Comments on: What do you think of the Ferry Road trial so far?

By: T A M

T A M — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:03:55 +0000

I love the idea of safe spaces for bikes, but as someone who drives and cycles on this road, I find the visual barriers a huge risk for all users of the bike lanes and footpaths. Seeing cyclists and pedestrians from cars is difficult, especially if you need to cross the bike lanes and footpaths to enter driveways and car parks in this area. This is exacerbated by the fact there is so little onstreet parking outside the schools. Drop offs can’t be done from street due to lack of places to pull over so parents are pulling into carparks and driving blind into the bike lanes. I think there also needs to be a pedestrian crossing closer to the school entrance on Ferry Road. I know students should walk to the corner, but they don’t and mobbing across a crowded busy road with visual barriers is dangerous.

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:27:42 +0000

In reply to Criggie.

I guess the most relevant metric might be the nearby cycle counter around the corner on St Asaph St, since many trips will continue to/from there. At the end of Jan 2021 the 12-month daily average there was 413, at the end of Jan 2022 the average was 458 – a 10% increase despite the ravages of Covid on travel patterns (in fact, at one point just before the August lockdown, the 12-month average was 480…)

By: Criggie

Criggie — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 20:20:11 +0000

The main result should be from the bike counters installed in the area – did total cyclists go up or down ?

Personally I found it was lumpy and littered – street cleaners can’t get in there but the wind can blow rubbish and leaves in to get trapped. Lumpy because its just plain old Chch asphalt.

And looking different, I had to concentrate on it and figure out where I was supposed to go, for the first time at least it took away brainpower that should be looking for traffic.

Ultimately, “Is it having a positive effect on riding?” is the most important metric.