21/02836/FUL Single storey extension to 1 bed flat with cycle shelter.
The cycle parking.
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sound+fury // 1 thread
The cycle parking.
Reserved Matters approval for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 373 dwellings, access roads, cycle and pedestrian routes, cycle and car parking, landscaping, utilities and associated ancillary structures at Lots S1 and S2, North West Cambridge Development following outline planning permission S/1886/11 as varied by planning permission S/2036/13/VC
Lots S1 And S2, North West Cambridge Development Eddington Avenue Cambridge CB3 0LH
South Cambridgeshire
Application reference : 21/04036/REM
Erection of 280 dwellings, including 72 affordable dwellings, two new vehicular accesses from Babraham Road, pedestrian and cycle access, publicly accessible open space, a Local Area of Play (LAP) and a Local Equipped Area of Play (LEAP), landscaping and earthworks and surface water drainage, associated amenity space and attenuation features and internal infrastructure.
Land South Of Babraham Road Sawston Cambridge South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire
Application reference : 21/03955/FUL
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Proposed commercial office block (resubmission of application 211722
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Demolition of existing detached house and erection of 2 No. detached dwellings.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Proposed two bedroom bungalow and vehicle access to rear of 168 St Andrews Avenue
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
202349 Application to determine if prior approval is needed for proposed New dwelling dwellinghouses on detached block of flats.
202161 Prior approval application for erection of two additional floors of residential floorspace to create 8 no. 2 bedroom flats.
202321 Application to determine if prior approval is required for two new additional floors of residential floor space to create 8no. 2 bedroom flats.
202001 Prior approval application for erection of two additional floors of residential floorspace to create 8 no. 2 bedroom flats.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Residential use of former car park to international house following change of use from B1a (offices) to C3 (dwellings) of international house (resubmission of planning permission 170259)
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse to 6 flats and erection of replacement building at rear to provide 4 flats. Resubmission and variation of planning approved under reference 180116
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Converting a vacant office unit into a Job Centre Plus office for the DWP. This facility will provide 29 work coach stations to attend customers by appointment only. It will have an interview room for customers and staff welfare areas. Ten of the existi
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Erection of 2No. semi-detached 2 bedroom houses.
Sam // 1 thread
Before the pandemic you could turn right here, now, any cyclist ends up on car-repelling paint with nowhere obvious to go.
sound+fury // 1 thread
Construction of a new three storey educational building, including associated hard and soft landscaping
Hills Road Sixth Form College Hills Road Cambridge CB2 8PE
Cambridge
Application reference : 21/03780/FUL
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Proposed re-development to the rear of Willows Shopping parade, to deliver a new residential development of 6No dwellings consisting of 3No three bedroom dwellings and 3No four bedroom dwellings.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Proposed extensions and alterations to existing hotel to accommodate an additional 20 rooms/suites, additional meeting rooms and improved leisure facilities. Proposed external refurbishments and internal alterations.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
House conversion to 2 x 2 bed flats, and 1 x 2 bed maisonette. Single storey extension to ground floor flat and balcony to the first floor flat. Along with the current approved 150493 and 150492 parking arrangements 3 additional parking spaces are provid
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Change of Use of the first floor from ancillary office of a light industrial unit to Residential to provide 1 no. 3 bedroom apartment
Created by Colin Wing // 1 thread
Westminster City Council and the London Borough of Camden are working together to deliver a Neighbourhood Traffic Management (NTM) scheme in Covent Garden including the Seven Dials area.
Created by Anna Williams – Head of Campaigns & Engagement // 1 thread
St Neots is receiving some funding as part of the Future High Streets Fund - this could include investment in cycling and walking infrastructure.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Retail park comprising retail (A1) and restaurant (A1/A3/A5) units with associated parking and landscaping. Resubmission of 172935 - REVISIONS RECEIVED
Created by Will Bramhill // 1 thread
Plan 211788
Industrial estate, London Road, Marks Tey
(was 202373)
Introduction
Colchester Cycling Campaign objects to this plan. If it is considered for approval, mitigation should be carried out and completed at the same time as the development. If any work is outstanding it should be subject to a legal agreement and funded via a 20-year Section 106 or CIL agreement. See table below for a list of mitigation measures.
Highways England should consider this scheme not as a standalone but as a major part of other recent planning applications in this area, which all add to motor traffic. This particular application is disappointing in terms of provision for active travel: it is likely to increase dependence on short to medium-distance commuting by car while further undermining cycling through increased traffic and greater danger, especially in Old London Road.
Note that paragraph 109 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that “development should only be prevented or refused ... if there would be an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe”.
We trust that the Highways England stage one road safety audit (CBC site August 6) will include consideration of walking and cycling routes in the area. The auditor should ride the routes, as recommended by LTN 1/20 and Gear Change.
Two major plans have recently been rejected owing to poor cycling and walking provision: the Devonshire Quarter in Cambridge and Lidl in Salford (download of decision notice).
Although the applicant’s draft travel plan and transport assessment has sections on walking and cycling, nothing is provided in terms of improved off-site infrastructure – at least not until 2028, by which time the new section of the A12 may be complete. It is unclear whether the developer would be prepared to fully fund improvements at that stage.
2 Current situation
The Kelvedon to Colchester cycleway runs past the development site along Old London Road. This is used by longer-distance cycle traffic as well as cycle commuters to and from nearby industry and adjacent homes. Current use is low, in part because of poor connections.
This route links to the part of Marks Tey west of the A120 via Dobbies Lane via a relatively new cycleable bridge across the railway track. However cycle accesses to homes north of Jays Lane/Long Green/Wilsons Lane to Keable Road, Cornwallis Drive and Steele Close are convoluted, narrow and restricted.
3 The applicants’ transport assessment and travel plan
The applicants’ transport assessment and travel plan is lazy in terms of cycling. It appears to be a desk-based study and states merely that cycling is possible from certain hamlets and villages. No consideration is given to current barriers such as the A12 or the perceived safety of the roads and lanes that have to be used to reach the site, both of which would make a cycle journey dangerous or undesirable. There is no indication that the company involved has ridden any of these routes to assess their suitability.
No consideration is given to “on the ground” ease of access, even within Marks Tey.
The consultant quotes objectives of a travel plan but this scheme ignores objective two (address the access needs of staff by supporting walking, cycling and the use of public transport) and objective 3 (encourage good urban design principles that open up the site to walking, cycling and use of public transport). If this is the case at this stage, what commitment will be invested in the future?
The papers state that cycle access is possible via the grounds of Marks Tey Parish Hall. This appears to be privately owned land (possibly by the parish council). The paths within the site are not wide enough for cycling even if it was permitted. The access to the site from the A120 (picture below) would be a challenge for Bethany Shriever, Team GB’s BMX Olympic gold medallist.
The applicant gives a concession to cycling with a “green line on a map” in its transport assessment. There is no indication of land ownership, when or whether this can be achieved. Notably this access is not marked on any of the detailed plans for the site itself.
In conjunction with Highways England, the developer has looked at improvements to the junction of Old London Road with the A120. All of these except for a ban on right hand turns on the A120 have been put in abeyance pending construction of the new A12.
The applicant also talks of a 5km cycle catchment. This is out of date. Experience from cycle-friendly towns and cities shows that the advent of ebikes increases not just distances cycled but frequency too.
No estimate is given of the effect of increased motor traffic on cyclists in Old London Road, with the focus being on the ability of two heavy goods vehicles to pass each other.
While Old London Road falls within the remit of Highway England, it is not by nature a trunk road but a lightly trafficked mixed-use street. It should be subject to the designs set out in Manual for Streets (MfS) and not the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. Page 144 of MfS states: "The DMRB is not an appropriate design standard for most streets, particularly those in lightly-trafficked residential and mixed-use areas.”
The applicant’s documents also make no mention of Local Transport Note 1/20 on cycling infrastructure or the government’s Gear Change document, which have been published for more than a year. These should have been used to shape the application.
Paragraph 3.4.5 of the transport assessment mentions the National Cycle Network routes 1 and 13. These are irrelevant when the site is so cut off for cyclists and is likely to be so for some time.
There is no indication of the type of cycle parking that the developer intends to provide, whether security is sufficient and whether it is covered. The applicant seems to have ignored the requirement at 3.6.2 of the Essex Parking Guide that “cycle parking should be conveniently located adjacent to entrances to buildings”.
No comprehensive consideration of current or future air quality has been made.
4 What we would like to see
Request |
Comments |
1 Funding and provision of a S segregated cycleway from Marks Tey station to join with Old London Road 90m west of the A120 junction |
Station Road may need widening. Possible land ownership issues, although the wooded area south of the station,and between Old London Road and the A12 south of the A120 (the teardrop), may belong to Highways England. The cycleway should cross the teardrop to join Old London Road 90m south of the A120 junction. Street lighting needed |
2 Existing crossing moved 30 metres east, closer to junction with roundabout |
This will allow use of existing verges to give better access, ie, no use of footway by cycles |
3 Remodelling of plans for phase 1 and phase 2 so that a segregated cycleway/footway is provided along the northern edge of the site between Dobbies Lane and the A120, crossing Old London Road to meet with the cycleway from the station. The first section of the path should have full access into the site with its design influenced by Manual for Streets |
See illustration. Land ownership issues, although parish council may be amenable? Street lighting needed. If this cannot be achieved then Old London Road will have to be looked at as the main access route. The level of traffic proposed on Old London Road would mean that a segregated cycleway would have to be provided. |
4 An alternative to 3: redesign of Old London Road to be friendlier to cyclists using Manual for Streets. |
As noted at 3 |
5 Funding for improvements for cycle/foot access into the Keable Road estate at Keable Road, Cornwallis Drive and Steele Close |
Relatively easy. These accesses should meet LTN 1/20 |
6 Developer to work with Highways England on tying in development to old A12 once the new road opens, subject |
Dependent on detailed drawings from Highways England |
7 Agreement to help fund medium to long-term maintenance of Dobbies Lane |
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8 Details of cycle parking (type and position) to be approved by CBC before construction begins |
Created by Jean Dollimore // 1 thread
Camden proposes to make permanent the trial closures that were installed in Prowse Place and Wilmot Place in June 2020.
The Prowse Place closure was originally by means of bollards but has been replaced by ANPR and signage while the Wilmot Place closure is by means of bollards.
Camden also proposes to:
Created by Anna Williams – Head of Campaigns & Engagement // 1 thread
Barton and District Bridleways group are campaigning to get a popular route for cycling, walking and horseriding recognised as an official Right Of Way.
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed change of use of offices (Class B1) to 3 residential apartments (ClassC3)
Created by Steven Moseley // 1 thread
Proposed annex. Renewal of approved application 181350.
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Created by DavidT // 2 threads
The current layout of the pedestrian crossing at the junction of Winchester road and Vermont close forces cyclists out of the cycle lane and into the flow of traffic. This is a risky maneuver and relies on the patience of the car driver behind the cyclist. A possible solution would be to be extend the cycle lane through the chicane, with give way markings so that pedestrians have right of way.
Southampton Cycling Campaign has received many reports of local cyclists having accidents on the cycle path outside the Dominos Pizza outlet at the southern end of The Avenue.
A recent incident was reported in the Southampton Echo, http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10475081.Cyclist_hurt_in_road_crash/
Created by Shaun McDonald // 1 thread
There is a loading bay in the cycle contraflow cycle lane, which means that the cycle lane is blocked for cyclists as soon as a vehicle is parked there. This means that cyclists have to pull out into the path of oncoming buses, thus making the NCN route unsuitable to young children or inexperienced cyclists.
We have a tandem which fits in all the spaces on trains in Scotland (as far as I know), but we are prohibited from taking it on any except the East Coast line trains. I've been writing to various officials - elected and otherwise - and contributed to the recent review of the Scotrail franchise, but am not getting much joy. No one seems to think it is a big deal. But, for my family, with 2 kids aged 5 and 1, and no car, if we don't go by tandem and train, we can't go anywhere much. The tandem is not a luxury but a practical transport solution. Does anyone else want to join in and make this more than a one-woman issue?
(another related issue: even once the kids can ride their own bikes, we won't be able to use trains much since most only allow 2 reservations).
Created by Alex Oldman // 1 thread
Disused railway tracks on St Peters Dock provide short section of road surface that is dangerous to traverse from East to West by bike.
If you are avoiding crossing the tracks then you are forced into oncoming traffic.
If you cross the tracks, you are then potentially trapped between parked cars and the railway tracks, which can be dangerous.
The tracks are very slippery when wet or icy, and sections are often hidden underwater because there is poor drainage after heavy rain.
Ideally the tracks are totally removed, or the surface covered with concrete or tarmac.
Created by PeterMac // 1 thread
Redesign of Grey Street to remove the danger of cars reversing (blind) out parking bays into middle of the road.
Martin Lucas-Smith // 29 threads
Proposed route along the rail corridor through Cambridge, part of which is in the Cambridge Local Plan.
Created by Gregory Williams // 1 thread
The A2 is a hostile environment for cycling. Cyclists should be directed away from using the A2 towards existing safe alternatives (e.g. RCR16) and the current A2 cycle signs should be removed.
Created by Andrea Casalotti // 1 thread
Here is an ambitious plan for a Bicycle Boulevard from Shoreditch to Fitzrovia, along Old Street, Clerkenwell Road and Theobalds Road, open only to bicycles, buses and motor traffic for local access only.
a. It is now the most cycled route in London, showing that it is the desired EW route.
b. It is of variable width, therefore trying to accommodate bikes, buses, and through traffic in a consistent and safe way is impossible. In other words, a compromise will be a botch job.
c. There will not be mixing of buses and bicycles: bicycles will have a dedicated two way cycle lane on the South side of the street.
d. The Boulevard stops being a mega- EW-rat-run. Motor traffic will have to use Pentonville/City Road.
More details here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yw9mkHhGZaVBKYJs6FxyhC1Z4nNYVl-IFH-aR1ScK9U/pub?start=false#slide=id.p
Created by DavidTheScientist // 1 thread
While some painted "cycle lane" does exist northbound, there is woefully little provision for cyclists considering the huge number that use this section of road each day, a large number of whom are those who work at the General Hospital and other nearby health centres. Southbound cyclists have no real provision of space at all, save a graduated stopline, where cars turning right often try to pass right-turning cycles on the inside. Dale road itself is extremely narrow by winchester road, with almost no pavement space for pedestrians.
Cyclists heading northbound on Winchester road must beat traffic off the line at Dale road to get to the painted centre of Winchester road. North of the traffic light at The Range, the cycle lane is almost non-existent, placing cyclists between 2 lanes of heavy traffic, and cyclists have to stop and wait in this dangerous area in order to turn right onto Wilton road. Furthermore, the road surface, especially at this part of Winchester road, is currently deplorable.
Created by Andy Allan // 1 thread
Garratt Lane at Earlsfield station sucks massively for cyclists, and is a jarring interruption to the Wandle Trail (Sustrans route 20). It would be great to extend the riverside path underneath the railway to avoid this dangerous stretch of road.
Surface, drainage and width issues.
Planned for upgrade as part of CEC 'family network'
No details/dates.
Was an issue 5 years ago (and before)
Created by Rohan Wilson // 1 thread
I've visited Riverside to Waterbeach with William Rayner of county cycling team. He's revising signage here and providing it along the St Ives corridor, with the old NCN 51 being renamed Regional Route 24 (blue patch). We've decided finally to continue to sign NCN 11 from Riverside Bridge to Waterbeach Station, and he's looking at suitable (hopefully temporary) wording to advise to follow NCN 51 to Bottisham for destinations beyond Waterbeach, which will hopefully eliminate misrouting those from outside the area.
Our inspection of existing signs showed that only one new signboard was provided on completion 5 years ago of Riverside Bridge. Signboards still send people via Green Dragon. Sustrans considers signage is an important part of any route project.
The intention is to sign Milton Country Park as a destination, not as part of the route, removing route signs within the park, and probably retaining Coles Road as the signed route through the village, though it would be much preferable to have improvements past the shops and the village green, pubs etc.
Retaining the route to Waterbeach as NCN will help keep the gap in people's awareness.
I am planning to contact again the landowner of the missing link between Bottisham Lock and Fen Road, Lode with a suggestion for a low-level route, southeast side of the Bottisham Lode floodbank which is the route of the public footpath, where signs forbid cycling. It might be considered more visually acceptable. All parish councils are for the route, including the one of which he is a member.
Created by londoncycler // 1 thread
Six inch high ridge near left side of north bound lane on the south side of the bridge forces cyclists too close to the kerb or into the path of motor vehicles. Issue reported via CTC pothole reporting site. Resurfacing required.
Created by David MacKay FRS // 1 thread
Our campaign for safer walking and cycling to/from NWCambridge now has a petition and a first video (of five) summarising our position.
See our new video summarising our petition:
https://youtu.be/hIlQAzsU0js?t=1s
I’d be delighted if you could promote this to your networks. Time is of the essence because a Senate House discussion is coming up [3 Nov 2015], and I will report the number of signatures on our petition there. (But signatures after the date will still be useful.)
More information:
http://tinyurl.com/EddingtonSafety
The petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/EddingtonSafety
Anyone is welcome to sign the petition; we ask people to use the Comment field to let us know if they are University Member / University employee / City resident / SouthCambs resident / etc.
For twitter purposes the recommended hashtag is #EddingtonSafety and there is an @EddingtonSafety account too.
Thanks very much
David
David J C MacKay FRS
djcm1@cam.ac.uk
Regius Professor of Engineering,
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Author of “Sustainable Energy - without the hot air” www.withouthotair.com
and “Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms” www.inference.eng.cam.ac.uk/mackay/
Girton resident and parent.
Cambridge Cycling Campaign Member
Created by Kevin Ablitt // 1 thread
Motorised vehicles currently use the rat run through Milner Street to avoid the fraffic lights at Grove Lane/ St Helens St.
This is part of NCN 41 , any extra traffic passing through here detracts from the cycling experience and is negative for residents.
Cyclist comments are needed now !
Created by Robin Heydon // 9 threads
The A14 is a very hostile, dangerous road for cycling.
Improvements to it, as well as broader changes to the national framework for cyclist crossings of major roads, are needed.
Created by ambrosen // 1 thread
Sustrans route 4 coming from the canal path on its main route into Bath city centre has a high level of traffic conflict and the need to filter between two tight lanes of traffic with a large proportion of LGVs coming down the A36 Beckford Road.
The right turn from Sydney Place southbound into Great Pulteney Street is signposted as no right turn as well as being route 4, and has no refuge to turn from.
It should be possible to route the path through Sydney Gardens as the Darlington Place/Sydney Place westbound/Great Pulteney Street junction has been improved to increase pedestrian flows.
Some non-cycling residents are also concerned about cyclists using the pavement in this area too.
Created by Matt Turner // 1 thread
Castle Street cycle lane is a contraflow cycle lane on a one way street in Sheffield. It has been here since March 1997 and allows cyclists enter the city centre from the network of cycle paths on the East, avoiding some big arterial routes with no cycling provision.
For the past 15 years this cycle lane has been plagued by Hackney Carriage drivers parking illegally on this cycle lane, blocking cyclists access and forcing them into oncoming traffic. This has been the case for over a decade.
There is a taxi rank on the pavement side of the cycle lane, taxis often fill up this rank and overflow, parking in the cycle lane, blocking the way for cyclists.
Created by Sarah Wood // 0 threads
There are several pedestrian refuges along the road particularly at the western end of the road. The refuges cause a pinch point for cyclists. The road marking confuse priorities between those using the on road cycle path and other traffic.
Created by Shaun McDonald // 1 thread
Is this really the best that Edinburgh can do for the flagship national cycle network route 1 to get it to cross Clerk Street? You have to go through a pile of bins, on to the pavement to get round a barrier and then try and judge it right to cross the road, or use the nearby pedestrian crossing.
Created by Eric Booth // 2 threads
Prince St bridge is an anarchic pigs ear. I like pigs and fond of a bit of anarchy but it's getting beyond a joke. Of course it will all be sorted out properly in due course but we could live with this for years. Here's a quick fix:
SOUTH
1. Move south vehicle stop line back 10m behind tramlines
2. Remove all bollards unless one or two kept in line with centre of bridge with arrows right for cars
3. Widen cycle lane from bridge to Festival way turn so suitable for 2-way cycling.
4. Put in Give Way painted line at an angle running from enlarged cycle lane to centre line so southbound cyclists alerted to need to filter across traffic.
NORTH
1. Remove all bollards
2. Widen cycle lane for 2 way cycling all the way up to the traffic lights with The Grove.
3. Remove 5 bollards on each side of north bound traffic light along with the two set back
4. Paint cycle lane passing behind light and then back onto carriageway making it nice and clear that it's an option for cyclists when lights red or they can carry on (as most will, no worse than now but at least it will be clear that they can treat these as 'give way')
5. There will need to be 'give way' paint to make clear that pedestrians have right of way on the by-pass.
Yes it's muddled but less so than now and makes the desire lines easier. It's also a cheap paint based fix pending the proper job.
Created by Andrew Woodward // 1 thread
I have serious concerns about the safety of this portion of the bike path; arising from its recent re-design. Recently my 10 year old son was in a very close “near-miss” with a car turning off the A316 into Bicester Road; and I believe many more similar incidents are likely occurring. Eventually someone will be seriously hurt or killed on it.
However, the improvement in the track leads cyclists to feel more confident in using it – giving a false sense of security.
In particular:
• The segregated track makes it particularly appealing for inexperienced and more vulnerable cyclists (such as kids).
• This track design leads to an increase in the cyclists speed.
• The smooth/quick nature of the track leads inexperienced cyclists to believe that THEY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY across side roads.
• There are no markings on the roads to tell drivers coming in or out of side roads that cyclists could be on the track crossing their path.
• There is a particular challenge for EASTBOUND cyclists.
To avoid stopping at every side road, when on the track travelling Eastbound (as per red arrow on photo) approaching roads such as Bicester road, the cyclist has to simultaneously
(a) check to their FRONT/LEFT side to see if a car is exiting the side road
(b) check BEHIND them on their REAR/ RIGHT hand side to see if a car is about to swing off the A316 into the side road (usually at speed) - (as per orange arrow on photo).
This is a hard combination to perform – looking 180 degrees opposite directions at the same time. If you are an inexperienced cyclist, on an apparently safe track, it is very likely that you will not realise you have to be this vigilant and not check adequately for cars.
Hence, my boy rode across Bicester road from the east and was very nearly hit by a car turning off the A316.
(Note that travelling from the west is somewhat easier as both the vehicles turning in from the A316 and those turning out from the side roads are in your front field of vision).
My suggestions for improving this situation are:
(1) Clearly mark the bike track across the side roads so cars are aware there are cyclists approaching from the side.
(2) Ideally, give cyclists priority across the side roads; so making cars slow to a halt and making it more intuitive for cyclists.
(3) To facilitate this, would require some stopping space for traffic coming on/off the A316 to after the bike track crossing
At roads such as Bicester road the bike track could be curved to the south by about 2m before crossing the side road – this curve in the track would
(a) naturally slow cyclists down as they approach the side road
(b) would provide vehicles moving onto the A316 a decent gap so they can separate the concerns of first negotiating the bike track then focus on getting on the A316;
(c) for vehicles coming off the A316 the additional space would give them space to stop and give way to cyclists.
Created by Simon Nuttall // 19 threads
The Reach Fair ride takes place on the early Bank Holiday Monday (May Day) in May.
The web page for it is:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/events/rides/
The planning overview is summarised:
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/events/rides/timeline.html
I've created this issue to help plan this event.
Created by Andrew Woodward // 0 threads
Cyclist coming from the river come up Friars Lane exit and have to currently route right round Richmond Green because it is one way. Many do not and simply cycle across the green. The path across the green should be formally opened up to cyclists - as a share path with pedestrian priority - or a seperate track provided along the south side of Richmond Green.