Work starts on new secure cycle parking hub for Sale

Here's a taste of what Manchester recently considers good use of cycle funding on routes on the Bridgewater Way further north. http://madcyclelanesofmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/bridgewater-way-...

The hubs are a farce. The city centre one at Piccadilly closes at 5pm on a Saturday and Sunday. Can you imagine a car park operating like that?

TfGM need to stop frittering all their massive cycling grants on ill-conceived premium parking facilities and provide some of these "high quality cycleways" which everyone could benefit from, but which are so far "jam tomorrow" or have ended up being rubbish.

And Mr Lasers, the fact you think there's little wrong with the Bridgewater Way towpath as a cycle route in from Sale shows how woefully low our expectations have been set. It's certainly better than it was for the odd leisure ride, but a narrow gravelly path to share with oncoming cyclists, dog walkers and fishermen? How is it after dark? It's Sustrans standard, not Dutch standard.

I think if I spent a day, a full 24 hours, smashing myself in the face with a ball pein hammer over and over and over again, I'd manage more actual improvements to cycling than TramsandSports for Greater Manchester ever will.

Whilst I agree moat of what's said abice its certainly true that the A56 would be a better route. My main gripes are
-putting a cycle lane next to water, which in winter will be frozen or close to it prohibits children going to school or commuters safely using it during winter in my opinion.

-the canal takes a round about route between Stretford and the city centreaking it important that there is a clear and safe way to access Talbot road from the canal. I'm not sure from memory if this is the case.

I do so love that millions can be thrown at multi storey car parks but that what's basically an equivalent structure for bikes is so unusual that it makes front page news.

The cycle route from sale to Manchester is along a canal towpath currently covered in loose stones and definitely more suited to a pootle with the kids than a commute. Perhaps if the cycle paths were if Dutch qualify then the neee for a tram service would diminish especially since its so slooooow when running at street level.