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@RealUdallVoice @LouiseACPrice @BikeWorcester To be fair, I didn't say it was a problem. The issue I have is the eagerness and celebrating the enforcememt of no cycling rules while the actual great risk to resident/pedestrian safety, motorvehicles, is not addressed.

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@LouiseACPrice @BikeWorcester Yet this, just befor that newly painted 'no cycling ' sign, is apparently absolutely fine 🤷 @RealUdallVoice Which is the real issue for pedestrians?

@BikeWorcester Oops almost lost it

@philipfowler @WorcsTravel Maybe we need less cars 🤷

Gridlock around Lowesmoor and Sansome Place @WorcsTravel

@AndyLxNen @UdallVoice 2/3 journeys are under 5 miles. Roads now would be more than sufficient if we moved more of these short trips to walking & cycling. More roads = more traffic (induced demand). EVs are fine where a car is necessary, but they still have an environmental cost, as does road building.

@WinstoneSmithJR @UdallVoice The transition to EVs will solve that. It’s ridiculous to expect so many extra houses to be built in Worcester without a proportional increase in road provision.

@mikerouse Appreciate your reasoning on that. I think that it's probably more a case of it being 'better' than it was, than being 'good'.

@WinstoneSmithJR If something is delivering what it was designed to do, it’s good enough. In this case, the intention was to reduce conflicts which this does. The alternative is the road. Also, see second part of my original tweet.

The New Road cycleway isn’t brilliant but it’s good enough and has delivered results. It was requested by local County Councillors in response to concerns raised by users. I will see if we can reduce obstacles over time and improve.

@Janjamin_ @RHarrabin @RishiSunak Yep, cus no one is concerned about climate change 🙄

@RHarrabin @RishiSunak Hopefully that he's reflecting the opinions of the majority of the population to whom the irrelevant green crap does not feature in their top 50 priorities

BBC reports that @rishisunak won’t go to COP27. He tipped #COP president from Cabinet. What message is he sending?

@alexmace An ancient city with some mutli-lane roads carved right the way through it - plenty of space to accommodate active travel there there! Plus it might help repair some of urban streetscape by making those roads people-centric.

@UdallVoice Because it would cost 100s £m, take a decade to deliver, have huge environmental impacts and encourage more driving. Meanwhile we could very quickly and for a fraction of the cost go huge on active travel by reducing speeds, introducing LTNs and reallocating existing road space

@DemocratSteve @goSHIFTscheme @CllrMattJenkins @AracerRacer @MTBfreedom @robjc @mikerouse We have to prioritise. We know we have to reduce car use and we know that we need proper active travel infrastructure to enable it. If we keep saying there isn't space due to cars then car dependency prevails and nothing changes. We have to proactively make that step change

@goSHIFTscheme @CllrMattJenkins @AracerRacer @MTBfreedom @robjc Sadly not. I feel that the County Council have failed badly in that. I truly hope that @mikerouse takes the issue seriously enough to start turning it around. I recognise that it’s not an easy task though. Most of our roads have limited space and competing demands.

1) I’ve just seen the planned Worcester Kepax bridge called a ‘vanity project’. I really object to that. It may well be costly, but we need more active travel infrastructure, and I see the bridge as a part of encouraging it.

Absolutely top notch parking outside Henwick Rd Co-Op. Bonus scumbag points for blocking both the pavement and a disabled space. There are spaces outside the shop and along the road opposite @Badparkingworcs @YPLAC @WMerciaPolice @BikeWorcester

@Stephen22133593 @CllrMattJenkins @lewing_karen @LynnDenham1 @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel @WMerciaRoads WM Police referred my report to local neighborhood officers who responded to say they've referred to the council 🤷 They said they'd conduct extra patrols & issue tickets 👍 But I have evidence of an offence that isn't being acted on 🤔 All a bit confusing but good speedy reply

@CllrMattJenkins @WinstoneSmithJR @lewing_karen @LynnDenham1 @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel @WMerciaRoads Standard response sadly. But they do have the power to do so and for parking across somebody’s driveway . It’s all in the TMA if they chose to enforce it?

Thanks to these drivers on Belmont St. Whole pavement blocked. Crossed the street only to find one on the other side too. Cue walking into the road with child. How has this become acceptable? @lewing_karen @LynnDenham1 @CllrMattJenkins @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel @WMerciaRoads

@CllrMattJenkins @LynnDenham1 @WMerciaRoads @lewing_karen @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel Reported but felt massively guilty taking up police resources on this. It feels like traffic enforcement officers would be better placed to be able to fine people if they could.

@WinstoneSmithJR @LynnDenham1 @WMerciaRoads @lewing_karen @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel If it is causing an obstruction, then it is an offence that the police can prosecute.

@LynnDenham1 @WMerciaRoads @lewing_karen @CllrMattJenkins @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel Good question. I didn't think it was actually an offence. I would be very happy to hear otherwise!

@WMerciaRoads @WinstoneSmithJR @lewing_karen @CllrMattJenkins @BikeWorcester @WorcsTravel Does pavement parking count as a crime incident? Will you be able to prosecute these vehicle owners?

@BikeWorcester @worcscc @WorcsTravel 👍 nice work. Do you know how many people responded?

We had to do a FOI request to get data. It should be on @worcscc’s website. 1.

@RightByNature @LouiseACPrice @MimBond I often think... imagine if I just went outside and started throwing bits of plastic and cardboard over my neighbours' fence while shouting really loudly. It's essentially the same thing 😂

@LouiseACPrice @MimBond I had a terrible time of it last night with my dog. He was shuddering with fear, after a solid 25 minutes of bangs. 😞

1st October !!! Time to update your Annual OUTRAGE Calendar.

@BikeWorcester I think there must a competition up at County Hall for who can rile cyclists up the most. Cllr Amos has been undisputed champion for years but Cllr Bayliss has well and truly thrown his hat in the ring this year. This is going to need a massive response from Alan. Stay tuned...

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