With regard to the aerial picture of the cyclops junction, why are there cycle waiting areas in advance of the motor vehicle stop line? Do the envisage some cyclists want to use the "road" part of the junction, rather than the nicer green loop? Or are there some rules to using it I'm not aware of?
My understanding is that the early designs included advanced stop lines (ASLs) in case more vehicular cyclists wanted to stay on the carriageway. More recent designs don't seem to do this as I think cyclists of all speeds seem to want to use the infrastructure. Adam
I came to make a comment, and found that Jon Knight had already said it.
It remains a mystery as to why the two highway engineers were filmed standing on a crossing that doesn't match their words, that cyclists and people on foot are separated from vehicles.
Is the explanation that the cycle 'roundabout' is one-directional, clockwise, and that the duration of the traffic light phases makes it impossible to turn right without being halted intermediately, so the option of using the green box and advanced stop line to make a right turn among vehicle traffic is that this avoids making cycling much slower?
With regard to the aerial picture of the cyclops junction, why are there cycle waiting areas in advance of the motor vehicle stop line? Do the envisage some cyclists want to use the "road" part of the junction, rather than the nicer green loop? Or are there some rules to using it I'm not aware of?
My understanding is that the early designs included advanced stop lines (ASLs) in case more vehicular cyclists wanted to stay on the carriageway. More recent designs don't seem to do this as I think cyclists of all speeds seem to want to use the infrastructure. Adam
I came to make a comment, and found that Jon Knight had already said it.
It remains a mystery as to why the two highway engineers were filmed standing on a crossing that doesn't match their words, that cyclists and people on foot are separated from vehicles.
Is the explanation that the cycle 'roundabout' is one-directional, clockwise, and that the duration of the traffic light phases makes it impossible to turn right without being halted intermediately, so the option of using the green box and advanced stop line to make a right turn among vehicle traffic is that this avoids making cycling much slower?
JM