Photo listing: other (good practice)
The most recent photos are listed first. See also photomap view.
This listing only shows photos within a square radius of 5 kilometres of the centre of Jersey.
Go to the national CycleStreets photo listings for photos beyond.
[Image taken 22.5.23] RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. [NOTE: No street view at this location] A very good idea. It whets (younger?) visitors' interest about their visit and substantiates the value of the design … [more]
[Image taken 17.5.23] St Edward the Confessor, Tadcaster Road, York. St Edward’s (www.stedsdringhouses.org/) offers teas and coffees to all weekdays and light lunches on Fridays. Of course, to be able to visit you need somewhere to secure … [more]
[Image taken 15.5.23] The Stonebow, York. This appeared a couple of weeks ago. It fulfils several purposes... This area can feel: devoid of human life; unsafe - motor traffic speeds including by bus drivers are high; empty of plant life … [more]
[Image taken 13.5.23] Aldwark (St Andrewgate to the right), York. Context: #186559. Other image this topic today: #193926. Note the worn cycles-only signs on the bollards. (The central bollard is removable.) In fact, pedestrians with/out … [more]
[Image taken 6.5.23] Northern Rail train, York rail station, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] I can wheel my cycle into this space - no need to lift it. (Compare with image from 22.5.23) The white unit protrudes into the space. … [more]
[Image taken 6.5.23] Northern Rail train, York rail station, York. NOTE: No street view at this location] The seat tips up. One of the arm rests foldsup too. Other image here today and links: #193815.
[Image taken 6.5.23] Northern Rail train, York rail station, York. NOTE: No street view at this location] Context: #193819. Other image here today and links: #193815.
[Image taken 6.5.23] Northern Rail train, York rail station, York. NOTE: No street view at this location] Despite the cycle symbol this is a carriage with shared space. The other side of the carriage is for wheelchairs. In fact, I sat on … [more]
[Image taken 6.5.23] Northern Rail train, York rail station, York. NOTE: No street view at this location] Northern carriages have clear external signage. The carriage with cycle and shared cycle-disabled spaces are visible even when the … [more]
[Image taken 30.4.23] Haxby and Wiggington Methodist Church, The Village, Haxby. These comprehensive and very professional looking documents are the map and questions for the black – longest – trail of the 2023 Scarecrow Festival … [more]
[Image taken 29.4.23] Dragon Road Carpark (Asda overflow carpark), Harrogate. The second replaced grating. The design is safer and also stylish. Context; #173017. Other image here today and links: #193457.
[Image taken 23.4.23] Tang Hall Lane, York. Repaired tarmac. Context: #188675. Other images here today: #193339, #193343.
[Image taken 23.4.23] Tang Hall Lane, York. Repaired tarmac. Context: #188674. Other images here today: #193340, #193343.
[Image taken 9.8.19] Hazel Court, York. The sign at the area of the recycling centre specifically for people who do not arrive in a motor vehicle. Other towns and cities need to emulate this. Not to do so is an example of motonormativity … [more]
[Image taken 8.4.23] York Minster Refectory, Deangate, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] A Turvec (https://turvec.com/product/public-bike-repair-stand-pump/) customer cycle pump and tools. I’m chary about these. The ones I have … [more]
[Image taken 4.4.23] Cycle Heaven, Hospital Fields Road, York. Lizzie Hughes, Countryside Activities Officer at Open Country (www.opencountry.org.uk). The charity organises regular rides (except in winter) on tandems. Volunteers steer the … [more]
[Image taken 3.4.23] Entrance to Rowntree Park, from car park off Terry Avenue, York. The map of the city is good practice. Helps you orientate and to discover what else you can do. For example that you can walk/ride along the Ouse to the … [more]
[Image taken 14.3.23] Priory Street Centre, Priory Street, York. The Centre was the setting for a York access control barriers stakeholder meeting today Tuesday, 14 March 2023. From left Guy Wallbanks, Travel Advisor at CYC; unknown CYC … [more]
The very slow train through the Bakony hills to Veszprém includes an entire carriage for bikes (which are supposed to hang from the hooks) - with a few sets of seats to the left.
[Image taken 3.3.23] Burton Stone Lane, York. On 3.3.23 residents around Burton Stone Lane received the letter in this image. I contains wording I can’t recall seeing in another such communication. I was very pleased to see it. I consider … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] Ouse Bridge (Bridge Street), York. A cycle symbol. These appeared in the week beginning 6.2.23. The aim is to alert drivers to expert to see people on cycles here and to give confidence to cyclists and legitimise their … [more]
[Image taken 13.2.23] West Esplanade, York. There seems to be a dearth of formal parking for motorcyclists. Which is the likely explanation for why they use cycle racks. But here there is provision, and parking for drivers but not for … [more]
[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context: #190045. Other image today and links: #190994.
[Image taken 8.2.23] York Minster, Minster Yard, York. A Portakabin at York Minster provides attractive imagery. But nowhere is this backed up by information - what this is, what the timeline is, how people can follow progress, make … [more]
[Image taken 8.2.23] York Minster, Minster Yard, York. York Minster (https://yorkminster.org/) is undergoing works (https://yorkminster.org/discover/conservation/). The walls of the temporary structures – Portakabins (Portakabin is a local … [more]
[Image taken 5.2.23] De Grey Rooms, St Leonard’s Place, York. The planks of the hoardings (left) on the De Grey Rooms mimic the cladding on the side of the York Theatre Royal (www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/) - rear walls in image. Other image … [more]
[Image taken 1.2.23] Citywide, York. York Cycle Campaign (https://yorkcyclecampaign.bike/) Manifesto (https://yorkcyclecampaign.bike/2023/01/28/42-ways-to-transform-york/) published end January 2023. We picked up ours from Get Cycling (see: … [more]
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path looking towards Hambleton Terrace (Haxby Road end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #189553.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #189553.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #189553.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #189553.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] I took this image, and the others at the same location, to show how much more space there is when the foliage on both sides of a route has … [more]
Italian local train with onboard bike spaces. You are expected to wheel your bike into one of the slots on the left. Just above the slots there are three power sockets for charging e-bikes. (This is the local stopping train from Roma … [more]
[Image taken 12.1.23] York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York. Other image here today and links: #189428.
[Image taken 12.1.23] York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place, York. Attractive new landscaping above the pollution and continual traffic movements of St Leonard's Place outside York Theatre Royal (www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk). I could only … [more]
[Image taken 6.1.23] Boyes, Goodramgate, York. Cycle security leafletting took place at these racks today. Context and links: #189159.
[Image taken 6.1.23] Boyes, Goodramgate, York. The Police were leafletting cycles on these and nearby racks today. See also: #189160, #189161. Other image today and links: #189157.
[Image taken 28.12.22] Cinder Lane/Scarborough bridge, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context: #188965 and links. The route visible is the riverside path being consulted on.
[Image taken 28.12.22] West Esplanade/Scarborough bridge, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Good practice: alerting people to a consultation at the place those who use the route will see it. And without obstructing the path. … [more]
[Image taken 1.12.22] Coffee table, Moda, New York Square, Leeds. [Please note: location is approximate] Overview of the changes taking place at City Square. Positive language (“transform”, “people-first environment”) that starts from the … [more]
[Image taken 1.12.22] Coffee table, Moda, New York Square, Leeds. [Please note: location is approximate] There was lots of female empowerment in the shared spaces in Moda. But this copy of Yorkshire Business Woman … [more]
[Image taken 1.12.22] Moda, New York Square, Leeds. [Please note: location is approximate] Alas no images of the cycle parking. It was unusable. Tiered racks which were too close to each other and to the wall - you couldn't have loaded a … [more]
[Image taken 27.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, York. Good practice. Details of the hoardings: #188029. Hoardings discussion and links: #165189. Other image and links nearby today: #188013.
[Image taken 27.11.22] St Luke’s (looking northbound), Burton Stone Lane, York. Good practice from St Luke’s (https://stlukesyork.org/) - four benches. This stretch of Burton Stone Lane contrasts with the larger properties but furious … [more]
[Image taken 27.11.22] Filey Terrace (looking northbound), York. Scaffolding on no 2. Close up – note the ‘padding’. Note the vibrant colour of the padding. Note there is no cross bracing and therefore no obstruction at head height. Other … [more]
[Image taken 20.11.22] Burton Stone Lane, close to the junction with Clifton/Bootham, York. The newly replaced bench is perfectly positioned for watching drivers triggering the relocated VAS (see: #187798) moved as part of the works … [more]
A love-letter to the free Abbey BMX track www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/real-life/local-legends-bmx-champs-keeping-25433533?fbclid=IwAR0WlOqaXWYewXck9AcVaT_QaxB1V7Y3ZZ-28RoaiykVKDEiFPwNY7li2U4
[Image taken 18.10.22] Wigginton Road, York. The sandbag spillage has been cleared up. Context: #186293. The entry to/exit from the works site seems to get hosed down regularly. Perhaps at the end of each working day. Safer for the very … [more]
A cycle van is being attached to trains between Wrocław, Sobуtka Zachodnia and Świdnica Przedmieście, on summer weekends only - a popular area for cycling … [more]
[Image taken 20.7.22] Harrogate rail station, York platform, Station Road, Harrogate. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] The attractive and comfortable waiting room has had charging points for laptops since it opened. It also has a … [more]
[Image taken 19.7.22] Coppergate (Nessgate end), York. Dated 15.7.22, an notice extending until 14 December 2022, the current: a) one-way for cycles along Coppergate, b) the exemption for cyclists so we can turn into it from Clifford … [more]
[Image taken 9.7.22] Stirling Road, junction with Wigginton Road, York. The foliage has been cut back. Context: #181790. Other image here today and links: #184357.
[Image taken 9.7.22] Stirling Road, junction with Wigginton Road, York. The foliage has been cut back. Context: #181789. Other images this subject here today: #184358, #184359, #184360. Other images today and links: #184354.
[Image taken 7.7.22] Abbey Road, Knaresborough. [NOTE: The location is approximate.] Context and links: #184215.
[Image taken 7.7.22] Abbey Road, Knaresborough. On the day we cycled here there was yet another ‘What’s great about Harrogate and area’ TV programme listing the cliches… Betty’s, the Turkish baths… But there is much no- or low-traffic … [more]
[Image taken 7.7.22] The Black Mulberry, Waterside, Knaresborough. Hurrah, someone appreciates cyclists' custom. The food at the Black Mulberry (www.theblackmulberry.com/) is good too. Other image here today: #184214 and nearby: #184220, … [more]
[Image taken 30.6.22] Library Lawn, next to York Explore/Explore York (library), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] This is one of those spaces you don't know if it's private, public, paid for or if you can simply wander in. My … [more]
[Image taken 3.6.22] Terminus of the rail line at Fiumicino airport, Rome. The 0921 departure from Roma Trastevere to Fiumicino Aeroporto. Not only does this train carry cycles but you can recharge them if they are e-bikes too. The person … [more]
[Image taken 17.6.22] Crichton Avenue road bridge direction of Wigginton Road, York. On Tuesday everyone was being raked by the low hanging branches of the beech trees. A quick email to the relevant contact and CYC and by today it was … [more]
[Image taken 21.5.22] Millennium Bridge, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] Bill and Juliet at the York Cycle Campaign (yorkcyclecampaign.bike/) stall today with the rider of a Kettwiesel recumbent trike who stopped to find out … [more]
[Image taken 21.5.22] Millennium Bridge, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] Bill and Juliet at the York Cycle Campaign (https://yorkcyclecampaign.bike/) stall today with a the rider of a Kettwiesel recumbent trike (further … [more]
[Image taken 21.5.22] Millennium Bridge, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location] Juliet engaging with two cyclists at the York Cycle Campaign (https://yorkcyclecampaign.bike/) stall today. Other images of the stall today: #182743, … [more]
[Image taken 19.5.22] Tesco, Clifton Moor, York. Excellent cycle parking signage: instantly recognisable as: a) cycle-related, b) parking-related, and visible from quite a distance. But terrible cycle parking... #182705. Other images today: … [more]
[Image taken 18.5.22] NCN658, link route between Foss Islands Road (direction of camera) and James Street, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] Morrisons and the zebra crossing are out of shot to the right. Context and links: … [more]
[UPDATE: See: #182119.] [Later image: #183400 and links] [Image taken 18.5.22] NCN658, link route between James Street (in direction of camera) and Foss Islands Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] As promised, Workman LLP … [more]
[Image taken on 9.5.22] St Leonard’s Place, Bootham Bar, York. Context: #182468. This driver was indicating right. He stayed in the bay while the left turn (Bootham) filter was green until that turned red and the ‘ahead’ (Gillygate light) … [more]
[Image taken on 7.5.22] Bootham Bar/St Leonard’s Place, York. Good practice. This FirstYork driver is neither obstructing the Gillygate ASL nor the 'keep clears' that were repainted at the end of April 2022 (compare with two drivers today: … [more]
[Image taken 26.4.22] Cocoa Works development, Haxby Road, York. Hoardings that are city-relevant. (Overview caption of hoardings: #165189.) Other images this development today: #182107. Other images elsewhere today: #182070 and links.
[Image taken 23.4.22] Haughton Road (northern end), York. Three dropped kerbs in an area where there are people with young children who are pushed in buggies, people who use mobility scooters and wheelchair users. But see links from: … [more]
[UPDATE: The works finished early May. All signs have been removed.] [Image taken 23.4.22] Haughton Road (northern end), York. The drop kerbs look very new. (They are not visible on streetview July 2019.) Ditto this one: #181978. The one on … [more]
[Image taken 14.4.22] Mill Lane, York. Good practice... This Hatton Traffic Management sign (www.hattontraffic.co.uk/wp/) is clearly branded, provides a URL and a phone number... But also nudges people to report the sign "if it has been … [more]
[Image taken 14.4.22] Mill Lane, York. Clear identification/branding on these signs at the work. Other images this subject today: #181696. Other images today: #181690 and links
[Image taken on 5.4.22] Parliament Street, York. YorkBID (https://www.theyorkbid.com/) started to put brightly coloured seating options into the city centre and nearby area during 2020 or perhaps 2021. They are very attractive and well used … [more]
[Image taken 31.3.22] Bootham York. Lights for the new crossing over Bootham, part of the Scarborough Bridge to Bootham Park cycle route improvements scheme, have appeared. As has a sign promising road surface repairs in St Mary's. … [more]
[Image taken on 26.3.22] Blue Bridge, New Walk/Blue Bridge Lane, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Daffs add colour and contribute to the calm feeling of the seating with attached (good practice see: #167764) cycle parking … [more]
[Image taken 28.2.22] Knavesmire, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] During 2020 the beautiful handmade bench was either vandalised and/or rotted. It was well used by dog walkers, and people walking or cycling along NCN65. Two … [more]
There are regular water points along this section of the Via Francigena south from Radicofani, with clear indications of the distance to the next one.
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