Bash the Barriers
bashthebarriers.bsky.social
Bash the Barriers
@bashthebarriers.bsky.social
Active travel, barriers thereto, trying to learn / spread nouse about dealing with them. Walking / wheeling / cycling share common needs, but there are also conflicts to work on.
Building an Army of Davids.
Personal account: @mattwardman.bsky.social
Do you happen to have numbers for road traffic?

I can't find a count point on the Govt website.
August 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The full Douglas Adam's quote from "Life, The Universe and Eveything".
April 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
These type of structures on pavements make active travel, especially for people wheeling, difficult.

There are 101 reasons why Councils (make money) & owners (make money) like them, but I say they have no place on pavements.

In the words of the Men of Krikkit on the universe:
"It’ll have to go."
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And here's the twin obstructing the pavement on the other side of Sheaf Road.
I think this one is just a pavement, not a "shared pavement".
maps.app.goo.gl/butR3YTqXVRM...
April 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Photo of the cross-pavement advertising board. This is a shared cycling / walking pavement, and it obviously obstructs plus obscures sightlines.

The binding ruling in Herrick vs Kidner seems relevant.
www.oss.org.uk/landmark-jud...

@openspacessociety.bsky.social @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It gets "interesting" and depends on the type of path.

eg For PROWs we have caselaw that restricting access for lawful users is not appropriate as a technique for controlling ASB. Principle is clear, but this is unlikely to be a PROW afaics.
November 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Thanks.
Does it stop motorcyclists is, I guess, the key question?
November 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
TBH that whole shebang looks dodgy from an accessibility point of view.
Can a handcycle, a cargo trike, or a class III mobility scooter (eg the Trampers you find available at NT properties) get through comfortably?
If not, it's not EA2010 compliant.
November 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Checking a bit more, it's an historic documentary first released in 2009, with much historic footage - hence, I surmise, the Rara skirt fashion look.

Ah .. nostalgia.
November 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM
It seems - from the Times report, which is a .... Times report - potentially to be rushed and untidy.
A huge disturbance for a smallish potential benefit.
The effort IMO would be better spent on service improvement.
November 25, 2024 at 11:22 AM