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No Entry - except cyclists
This gallery was last updated on Saturday 27th October 2007.
Places where cyclists are allowed to ride both ways in streets that are otherwise one-way for motor vehicles.
In the Netherlands these are uitgezonderd - exceptions for cyclists.
In Britain the Department for Transport currently (and annoyingly) does not permit an "Except Cycles" panel underneath a no entry sign. But various local authorities have got around this ruling by having a blue cycleway symbol next to or underneath the no entry sign. But where that is done there is normally and island separating the lane.
In Cambridge the preferred method seems to be use of the No Motor Vehicles sign (aka low flying motorbike sign) - which does not require an island.
In a study on lifting the ban on cycling in Cambridge a survey found that in Trinity Street and St John's Street no injury collisions were reported to cyclist going against the flow compared to 6 collisions of with-flow cyclists. So, like the advice given to walkers on country roads, it seems to be safer to ride facing oncoming traffic.
Out latest on this issue is at...
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/newsletters/79/article3.html
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Can't remember exactly where in this part of Amsterdam this photo of a No cycling exception sign was taken.
No Entry sign with "Except Cycles" in Hinckley, Leicestershire. This comment from the Highways Authority explains... "The sign was installed in 2003 by our Major Transport Projects team as part of the Hinckley town centre development s ... [more]
An illegal 'Except Cyclists' sign? These were removed and the one-way scheme abandoned within a few months of it starting.
The entrance to Malcolm Street viewed from the other side of Jesus Lane. It shows the absence of any island dividing the contraflow one way cyclists and motorists coming out of the street.
The "Except Cycles" actually applies to the "No right turn" that is on the opposite side of this sign!
Note the small blue sign that allows bikes to legally pass to the right of this bollard. Its very unusual, but it does work. Note: a cycling campaign leisurely ride was stopped by Police going through this gap in March 2006. The ride lea ... [more]
Rising bollards, Silver Street, eastbound. Single 'No entry' sign ('Except authorised vehicles') on the central reservation; 'Cycles only' and 'Keep right' signs to the left of the cycle bypass.
Rising bollards, Bridge Street, southbound. Single 'No entry' signs ('Except pedal cycles and authorised buses and taxis') on the approach; single 'No entry' sign ('Except authorised buses and taxis') on the central reservation; 'Cycle lane ... [more]
Rising bollards. Southbound approach at Emmanuel Road. Pair of 'No entry' signs ('Except pedal cycles & authorised busses & taxis').
Sign pollution - what a horrible mess this is! Notice the No Entry - with Cyclists Exception which would not be permitted if this was the Highway.
Looking towards Hobson Street from King Street. This is one of the most explicit examples of a cycle route going directly between two No Entry signs. The absence of a "cyclists exception " panel underneath the No Entry signs here co ... [more]
No entry sign with "bicycles free" sign underneath. Centre of Nuremberg / Nürnberg, between "Neues Museum" and the main train station.
Cycle bypass lane for a cycle contraflow on a one way street at Lambs Conduit in London
Pedestrianised area in old Geneva. A no entry sign excepting cycles reads "Cycles exceptés".
No entry sign with a "bicycle road" sign underneath. Bicycles have priority both ways, local motor traffic is allowed in only one direction.
The No Entry sign at the north end of Corn Exchance Street has gained a Cycle Route sign. I suspect this is an attempt at producing "No Entry Except Cycles".
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