safety issue
There are no give way markers where Max.Railway Path joins the Garroch Loaning cycle path
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Listed issues, most recent first, limited to the area of Cycling Dumfries:
Created by donald mccuaig // 1 thread
There are no give way markers where Max.Railway Path joins the Garroch Loaning cycle path
cyclescape user // 0 threads
The current hardcore path is often not usable for walking / cycling during wet weather. The path is difficult to pass through due to water on the surface. A new tarmac option would be much better. A new drop kerb on Bell Court and widened access would also help improve this route. Note the path gives access to a local football pitch as well as a local park. Cycling and walking in the area would increase if this issue was fixed.
sound+fury // 1 thread
A bill is being put forward to sentence any cyclist convicted of dangerous cycling to a 14 year prison term.
Created by Colin dixon // 1 thread
Leaves on cycle path a disgrace. Cycle paths are never correctly looked after. I came off bike yesterday slipping on leaves and have broken clavicle
Create an off-road route along the railway line out to the east, which could ultimately form a route out to Collin.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Convert the crossing from Glebe Street to Cumberland Street into a toucan crossing, giving bikes access into the traffic calmed Queen St area.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Make Aldermanhill Road a no-through-road for cars, even if only during the school run, to prevent it becoming a rat run for drivers avoiding Craigs Road.
Remove the guard rails from the roundabout that joins the Annan Road and Georgetown Road - see point. Widen the pavement and create a cut through from Georgetown Road to Milburn Avenue.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Create a toucan crossing so that cyclists can get from the Brooms Road path to Eastfield Road.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Make the crossing from the Brooms Road path onto the signed cycle route up Barrie Avenue a toucan crossing, and remove the guard rails so that bikes can use that short stretch of pavement to reach Barrie Avenue
Signpost a route as shown from Calside to Brooms Road. This is the quietest and least hilly route and coupled with the other suggestions would make a more pleasant route into town by bike.
Remove the chicanes along the playing fields at the points shown so people using bikes, wheelchairs and pushchairs can use this path.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
The places where people live are spaces for people to live. Children play in the street, people walk dogs and travel short distances, A lower speed limit allows people to live safely.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Craigs Road and the road indicated form part of a route to the shared use Maidenbower path. There are three footpaths, several houses and a cemetery along this road which is used by people walking, jogging, cycling and riding horses. Its is currently a 60mph national speed limit which is too fast for how this road is used.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
Another hidden away route for accessing the Maindenbower path from Calside. Signposting this would be a quick win. The path would also benefit form being widened to allow cyclists and pedestrians to pass comfortable. Widening the chicane or replacing with a bollard at the top would enable people using bikes, wheelchairs or pushchairs to get through too.
There is a quiet route to the Maidenbower path via Aspen Crescent. This is tricky to find and easily missed as it is not signposted. A quick win to put some signage in.
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
Could there be covered bike parking near the Robert Burns Centre
Created by Steve Jefkins // 1 thread
Create a cycle path from Broomlands to Cargenbridge away from roads. Follow the existing footpath.
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
Allow contraflow cycling on Rae Street - the sightlines for crossing Lovers Walk to the station are better than Newall Terrace so this would allow a consistent cycle route into town
Created by VikiJ // 1 thread
Need a controlled crossing to cross at New Abbey Road at Park Road junction
Issue Raised at 2018 bike breakfast
Created by John and Rosie // 1 thread
Need better crossing to Teregles Street from Howgate Street, and allow contra-flow cycle along Howgate Street
Created by VikiJ // 1 thread
(we Need) Traffic lights on Alloway Rd Lochside.They took the crossing away and it is now very hard to cross
Sandy (age9)Alloway Rd Lochside Cant get across because its so busy
Issue raised at 2018 Bike Breakfast
Created by John and Rosie // 1 thread
Crossing the Whitesands at the Vennel: green man is on for a very short time, hard for people with restricted mobility to cross.
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
There is a breakdown in cycle paths through the town. One that springs to mind is Brooms Road. After coming past Lidl going towards St. Michael’s Church you lose the cycle lane that was there at the fire station
Created by VikiJ // 1 thread
There are 3 schools on the Craigs Rd and at the moment any Kids Cycling are on the Narrow Pavement as the road is so busy
Issue raised at 2018 bike breakfast
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Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
No safe route from Collin to Dumfries town centre - the A75 is a dual carriageway along this stretch of road with no direct alternative route
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
Torthorwald is only a couple of miles from Dumfries but very few people are willing to cycle on the Lockerbie Road/ A709. An off-road path running parallel to the road down to Heathhall forest would connect up with the Caledonian Cycleway and provide an accessible route into town.
Created by Transport Planning and Engineering // 1 thread
We are Transport Planning and Engineering (TP&E), the social enterprise sustainable transportation consultancy and we are actively working in co-ordination with Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking.
Dumfries and Galloway Council have asked us to run a Community Active Travel Street Audit in Dumfries as part of the Paths for All Smarter Choices, Smarter Places initiative.
- The Council want to help local people to walk and cycle more when travelling in the town centre and connecting with existing active travel routes.
- They would like your help to identify the physical barriers to active travel, and also suggest ways to encourage more people to walk and cycle.
- The aim is to find and prioritise projects that could remove the barriers to active travel.
Would you like to walk or cycle in Dumfries more than you do now? Do you have a child in a pushchair, find walking difficult or use a wheelchair to get around? Would you like to help make the streets of Dumfries more pedestrian and cycle friendly?
We will be holding a Street Audit on Wednesday 5 December, meeting at the Stove at 10.30 am. The Street Audit will focus on the route down the High Street to the river and along to Dock Park. We are also interested in the route from St Michael’s Bridge along St Michael’s Road to the schools and hospital. You can see this in the map below.
Would you like to join us in the Street Audit? We will walk the routes which will give you the opportunity to share your views on the pavements, streets and crossings and what improvements could be made to remove barriers to getting around the area on foot and by bike. The audit will take about 2 hours of your time.
You know your local area. You know the barriers and will have ideas about what could improve it to encourage more people to walk and cycle. We need your ideas!
If you would like to help please let us know by emailing info@tpande.org or calling 0141 229 5448. If you can think of anyone else who might like to be involved, please pass on the details or ask them how we can get in touch and let us know.
Also, if you would like to leave a message please follow the thread link on the right hand side of this web page listed as "Volunteers needed for Community Active Travel Street Audit - Dumfries". If you scroll to the bottom of the thread there is a section to compose a message/post. To undertake this task please ensure you are signed into cyclescape.
Create an off-road route along the railway line out to the east, which could ultimately form a route out to Collin.
Created by Rhian // 1 thread
This is a well used route already but very muddy as there is no surfaced footpath across the playing field. A dropped kerb at the end of Noble Grove and a surfaced path around the football pitches to a dropped kerb on Parkhead Loaning would be a significant improvement. A type 1 and dust path as detailed in the attached link would perhaps be more suitable than a fully tarmacked path. Lighting at the points of entry to the grassed area would be an added benefit as this is currently a very dark route.
Created by JohnSch // 1 thread
At certain high usage times for the games area, such as on a Sunday morning, despite there two large car parks adjacent to the High school and a very large amount of on-road parking, the cycle itself becomes a car park. Also cars park across the dropped kerbs and along side the path, meaning that access is almost impossible for bicycles, prams and motobility scooters to squeeze through. Parking on the cycle path also blocks the path for users and also damages the surface.
Also surrounding pavements are blocked making it very difficult for the local community to use them and this causes road safety issues.
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
At the moment there are toucan crossings from the Whitesands up to the High Street past the lower entrance to the Loreburne Centre (where the buses stop) but there is no actual cycle path so you end up illegally on the pavement. It would be a useful route otherwise, as long as cyclists can get past the bus stops (and waiting bus passengers).
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 0 threads
There is now a nice cycle path that takes you from the river away from Devorgilla bridge, but there is no easy way to go from there to the College Street cycle track or Terregles Street as both Market Square and Howgate Street are one-way going the other way. Adding an 'except cycles' sign and allowing contraflow cycling along Market Square (which is not a fast or busy road), combined with a crossing across Buccleuch St on the east side of the street would provide an alternative route through town when the Whitesands is closed (or the Loreburn Bridge). At the moment, to get across Buccleuch street you have to cross in three cycles of the light and there are railings preventing pedestrian and bike access to College Street. This would also benefit pedestrians.
Created by Mike Comerford // 1 thread
Those of us living in the area marked have no safe access to the cycle network in order to cycle in and out of Dumfries. There are many keen cyclists in this area (as evidenced by the Toirthorwald Cycle Sportive for example).
I live with my family in a cluster of houses close to the A75 (Mouswald Banks) end of Linns Road. There are a number of cyclists at this location and we wish to cycle to Dumfries for work and for social / leisure reasons.
Our Options are:
- the A75 - definitely not safe
- to Torthorwald then along the A709 - narrow, full of heavy trucks, no pavement and very unsafe
- through Torthorwald, across the A709, onwards to Tinwald and then onto the A701 towards Dumfries until able to join the Caledonian Cycleway at Locharbriiggs. This stretch of the A701 is narrow and full of heavy trucks. Where there is a pavement it is too narrow to cycle along it. This is also a long way round to get to Dumfries.
The best solution would be to create a cycle path from Torthorwald along the A709 and through Heathhall woods to connect with the cycle network. This would serve Torthowald, Collin and surrounding hamlets. There is land along the side of the A709 to allow space to make a cycle path.
The shortest in terms of building new infrastructure, would be to make a cycle path along the A701 from the Tinwald road end to Locharbriggs. However space at the roadside along the A701 is very limited, and the route is a long way round for the communities from Torthorwald and Collin.
Building a cycle path along the A75 is an unlikely and unattractive proposition and would cause disruption along a major Trunk road.
Active travel is a priority for the Scottish Government to increase physical activity and reduce traffic emissions. Funding is available through Sustrans.
'Sustrans Scotland's Community Links programme provides funding for the creation of infrastructure that makes it easier for people to walk and cycle for everyday journeys. The programme is funded by Transport Scotland and has funded hundreds of projects across Scotland since 2010.
Through the Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2017-18, the active travel budget has been doubled to £80 million per year, from 2018-19. Community Links will help deliver a key action from this by supporting projects that make our towns and cities friendlier and safer places for people to walk and cycle.'
Created by Cycling Dumfries // 1 thread
The Maxwelltown Cycle Path runs along the back of the Cuckoobridge retail park, but there's no easy access from the path into it. At the moment cyclists and pedestrians have to come off the path, cross the Glasgow Road at the lights (which are very slow) and then go into the retail park via the exit from the KFC drive-thru window, which is potentially quite dangerous. It would be quicker and more convenient to have a path from the cyclepath into the car park directly. We note that the new Aldi seems to have a direct entrance being built, which we welcome