Bicycle Blackspot Eradication

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Comment by Road Repair Australia on June 24, 2010 at 10:53pm

60mm edge to bike path
Here is a photo

http://roadrepair.blogspot.com/2010/04/hazard-60mm-deep-edge-of-bike-path-old.html

Comment by Road Repair Australia on June 21, 2010 at 7:03pm

60mm edge to bike path:
I am having no luck having this hazard removed
http://roadrepair.blogspot.com/2010/04/hazard-60mm-deep-edge-of-bike-path-old.html
Please make comments to this group that can show the "community need" that council need to see before they take action.

Comment by Road Repair Australia on April 16, 2010 at 11:27am

Here is a link to a LIST OF SERVICE COVERS that i have reported over the last couple of years. Half of these are still there. Most of them i have made repeated calls and letters about them to road authorities, United Water, members of Parliment.

In one instance i glued a bright Yello Plastic placard on it "The Cloe Fox Memorial Hazard". The hazard is still there.

I have had some success. I suggest the best way to report Water and Sewer chambers is to contact - United Water 8381 0300 (provide the depth/height in MM and ask for the job number). If you send me the details i will post it on the above blog to support speedier repair OR to support a claim in the event of an injury or accident.

For contact details to report other hazards see the HOW TO REPORT INFORMATION HERE.

Again, if you have reported anything, send me a copy (roadrepair@gmail.com) and I will publish to the ROAD REPAIR BLOG.

Comment by heather on April 6, 2010 at 1:55am

I already know.

At the corner of Wellington Square and Jeffcott Street in North Adelaide was a smooth SA Water cover-lid. It was also to the left of the road where a cyclist rides, or is forced to ride by vehicles, even when trying to avoid hazards. Later bicycle lanes were marked and half of it was now in a bicycle lane. It took TWELVE YEARS to have the smooth cover-lid replaced. During that time I wrote many letters, including to the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Water Security. Writing to the two ministers was not a catalyst for action.

Since then I have written to the ministers about hundreds of cycling hazards due to SA Water infrastructure. Smooth cover-lids, non-flush cover-lids outside limits of Austroads, and blue cat eyes / RRPMs installed outside Technical Standard 135 and also happen to be cycling hazards. Still waiting.

I am appalled by a particular cycling hazard that I noticed in December 2009. I wrote to the Minister for Water Security and SA Water but not remedied, despite me stressing the hazard. When you are next in Prospect, check out Regency Road on the southern side, just east of the intersection with Prospect Road. If you want to take a photo, wear visible clothing and take a friend to guard you from the the traffic. There is a huge hole around a cover-lid that. The hole is 45mm deep, and the cover-lid itself is more than the Austroad limit of 20mm. The hole is where a cyclist may move from the left lane to the right, to make a right hand turn. It is also on a downhill. I ride a sturdy MTB with town-and-country tyres for utility shopping, but not sturdy enough to cope with that huge deep hole. Some authorities place cat eyes in bicycle lanes without realising that it is a hazard for light weight road bikes with skinny tyres. But even the densest person must realise that a huge deep hole in the road is a cycling hazard.

Comment by Road Repair Australia on April 3, 2010 at 1:19pm

Good luck getting Service Covers fixed

There were numerous covers on Anzac Hwy between Morphette and South Roads in the bike lane. It took over 18 months, and many phone calls to get them removed (they did one-at-a-time).

See http://rideoutloud.blogspot.com/2009/06/delays-to-remove-hazard-of-service.html

Comment by David Bowler on February 19, 2010 at 12:02am

How is this to catch out the unsuspecting cyclist. As you come down Blacks rd, Gilles Plains in the morning it looks like an unobstructed run down the bike line, but look closely and hidden n the shadows in a man hole sticking up in the middle of the lane.

Comment by Road Repair Australia on January 24, 2010 at 11:22am

EDGE OF SHARED PATHS
The edge of some shared paths is very dangerous. Any square edge that is greater than 10mm deep, and extends for more than 1 metre will "trip" a bicycle. Any square edge greater than 20mm is a hazard for pedestrians also.

Please report any hazards to the respective councils. Feel free to send me a copy at roadrepair@gmail.com . For an example of a report to West Torrens council (Old Glenelg Tramline), see THIS REPORT.

Comment by Road Repair Australia on January 24, 2010 at 9:48am

I have reported the "horrendous surface" to the Dept of Transport Hotline (1800 018 313) on 22 Jan. You can see video footage of the squeeze at Anzac Hwy AND Mooringie Ave here http://roadrepair.blogspot.com/2010/01/hazard-marion-rd-between-tram-line-and.html.

Comment by Sammy the Crab on January 14, 2010 at 6:01pm

Marion Rd between Anzac Highway and Cross Rd yields a similar experience to what's illustrated in the video. Good bike lanes before and after, but a 250-odd metre stretch of running the gauntlet, often with heavy vehicles bearing down on you. The northbound route has the added disadvantage of a horrendous surface.

Comment by heather on December 11, 2009 at 1:59pm

The Shuldholz - North East Roads intersection has long been in the top 5 for vehicle collisions, that includes Grand Junction Road at Gepps Cross and the Britainia Roundabout. The video definitely shows the traffic volume at the intersection, which is scary in its own right.

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