#roadworks — Public Fediverse posts
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Roadworks Cause Significant Congestion for Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road Commuters
📰 Original title: ‘Endless’ works infuriate commuters on Jakarta-Tangerang toll road
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We think #traffic jams need a trigger: #accident, #roadworks, lane closure
The most frustrating queues have no obvious cause at all. These are known as phantom traffic jams
Researchers asked 22 drivers to drive circular track & maintain constant speed & safe distance from vehicle in front
In minutes tiny, unavoidable braking differences grew into stop-start wave that travelled continuously around the circuit; Yet there being no obstacle anywhere
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We think #traffic jams need a trigger: #accident, #roadworks, lane closure
The most frustrating queues have no obvious cause at all. These are known as phantom traffic jams
Researchers asked 22 drivers to drive circular track & maintain constant speed & safe distance from vehicle in front
In minutes tiny, unavoidable braking differences grew into stop-start wave that travelled continuously around the circuit; Yet there being no obstacle anywhere
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heard a great racket outside (unusual for this area) multiple trucks/vans at the top of the access road out of the yard and about 5 chaps with heavy gear taking up a portion of the road for repairs.
I didn't get pictures as I didn't want to spook them (they will have enough trouble with annoyed drivers and karens as it is, in other parts of England they have to wear bodycams for their own safety!)
I can't see them working after darkness, so will drive home after they have packed up for the night (and maybe had a walk around to see where the temporary traffic lights and diversions are)
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heard a great racket outside (unusual for this area) multiple trucks/vans at the top of the access road out of the yard and about 5 chaps with heavy gear taking up a portion of the road for repairs.
I didn't get pictures as I didn't want to spook them (they will have enough trouble with annoyed drivers and karens as it is, in other parts of England they have to wear bodycams for their own safety!)
I can't see them working after darkness, so will drive home after they have packed up for the night (and maybe had a walk around to see where the temporary traffic lights and diversions are)
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Bengaluru Central City Corporation has directed officials to remove dangerous structures, complete drain desilting, repair potholes, and address flood-prone areas ahead of monsoon rains.
https://links.nammaward.in/rL5rN
#CentralCorporation #DrainDesilting #RoadWorks #RajendraCholan
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I just published a new photo project: The Aesthetic Value of Road Works in Urban Photography
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Nocturnal road works
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55158853083/in/photostream/lightbox/I actually snapped this a few months back, yet walking past the same spot earlir this week, the barriers and road works were *still* there!!
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #RoadWorks #LongExposure #Fountainbridge #UrbanNight
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Nocturnal road works
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55158853083/in/photostream/lightbox/I actually snapped this a few months back, yet walking past the same spot earlir this week, the barriers and road works were *still* there!!
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #RoadWorks #LongExposure #Fountainbridge #UrbanNight
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last night had bastard in flatbed truck honk me (at 03:00, illegal at night ) because he thought I was taking too long to get through #roadworks where barriers, cones etc had fallen in the road due to #wind - makes you wonder if folk are #driving around like zombies as from seat of a truck you would have clearly seen these debris - or if I wasn't there, he would have sped through and run over the roadworks infrastructure as he isn't paying for the truck and isn't bothered if it gets scratched up
At one point I thought truck was following me and was increasing distance between my car and looking for escape route (I /could/ leave it behind even faster but didn't want to take more risks unless absolute last resort), in the end driver turned into notoriously sketchy estate near me >>
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last night had bastard in flatbed truck honk me (at 03:00, illegal at night ) because he thought I was taking too long to get through #roadworks where barriers, cones etc had fallen in the road due to #wind - makes you wonder if folk are #driving around like zombies as from seat of a truck you would have clearly seen these debris - or if I wasn't there, he would have sped through and run over the roadworks infrastructure as he isn't paying for the truck and isn't bothered if it gets scratched up
At one point I thought truck was following me and was increasing distance between my car and looking for escape route (I /could/ leave it behind even faster but didn't want to take more risks unless absolute last resort), in the end driver turned into notoriously sketchy estate near me >>
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Let the Good Times Flow (Eventually)
If you’ve been anywhere near Grand Parade in Cork lately, you’ll know the scene: hoarding, fencing, traffic cones, and that slightly bewildered look on everyone’s face as they try to work out which footpath is still open this week. This is what it looked...
https://inphotos.org/2026/02/15/let-the-good-times-flow-eventually/
#BlackAndWhite #city #construction #Cork #gallery #GrandParade #Ireland #Photo #Photography #roadworks #StreetPhotography #UisceÉireann #Urban
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Let the Good Times Flow (Eventually)
If you’ve been anywhere near Grand Parade in Cork lately, you’ll know the scene: hoarding, fencing, traffic cones, and that slightly bewildered look on everyone’s face as they try to work out which footpath is still open this week. This is what it looked...
https://inphotos.org/2026/02/15/let-the-good-times-flow-eventually/
#BlackAndWhite #city #construction #Cork #gallery #GrandParade #Ireland #Photo #Photography #roadworks #StreetPhotography #UisceÉireann #Urban
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Let the Good Times Flow (Eventually)
If you’ve been anywhere near Grand Parade in Cork lately, you’ll know the scene: hoarding, fencing, traffic cones, and that slightly bewildered look on everyone’s face as they try to work out which footpath is still open this week.
This is what it looked like 2 weeks ago when a sewerage pipe was laid across Nano Nagle Bridge to Sullivan’s Quay.
I found out that Uisce Éireann is working in the area:
Uisce Éireann is commencing works in the Grand Parade area of the city to make improvements to Cork City’s wastewater infrastructure.
The works will allow access for specialist contractors to the underground Pump Station located on Grand Parade, for removal of redundant equipment, cleaning of the pumping station and removal of historical debris. It will afford further opportunities to survey and inspect the existing structure and
will provide resilience for the continuation of critical wastewater infrastructure improvements within Cork City.Works are due to commence in January 2026.
The section of works will take place on a short section of Sullivans Quay, across Nano Nagle Bridge and along Grand Parade.
The works will be carried out on behalf of Uisce Éireann by Ward and Burke Construction Ltd. and are expected to be completed by mid-March 2026.
In February 2007 the Grand Parade was a construction site too. That was when the wide pavements were laid, along with the makeover of St. Patrick Street too.
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Let the Good Times Flow (Eventually)
If you’ve been anywhere near Grand Parade in Cork lately, you’ll know the scene: hoarding, fencing, traffic cones, and that slightly bewildered look on everyone’s face as they try to work out which footpath is still open this week.
This is what it looked like 2 weeks ago when a sewerage pipe was laid across Nano Nagle Bridge to Sullivan’s Quay.
I found out that Uisce Éireann is working in the area:
Uisce Éireann is commencing works in the Grand Parade area of the city to make improvements to Cork City’s wastewater infrastructure.
The works will allow access for specialist contractors to the underground Pump Station located on Grand Parade, for removal of redundant equipment, cleaning of the pumping station and removal of historical debris. It will afford further opportunities to survey and inspect the existing structure and
will provide resilience for the continuation of critical wastewater infrastructure improvements within Cork City.Works are due to commence in January 2026.
The section of works will take place on a short section of Sullivans Quay, across Nano Nagle Bridge and along Grand Parade.
The works will be carried out on behalf of Uisce Éireann by Ward and Burke Construction Ltd. and are expected to be completed by mid-March 2026.
In February 2007 the Grand Parade was a construction site too. That was when the wide pavements were laid, along with the makeover of St. Patrick Street too.
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In #Nuremberg, the #Südwesttangente access road is set to close for several months due to construction on the Harbour Bridge.
#Roadworks in Nuremberg are entering a new phase: the construction of a retaining wall will necessitate the complete closure of a vital transport interchange in the southbound direction.
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#Scottish garden centre set to close after 32 years
It notes that “rising costs have been crippling” since the #Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of “constant #roadworks in the local area” which have reduced footfall “dramatically”.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25765348.strawberry-corner-garden-centre-closes-32-years/
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#Scottish garden centre set to close after 32 years
It notes that “rising costs have been crippling” since the #Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of “constant #roadworks in the local area” which have reduced footfall “dramatically”.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25765348.strawberry-corner-garden-centre-closes-32-years/
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Roadworks At The Edge Of The City
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/roadworks-at-the-edge-of-the-city-justin-farrimond.html
It's the end of the road at the edge of the city. Roadworks have traffic in gridlock.
#PhotoOfTheDay #PhotographyLovers #Roadworks #Photography #Art #Print #Cityscape
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Roadworks At The Edge Of The City
https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/roadworks-at-the-edge-of-the-city-justin-farrimond.html
It's the end of the road at the edge of the city. Roadworks have traffic in gridlock.
#PhotoOfTheDay #PhotographyLovers #Roadworks #Photography #Art #Print #Cityscape
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We also found a stranded digger and Great Big Hole, which Lusha is very eager to explore (me less so).
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We also found a stranded digger and Great Big Hole, which Lusha is very eager to explore (me less so).
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Council cut a long thin section of the road up at the start of my street from this morning till around 2pm, and left it taped off with a giant 'NO THROUGH ROAD WORK IN PROGRESS' yellow metal sign on both sides of it, already a small mazda has knocked down the signs and two cars (one a large ute) have driven across/over it, likely getting tyre/rim damage in the process, wish drivers would use some common sense around here... 🤦♂️
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Pedestrians, Road Works, and Project Management
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When you plan road works that are meant to improve journeys for people cycling, and on foot, it is essential to remember that people who are on foot, or on bikes, need proper infrastructure to get from A to B, because if they don't, then they go from being on foot or on bikes, to being in a car. If we take this to the extreme, if you don't plan for pedestrians, or cyclists, or cars, then people just stop visiting.
No Thinking About Pedestrians and Cyclists
For several weeks road works have made it noisy, muddy, and confusing to walk from A to B along a certain route. On some days you're on one side of the road, and on others you're on the other. They make you cross, but sign posts and directions are not obvious.
Last weekend they placed ramps, which make sense, when machinery is moving from the parking to where works are taking place, but on the weekend those ramps should have been removed. This weekend, a cycling route was blocked, in part by dirty, and muddy tarmac, but also by metal planks blocking the cycle route.
Two Noisy Weeks
This entire week, and the entirety of next week the road is closed because they are resurfacing the road that they resurfaced within the last few weeks. I'm not sure the road is open for pedestrians and bikes.
It's not that these road works are in one place, and that we can re-route, and avoid them. They are in three places, so it has become impossible to walk from the village, to town, without being affected by road works.
Pandemic Habits
For years I had not gone into this town, because of the COVID pandemic. Recently I got back into the habit but the road works, that are meant to improve cycling, and walking, have ruined it instead.
The situation is so bad that yesterday I got into the car, to drive a few kilometres, to run where there are no road works.
They're spending millions of Francs to encourage people to walk and cycle, but they're discouraging walking and cycling, rather than encouraging it.
If I spent two months on road works, I would make sure that cyclists are safe from cars, and I'd ensure that pedestrians are safe from cars and cyclists. The road works that have taken placce throw bikes into a bike lane for 200 meters, before bikes are thrown back into car traffic. It's absurd.
Connecting Villages
If I was to spend two months, I wouldn't have done works here. I would have improved the cycling and walking network between every village, to make it safe to walk from every village to every village, parallel to roads. Villages have no pavements, or walking routes to connect each other, so we are forced to walk along the road, and in wet and sometimes muddy grass.
The paradox about the new "cycling" lane is that dogs and people will walk on the cycle path, and cars will mount the pavement to pass other cars, due to car spreading, and narrowed roads.
Rivers of Cars
One of the biggest issues with the increase in traffic is that roads are becoming like rivers. If you're on foot, on a bike, or even in a car, if you want to cross the river of cars, it will take patience, and luck. They're adding cycling paths, and widening pavements, but they forget that the issue is high volumes of cars. The infrastructure that was fine before, becomes a congested mess when there are too many cars.
In a place where we had a pedestrian crossing, it was removed, so when traffic is heavy, but not so heavy that cars get blocked, it becomes impossible to cross without running. This is especially true now that they removed the centre island in one place, and the pedestrian crossing in another. What was inconvenient before has now become dangerous.
Strava, Google, Garmin, Apple
Strava, Google, Garmin and Apple have tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of walking path heatmaps from decades of people walking with mobile phones, GPS devices and more. These heat maps highlight where people walk. These maps should be used, especially ahead of road works, to map a route that is convenient for people walking and cycling.
If you want to defeat the automatic habit people have, of getting into cars, you need to make walking and cycling safe and convenient. It was safer and more convenient before they destroyed the old infrastructure. In theory it will now take two years for them to make certain walks walkable once again.
And Finally
When project managers prepare for road works, they need to consider pedestrians and cyclists. This is especially true of road works that are meant to encourage people to walk and cycle. If you block people from walking, and cycling, for two months, as some road works have done, this year, and will do, for two years along another route, then you discourage pedestrians and cyclists. You encourage more car traffic. You also encourage people not to visit your town at all.
I love walking and cycling, and yet the changes that I see encourage me to avoid walking along the new infrastructure, because, in my eyes, it has made it more dangerous rather than safer.I am disappointed.
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Pedestrians, Road Works, and Project Management
Reading Time: 3 minutes
When you plan road works that are meant to improve journeys for people cycling, and on foot, it is essential to remember that people who are on foot, or on bikes, need proper infrastructure to get from A to B, because if they don't, then they go from being on foot or on bikes, to being in a car. If we take this to the extreme, if you don't plan for pedestrians, or cyclists, or cars, then people just stop visiting.
No Thinking About Pedestrians and Cyclists
For several weeks road works have made it noisy, muddy, and confusing to walk from A to B along a certain route. On some days you're on one side of the road, and on others you're on the other. They make you cross, but sign posts and directions are not obvious.
Last weekend they placed ramps, which make sense, when machinery is moving from the parking to where works are taking place, but on the weekend those ramps should have been removed. This weekend, a cycling route was blocked, in part by dirty, and muddy tarmac, but also by metal planks blocking the cycle route.
Two Noisy Weeks
This entire week, and the entirety of next week the road is closed because they are resurfacing the road that they resurfaced within the last few weeks. I'm not sure the road is open for pedestrians and bikes.
It's not that these road works are in one place, and that we can re-route, and avoid them. They are in three places, so it has become impossible to walk from the village, to town, without being affected by road works.
Pandemic Habits
For years I had not gone into this town, because of the COVID pandemic. Recently I got back into the habit but the road works, that are meant to improve cycling, and walking, have ruined it instead.
The situation is so bad that yesterday I got into the car, to drive a few kilometres, to run where there are no road works.
They're spending millions of Francs to encourage people to walk and cycle, but they're discouraging walking and cycling, rather than encouraging it.
If I spent two months on road works, I would make sure that cyclists are safe from cars, and I'd ensure that pedestrians are safe from cars and cyclists. The road works that have taken placce throw bikes into a bike lane for 200 meters, before bikes are thrown back into car traffic. It's absurd.
Connecting Villages
If I was to spend two months, I wouldn't have done works here. I would have improved the cycling and walking network between every village, to make it safe to walk from every village to every village, parallel to roads. Villages have no pavements, or walking routes to connect each other, so we are forced to walk along the road, and in wet and sometimes muddy grass.
The paradox about the new "cycling" lane is that dogs and people will walk on the cycle path, and cars will mount the pavement to pass other cars, due to car spreading, and narrowed roads.
Rivers of Cars
One of the biggest issues with the increase in traffic is that roads are becoming like rivers. If you're on foot, on a bike, or even in a car, if you want to cross the river of cars, it will take patience, and luck. They're adding cycling paths, and widening pavements, but they forget that the issue is high volumes of cars. The infrastructure that was fine before, becomes a congested mess when there are too many cars.
In a place where we had a pedestrian crossing, it was removed, so when traffic is heavy, but not so heavy that cars get blocked, it becomes impossible to cross without running. This is especially true now that they removed the centre island in one place, and the pedestrian crossing in another. What was inconvenient before has now become dangerous.
Strava, Google, Garmin, Apple
Strava, Google, Garmin and Apple have tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of walking path heatmaps from decades of people walking with mobile phones, GPS devices and more. These heat maps highlight where people walk. These maps should be used, especially ahead of road works, to map a route that is convenient for people walking and cycling.
If you want to defeat the automatic habit people have, of getting into cars, you need to make walking and cycling safe and convenient. It was safer and more convenient before they destroyed the old infrastructure. In theory it will now take two years for them to make certain walks walkable once again.
And Finally
When project managers prepare for road works, they need to consider pedestrians and cyclists. This is especially true of road works that are meant to encourage people to walk and cycle. If you block people from walking, and cycling, for two months, as some road works have done, this year, and will do, for two years along another route, then you discourage pedestrians and cyclists. You encourage more car traffic. You also encourage people not to visit your town at all.
I love walking and cycling, and yet the changes that I see encourage me to avoid walking along the new infrastructure, because, in my eyes, it has made it more dangerous rather than safer.I am disappointed.
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Road Works that Forget About Pedestrians
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For two years they worked on a motorway bridge. For two years they cut down trees, added tons of soil, and then widened roads for cars. Never during that time did they consider that people might want to walk along the most direct route from A to B.
More recently I have been walking into and out of town and for a while I had to walk on a dirt path. I had to avoid heavy machinery, large puddles, and cross the road on a busy road several times.
Yesterday, and for the last week, the cycle lane that they had "completed" was then dug up so that a deep hole was the end of the cycle lane. The result is that you either had to dismount your bike to get onto the road, or ride on the pavement with pedestrians.
Yesterday, to add insult to injury the workers added a large truck in the middle of the pedestrian path. blocking the route. In the end I walked through mud, luckily relatively dry.
It's fantastic to improve cycling and walking infrastructure, but only when it doesn't destroy people's walking and cycling routes for weeks at a time.
It's got to a stage where I don't want to walk locally anymore. I'm tempted to get in the car, and go for a local drive, somewhere away from road works, where they don't forget about pedestrians.
The thing about walking is that it takes ten minutes to walk a kilometre if you walk fast. It takes an hour to walk six. With these road works detours that would be nothing in a car become a nuisance on foot.
High Traffic With No Walking Infrastructure
The other nuisance is busy roads with nowhere for pedestrians to walk. The walks that I loved during the pandemic became too dangerous for me to walk along them both because of traffic but also because of mud. Every time I came back with muddy shoes I had to spend half an hour removing that mud from my shoes.
Blocked for two entire weeks
Within a few days they will close a road for two entire weeks, to resurface it. In other parts of the world they can do that in a day or two, but in Switzerland they will close it for two weeks, and in that time there is no mention of whether people will still be able to walk along the route, or not.
Three Walking Routes affected by works
This wouldn't matter, if it was one road, for a few days, but it isn't one road. It's three roads at once. The direct road between Nyon and Eysins will be cut for two weeks. The road between Nyon and Crassier also has road works that have made walking less pleasant, but there are also further works on the Route de Divonne, that make walking more unpleasant.
A Positive Blip
In Nyon itself, there are road works, to bring steam heating to apartments and other buildings. For this they are digging up roads. The process takes months, if not years, so they are creating new "walks" for people to walk along and I have grabbed this opportunity to explore routes that I would not otherwise be authorised to use.
And Finally
For years, or even decades, the default was to get into the car, and drive for twenty minutes to an hour, to go for a walk. Now my default is to put my shoes on and walk from the doorstep. I got down to using the car twice per week, for food shopping and that was it.
With the road works that complicate my walks, and degrade the pleasure I derive from my local walks, it is increasingly tempting too take the car and walk somewhere else. Some people drive to the Lac De Divonne, or to the Arboretum. I don't want to get that habit back, but with the way things are degrading my habits might be more car centric, ironically because of how they are adding cycling and walking infrastructure.
TLDR
If you plan road works for encouraging people to walk, don't destroy people's favourite walking paths in the process. Ensure that people's pedestrian habits are not impacted. You want people to keep their pedestrian habits.
#apathy #counterproductive #disorganised #douce #environment #mobilite #roadworks #walking
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Road Works that Forget About Pedestrians
Reading Time: 3 minutes
For two years they worked on a motorway bridge. For two years they cut down trees, added tons of soil, and then widened roads for cars. Never during that time did they consider that people might want to walk along the most direct route from A to B.
More recently I have been walking into and out of town and for a while I had to walk on a dirt path. I had to avoid heavy machinery, large puddles, and cross the road on a busy road several times.
Yesterday, and for the last week, the cycle lane that they had "completed" was then dug up so that a deep hole was the end of the cycle lane. The result is that you either had to dismount your bike to get onto the road, or ride on the pavement with pedestrians.
Yesterday, to add insult to injury the workers added a large truck in the middle of the pedestrian path. blocking the route. In the end I walked through mud, luckily relatively dry.
It's fantastic to improve cycling and walking infrastructure, but only when it doesn't destroy people's walking and cycling routes for weeks at a time.
It's got to a stage where I don't want to walk locally anymore. I'm tempted to get in the car, and go for a local drive, somewhere away from road works, where they don't forget about pedestrians.
The thing about walking is that it takes ten minutes to walk a kilometre if you walk fast. It takes an hour to walk six. With these road works detours that would be nothing in a car become a nuisance on foot.
High Traffic With No Walking Infrastructure
The other nuisance is busy roads with nowhere for pedestrians to walk. The walks that I loved during the pandemic became too dangerous for me to walk along them both because of traffic but also because of mud. Every time I came back with muddy shoes I had to spend half an hour removing that mud from my shoes.
Blocked for two entire weeks
Within a few days they will close a road for two entire weeks, to resurface it. In other parts of the world they can do that in a day or two, but in Switzerland they will close it for two weeks, and in that time there is no mention of whether people will still be able to walk along the route, or not.
Three Walking Routes affected by works
This wouldn't matter, if it was one road, for a few days, but it isn't one road. It's three roads at once. The direct road between Nyon and Eysins will be cut for two weeks. The road between Nyon and Crassier also has road works that have made walking less pleasant, but there are also further works on the Route de Divonne, that make walking more unpleasant.
A Positive Blip
In Nyon itself, there are road works, to bring steam heating to apartments and other buildings. For this they are digging up roads. The process takes months, if not years, so they are creating new "walks" for people to walk along and I have grabbed this opportunity to explore routes that I would not otherwise be authorised to use.
And Finally
For years, or even decades, the default was to get into the car, and drive for twenty minutes to an hour, to go for a walk. Now my default is to put my shoes on and walk from the doorstep. I got down to using the car twice per week, for food shopping and that was it.
With the road works that complicate my walks, and degrade the pleasure I derive from my local walks, it is increasingly tempting too take the car and walk somewhere else. Some people drive to the Lac De Divonne, or to the Arboretum. I don't want to get that habit back, but with the way things are degrading my habits might be more car centric, ironically because of how they are adding cycling and walking infrastructure.
TLDR
If you plan road works for encouraging people to walk, don't destroy people's favourite walking paths in the process. Ensure that people's pedestrian habits are not impacted. You want people to keep their pedestrian habits.
#apathy #counterproductive #disorganised #douce #environment #mobilite #roadworks #walking
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#Brussels is the capital of #chaos. 3 day general #strike. No #PublicTransport. Unmanaged, uncoordinated, unfinished #RoadWorks and construction sites everywhere. No #RegionalGovernment 1 1/2 years after an election. Layers of enormous #PublicDebt. Would it look different if there were a full-scale war going on?
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Will folk in #Lancashire not even walk 50-100 metres for a #pie these days? I thought Northerners were made of stronger stuff than that 😁
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Will folk in #Lancashire not even walk 50-100 metres for a #pie these days? I thought Northerners were made of stronger stuff than that 😁
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Father Mathew Quay Torn Up
Father Mathew Quay is a road that is definitely closed. The tarmac has been torn up to be remade into something better, hopefully.
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Night Shifts and Trailing Lights
Construction signs on Parnell Bridge in front of Cork City Hall were lit up by a passing bus a few nights ago.
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#cityscape #construction #Cork #Ireland #lightTrails #LongExposure #nightPhotography #ParnellBridge #Photo #Photography #roadworks #Signs #StreetPhotography #streetSign #Urban
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• #ROADWORKS: Carriageway Repair
• Location:
Quarry Lane - between Bristol Rd S – Mill Lane•Traffic Management:
Road Closure
Diversions• Date: 24th - 26th March
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Orange barricade, in NYC, Usa
#roadworks #photography #urban #streetphoto #NYC #constructionsite
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Crosswalk is closed.
Road works in the vicinities of Hudson Yard, NYC. -
Romsey road works: 13-mile diversion for 1-mile works | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24847115.romsey-road-works-13-mile-diversion-1-mile-works/
#Romsey
#Hampshire
#Diversion
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Lower Blue Mountains suburb Lapstone's 'distinctive' red brick kerbs
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Lower Blue Mountains suburb Lapstone's 'distinctive' red brick kerbs
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Road works in the Village, #NYC
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in #Caversham #Reading again this weekend visiting relatives (saw my uncle on his last day in UK before he flies back to Malaysia).
Took me over an hour just to get across Reading yesterday, due to #roadworks and #floods (the #RiverThames had burst its banks).
Just having a chilled evening (as there is little these days I would want to do in the centre of Reading and I would only end up in the #trafficjam again)
(there is another cat, but she is camera shy)
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Also on today's route, a bicycle tunnel closed for resurfacing. While this is happening, cyclists have to use the road bridge for cars which is parallel to the cycle-path. In order to make the route convenient and safe for cycling, this section of road has been completely closed to cars for the duration of the works. Drivers must take a 9 km detour so that we can use this 1 km section of road in complete safety.
There are more examples of road works made safe for cycling on my blog:
http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/road%20works%20vs.%20the%20dutch%20cyclist
#cycling #cyclinginfrastructure #netherlands #biketooter #bicycles #roadworks -
And the last photos for today are these from Sunday's recreational ride.
While riding between a smallish town and a village we came across a road and cycle-path closure, but as usual (in the Netherlands) the experience for cyclists was still top-notch.
This has to be the case.
If cyclists give up cycling due to bad experiences when infrastructure disappears temporarily they may never return to regular cycling.
You'll find lots more examples of how to make sure that road works don't stop people from cycling on my blog here:
http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/road%20works%20vs.%20the%20dutch%20cyclist
#cycling #biketooter #roadworks #cyclinginfrastructure #cyclepath #netherlands #regel17 #velomobile -
Roadworks Ahead
It's s sign that the roadworks have been there way too long when the sign looks like this 😆
#lakedistrict #landscapephotography #road #farmland #countryside #countryroad #photography #photographer #barbedwire #monochrome #roadworks #signs #blackandwhitephotography
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Avoid Cameron Toll #Edinburgh - #roadworks on the roundabout are causing chaos!