On 31 Oct 2012, at 15:29, "Andy Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shaun McDonald [mailto:[email protected]] wrote: >> Sent: 31 October 2012 15:21 >> To: Matt Williams >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Ambiguous restrictions sign >> >> >> On 31 Oct 2012, at 14:49, Matt Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 31 October 2012 14:37, David Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> The pedestrianised main shopping street in Croydon has a sign with >>>> the following wording: "Pedestrian Zone. No vehicles except cycles >>>> and for loading 6pm-10am." >>>> How would you interpret that? I see at least 3 possibilities: >>>> >>>> (a) Cycles permitted at any time; loading only permitted 6pm-10am >>>> (this is what I guess is the correct one) >>>> (b) Cycles and loading only permitted 6pm-10am (this would also make >>>> sense; i.e. cycling only outside shopping hours) >>>> (c) Restrictions apply 6pm-10am (clearly ludicrous!) >>>> (d) Something else? >>>> >>>> I'm guessing it's meant to be (a), but just thought I'd canvas >>>> opinion before tagging. >>> >>> I think I agree with (a). I would find it a little strange to disallow >>> cycling just during the day (why not just ban it entirely?). >> >> The centre pedestrianised bit of Ipswich has cycling banned from 10:30am - >> 4:30pm. It does get pretty busy during that time. >> http://goo.gl/maps/ouha1 >> > > I'm not sure that's correct? Is it not just banning cyclists from cycling > against the traffic flow during this period? The sign at the other end > suggests its open to cyclists at all times in the direction of normal flow. > http://goo.gl/eYcsG That's a different road which is two way cycling all the time. The example I gave is for a pedestrian street, that effectively becomes a service road overnight and early morning when it's full of delivery vans for the shops. Shaun _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
