Latest cycling news from DPTI - Military, Churchill Rd & Emerson Overpass
The press releases have been coming thick and fast this week so I thought I'd post them up in one go.
1. Military Rd gets new bike lanes:
The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) will begin the installation bicycle lanes on Military Road between Bower Road and Dunstone Road, Semaphore Park next week.
The bicycle lanes to improve safety for cyclists will be operational once line-marking and signs are in place.
They will operate during peak traffic periods from 7.30 am to 9.00 am and 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm from Monday to Friday, in both directions.
2. Churchill Rd gets new bike lanes between Torrens Road and Regency Road.
The lanes will be installed between Avenue Rd to Castle Ave and Regency Rd to Albert St and are peak period lanes operating from 7.30 - 9am southbound and 4.30 - 6pm northbound. The aim of these new lanes are to fill in the gaps on Churchill and ensure consistency. There is a long letter with more info attached.
3. Greenway works - Improved safety near the Emerson Overpass for cyclists and pedestrians.
As part of the State Government’s Greenways project, pedestrians and cyclists will soon enjoy upgraded facilities near the Emerson Overpasswhich will make crossing South Road and Cross Road safer and easier.
The upgrade to the pedestrian and cyclist facilities seeks to improve safety, increase connections and provide off-road alternatives for cyclists to negotiate the intersection, including:
- modifications to the pedestrian and cyclist refuge islands at the intersection enabling increased space for pedestrians and cyclists waiting to cross over Cross Road.
- upgrading existing foot paths to shared walking and cycling paths.
- installing ramps leading up to the cyclist and pedestrian tunnel under Cross Road.
Works are scheduled to begin late April 2012 and are expected to be completed end of May 2012, weather permitting.
One more!
Due to work done on a new playground around the Bonython Park kiosk, the path by the kiosk will be closed for a few months, as will the bit of the Park Lands Trail from Port Road to the Torrens. Cyclists using the Park Lands Trail will be directed via Gaol Road instead. Release
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Permalink Reply by Sophia MacRae on -
Bicycle lanes that only operate between 4.30 and 6pm are NOT bicycle lanes, they are CLEARWAYS! They are space prioritised for carparking, except during the rush hour. Calling them bicycle lanes does not make them bicycle lanes.
In fact, during the late night hours, I can safely cycle in the right hand lane of Magill Rd, so why don't we call that a "bicycle lane" that is operational between the hours of 10.30pm and 6am?
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Permalink Reply by Patrick O'Kane on -
My thought exactly Sophia, they are clearways but let's call them bike lanes to keep the cyclists quiet for a while. I'm not falling for it and it seems neither are you.
If they were serious the Military Rd one would be in force at the weekend when it is at it's most popular with cyclists.
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Permalink Reply by Mike W on -
Tend to agree Sophia, the only real bike lanes are those such as a large section of Cross Rd where it is a 24 hour bike lane.
Painting white lines on a road and allowing cars to park there as if the lines/lanes didn't exist really doesn't achieve much, most people just ignore the time restrictions or are completely unaware of them.
Unley Road Street is a perfect example of that, if that was in Melbourne it would only have one lane for traffic each way, parking spaces and a 24 hour bike lane (Church St and sorrounds as an example).
Back in my previous life in civil engineering there was many discussions about freeing up main roads by restricting parking, according to some of my former associates from that time the same discussions are still being bandied about but nothing changes.Anzac Hwy is a classic, massive footpath/verge and two and half lanes for traffic, left lane being a mix of parking, cycling and restrictions.
As they say interstate, "South Australia will be a great place when it is finished", our tin of white paint approach adds support to that view but I think that change is coming.
Having said all of that there is definitely an awareness and a move in the right direction which are a credit to the influence of this site and people such as Gus.
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Permalink Reply by heather on -
Mike, I recall more than 10 years ago being told by Transport staff that the long term aim was to veto car parking on arterial roads. Makes sense from a safety viewpoint even for drivers (no more slow or stopped vehicles seeking or moving into parking spot). Transport said it was a financial waste to have to engineer the dual purpose park / travel lane to a standard for heavy vehicles travelling at 60 km/h, then have light weight vehicles travel at 10 km/h and park there. That shops and businesses should provide off-street parking for their customers.
But this progress gone by the wayside, with protuberances installed jutting into the roadways to provide protected car parking. Now nowhere to provide bicycle lanes physically separated from travel lanes -- the new / current standard in Australia, but SA is behind. Authorities now considering an option to reduce road congestion (and greenhouse gas emissions). On dual lane arterial roads make the kerbside lane a bus+bicycle lane. This would speed public transport and encourage some drivers to switch transport modes. But previous travel lanes have been turned into car parking!
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Permalink Reply by Sophia MacRae on
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Painting white lines can be extremely effective and very good bang-for-buck - for recent examples see the City of New York, and the City of Yarra in Vic.
But it requires strategic planning, community engagement, enforcement, and a clear sense of priorities!
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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Sophia, have you read the following?
http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=60650&sr=0#folio=2
Published in Indaily on 15-Mar-2012 on page 2.
More cyclists, more cars: Conlon stuck in the middle
. . . Conlon said the number of cyclists was increasing at a faster rate than the pattern for car and public transport usage.
He said it should be possible to double the number of people riding bikes in the next five years.
The minister said the government needed to keep up cycling and motorist awareness campaigns to improve safety.
While spruiking Adelaide as a “cycling city”, he did not favour the strategy of the Yarra Council in Melbourne which deliberately makes roads uncomfortable for cars to encourage cycling.
Yarra’s strategy has increased the number of cyclists in the council alone to more than 5200 and it has the highest rate of cyclists in the country.
“You can’t annoy [motorists] too much by what you do,” Conlon said . . .
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Permalink Reply by Gus K on -
One more!
Due to work done on a new playground around the Bonython Park kiosk, the path by the kiosk will be closed for a few months, as will the bit of the Park Lands Trail from Port Road to the Torrens. Cyclists using the Park Lands Trail will be directed via Gaol Road instead. Release
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Permalink Reply by J the B on
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Congratulations to the DPTISA for this magnificent new bike lane on Military/Bower rd....... we paid for this??!!!
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Permalink Reply by Roger Gurr on -
unbfknlvble!
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Permalink Reply by heather on
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J the B, Would you please add the photos and location to the AC group Look For Cyclists under topic How NOT to design for cyclists at http://www.adelaidecyclists.com/group/lookforcyclists/forum/topics/how-not-to-design-for-cyclists Also add a link to this discussion. Collating such info in one place could be used to educate authorities.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on -
I can't help thinking that somebody who has contacts in the media could possibly have the email addresses for the host of The Project etc, this should be used to embarrass the idiots that did this.
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