Harrie Larrington-SpencerNov 18, 2022

Councils often use barriers like these on traffic-free walking & cycling routes.

They say that they're to stop illegitimate users, like off-road motorcyclists, but in reality they fail to stop these.

But they do stop disabled people like me who use adapted cycles & other types of mobility aids. And we'd really like to access these safe and quiet routes too.

#CyclingDisabled #ActiveTravel #CargoTrike #CargoBike

Show threadDave WarnockNov 19, 2022
@TricycleMayor yes, yes and yes.
They also stop cargobike (often used for child transport) and trailers (often used for child transport as well).
Basically they stop lots of legitimate users while not blocking motorbikes.
Show threadYou S BluesNov 19, 2022
@TricycleMayor @Dave42W Thank you for highlighting the issues with the chicane design. I would not have known they stopped cargo bikes and those with trailers.
Show threadSavageHK

@patmikemid it's technically possible to design an accessible chicane, but often the ones that are installed are too close together for it to work (and/or some other issue, such as incline or other poles or obstacles that reduce the available space).

I would still prefer not to see them as a general rule, an accessible chicane wouldn't slow "normal" bikes much at all, rather defeating the usual reason for installation.

Nov 20, 2022 at 10:59amWeb