I noticed when I went to pick up a prescription today that Chatham has acquired a "bike hub" in the Wickes car park - iow a big bike shed. Well placed for the commuters at two minutes from the station, a ten minute walk up a big hill if you're coming back from shopping in the town centre.I suppose you could get on a bus instead, but if you need a bus to get to the bike park, then why not just take the bus all the way
There's also a tension between bike lanes and disabled access that popped up repeatedly in the covid-related expansions. The in-the-street-but-protected-by-kerbs ones both restrict the ability of disabled people to cross the road and obstruct the ability of accessible taxis to put down their ramps so wheelchair users can get in/out, the on-the-footpath ones were repeatedly routed straight through the places disabled people were expected to wait, as indicated by dropped kerbs and/or textured paving at bus stops etc. (Also repeatedly seen, temporary tarmac ramps onto expanded footpaths that had room for a wheelchair at one end, but not the other).
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Date: 2022-01-25 09:39 pm (UTC)There's also a tension between bike lanes and disabled access that popped up repeatedly in the covid-related expansions. The in-the-street-but-protected-by-kerbs ones both restrict the ability of disabled people to cross the road and obstruct the ability of accessible taxis to put down their ramps so wheelchair users can get in/out, the on-the-footpath ones were repeatedly routed straight through the places disabled people were expected to wait, as indicated by dropped kerbs and/or textured paving at bus stops etc. (Also repeatedly seen, temporary tarmac ramps onto expanded footpaths that had room for a wheelchair at one end, but not the other).