Thursday, 24 May 2007
Winnats ride pictures up on Flickr
Click Here. Someone stole Rob's pictures off his blog as well, don't know who that could have been...
Monday, 21 May 2007
Hillsborough Tram Gate News
The Council Says:
Poster and billboards will start to appear tomorrow (21/5) and a radio campaign will start the first week in June advertising the intention to use cameras to enforce bus lanes and tram gates. A press briefing is to be held tomorrow. Pending successful testing of all the equipment in June, the target is to start camera enforcement of the Hillsborough bus/tram gates in late June / July, with other sites rolling out thereafter. I must stress these are target dates and we will not have more definite information until all equipment and systems have been successfully tested.
You have asked previously about why it has taken so long to get the system operational. The project has been beset by a number of technical difficulties. Just as one example, the footway where we have to locate a variable message sign (VMS) was very constrained by underground pipes and cables. The VMS signs are large, heavy and require substantial foundations. A special one-off foundation plate and pole has had to be designed and manufactured and this took several weeks to commission. This is fairly typical of a number of problems that have had to be overcome and each has added its own time penalty to the project.
However, we now look forward to effective enforcement of the tram gates in the next few weeks and the benefits this will bring to bus and tram passengers, as well as pedestrians and cyclists in Hillsborough.
Poster and billboards will start to appear tomorrow (21/5) and a radio campaign will start the first week in June advertising the intention to use cameras to enforce bus lanes and tram gates. A press briefing is to be held tomorrow. Pending successful testing of all the equipment in June, the target is to start camera enforcement of the Hillsborough bus/tram gates in late June / July, with other sites rolling out thereafter. I must stress these are target dates and we will not have more definite information until all equipment and systems have been successfully tested.
You have asked previously about why it has taken so long to get the system operational. The project has been beset by a number of technical difficulties. Just as one example, the footway where we have to locate a variable message sign (VMS) was very constrained by underground pipes and cables. The VMS signs are large, heavy and require substantial foundations. A special one-off foundation plate and pole has had to be designed and manufactured and this took several weeks to commission. This is fairly typical of a number of problems that have had to be overcome and each has added its own time penalty to the project.
However, we now look forward to effective enforcement of the tram gates in the next few weeks and the benefits this will bring to bus and tram passengers, as well as pedestrians and cyclists in Hillsborough.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Friday, 4 May 2007
London Trial of Removal of Towpath Permit Requirement
Good news for those who have the ambition of cvcling every canal towpath in Britain...
http://tinyurl.com/2vezz9
From 14 May 2007 British Waterways London will give blanket permission to cycle on its towpaths (unless signs specifically prohibit it) and there will not be a requirement for cyclists to hold a permit. The abolition of the permit system in London is a pilot for abolishing the permit nationally. The reason why the permit is being abolished is because British Waterways does not have the resources to enforce the permit system and the increased numbers of cyclists on the towpaths in London has made it even harder to enforce.
From 14 May 2007 British Waterways London will give blanket permission to cycle on its towpaths (unless signs specifically prohibit it) and there will not be a requirement for cyclists to hold a permit. The abolition of the permit system in London is a pilot for abolishing the permit nationally. The reason why the permit is being abolished is because British Waterways does not have the resources to enforce the permit system and the increased numbers of cyclists on the towpaths in London has made it even harder to enforce.
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