widen the strip left of outside white line, where it can be done. The outside white line is right in the gutter in parts.
Centaurus. A good start would be to fix the bike lanes so they are rideable. I have reported a number of areas that require repairs on Centaurus to CCC , but to no avail.

By: CP

CP — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:22:46 +0000

They’re good ideas, although not so sure about can use full lane sign as that’ll be taken badly by many motorists. I prefer the 1.5m gap sign.
My extra suggestion is use anti graffiti paint on the signs & make them very robust as typical signs will not last more than a few days before they’re attacked

By: Alex Paulsen

Alex Paulsen — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:14:54 +0000

I can’t see how any of those are going to stop motorists from saying “I bloody hate cyclists”… Which admittedly isn’t what is trying to be fixed, but we’d certainly be feeding fuel to that fire by trying any of the above.