It is pretty obvious that neither main proponent, Michael and Paul have ever been anywhere near SCR or Barrowgate RoadI use both every day, sometimes walking, sometimes by bus, sometimes by bike and sometimes by car.Despite what Paul thinks Barrowgate is not a high speed rat run. There are of course some vehicles that speeds (as is true everywhere), but generally the level of car parking (which is getting worse) means, that speed is not excessive, somewhere around 20-25 mph (and I do realise that the limit is 20 mph) although due to current road works a lot of the time it will be closer to 2 mph than 20 mph.As for SCR bike lane even if we removed all on street car parking - which is not a bad idea - a bike lane would still need to deal with 4 bus stops, a central pedestrian island, 2 central right turn lanes, and a pinch point at the shops which would make it very difficult for a fire engine to pass at speed if a bus was coming in the other direction, and of course there are a number of homes on SCR which have off street car parking and need to be accommodated to allow them to turn into their off street parking and from that parking back onto SCR.But of course I am not a traffic consultant, just a lay person with eyes
Justin Stephenson ● 309d