Dangerous redesign Hunts Slip Road - Dulwich Estate

[Beauchamp1]

 

I’m a resident who both cycles and drives and safer roads make our community safer for all. 

However, arbitrary measures (I understand that neither DPL nor Kingsdale were properly consulted on the changes) that Dulwich Estate have taken to make Hunts Slip Rd ‘safer’ have made it much worse and someone is going to get seriously hurt.

 

*Cars drive towards a vulnerable and unprotected bike lane in order to park. There are no physical partitions (eg. Curb etc) to separate the bike Lane.

*Doors are opened directly into the bike lane with no protection and limited visibility.
*Pedestrians need to traverse the cycle lane to get back into their parked cars or cross the road

*the bays when filled with parked cars gives no practical visibility of the bike lane for those parked or pedestrians that may not know it’s there and walk into an oncoming bike.

*Fast bikes, are as a result, are still forced to use the main pavement which is extremely busy with kids at x2 schools (though not perfect, at least the pavement users lanes have been better marked)

 

Given the wide pavements each side of the road it seems a ridiculous  place to put an unprotected bike lane that makes all road users more vulnerable, when something truly safety enhancing could have been done.

 

 

Edited November 6 by Beauchamp1

[malumbu]

Thanks, I'll check it out.  Also do contact Southwark Cyclists. Not fond of Dulwich Estates for a number of reasons.  They could do more to discourage driving noting that many DC kids do cycle to school.

 

[Beauchamp1]

Also note: cars are often reverse parking and in that case there is zero visibility of the bike lane. Cars are also turning on the road and able to ‘use’ the bike lane to do (whether know or by accident) which is very dangerous. 

[Earl Aelfheah]

There has been a real problem with dangerous driving and illegal parking along that stretch, and a lot of kids cycle to the schools along that road, so something definitely needed to be changed; But I agree that (from the picture) it looks like a really poor design. I can see people getting 'doored' for sure. 

There is also room to play with along that stretch / it's quite wide, so I would have thought there is a lot of opportunity to have designed something safe / high quality.

If they just put some wands in, it would be an improvement; discouraging people exiting their cars on that side and providing a degree of separation.

Edited November 7 by Earl Aelfheah

[bels123]

Wands have been installed now.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

On 06/11/2024 at 10:03, Beauchamp1 said:

*Doors are opened directly into the bike lane with no protection and limited visibility.

When there is no bike lane at all, that's also what happens - drivers are opening their doors right where bike are being ridden. 🤷

[Penguin68]

21 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

drivers are opening their doors right where bike are being ridden. 🤷

What, the pavement?  How very dare they! 

Edited November 25 by Penguin68