Council do wobbly diagram of how to use zig zag bike lane

That SheffieldCyclingCity twitter account is gold! 

only one word is needed to discribe this.

CRAP.

Bit of a sharp narrow entry to it, lots of slippery paint around the entrance. Other than that it just seems a bit on the wide side, could have been at least half the width and still had room for bollards signs etc...

Why could they not have put the traffic island to the left of the cycle lane and then they wouldn't have had to Zig-Zag.

I can understand the need for an island to prevent idiot car drivers taking a left and taking out a cyclist but why have the island to the right of the cycle lane.

All perfectly normal for British cycle provision, I don't know what they are whining about.  Spend all this money providing for those ungrateful cyclists and they still won't use it.

As someone who lives in the the South West, I can confirm that this level of provision is nation wide.

One of the biggest problems is that councils do not listen to cyclists, prefering their own tame experts, who rode a bike once and didn't like it.  Mind you they don't listen to consultation full stop.  I've just responded again to a consultation about a zebra crossing which I've already responded to a year ago. using exactly the same letter, pointing out that it had serious hazards for cyclists and pedestrians.  They obviously didn't even read it and have just re-issued the same proposal without addressing any of the obvious hazards.

There needs to be some sort of suitable punishment for people who sign off these projects. Public stoning would be my choice.

In swansea they just got rid of the segregated bike lane I ride to work on, replacing it with a shared space and a ridiculous 5 mph speed limit. I contacted my county councilor for sustainability etc. and his response was that there "had been issues with conflict between cyclists and pedestrians" so their solution was to put cyclists and pedestrians in the same space without any segregation?

Stupid or what?

Shame they painted a double yellow line, that looks like an excellent spot to park your car.

Har-har!  He said "Penistone" (sorry - my kids think it's the most hilarious place name ever, and they've been driven past Jackament's Bottom...).

Looks like they couldnt put the island on the left of the cycle lane due to the access required for the drive for the house, you can see where the dropped curb is.  Not really sure how else you could resolve it, other than not close that road. Its no different to a bus stop bypass is design though.

Difficult to get ones head around how they have mannaged to waste so much money on something so simple.  

This is part of the abysmal Penistone cycle-lane. which continues to demonstrate how not to build attractive, effective, segregated infrastructure. it's largely ignored, and hence wheeled-out every time some dingbat wants to point out that cyclists ignore cycle lanes.

there are not enough punches in the face being delivered for crimes like this.

Sheffield council, making cycling worse, one crap bike lane at a time.

Well, *that* seems like an accident waiting to happen...

Why? What possible benefit. Good news chaps we've managed to provide 5 extra metres of segregated cycle lane.

Chicane is inconvenient and potentially dangerous in wet and icy conditions.

Mind blowing...