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[Image taken 22.11.23] Denning’s Yard access/Sustrans spiral-Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] The lights are out and have been for at least 1.5 weeks. There are two vehicles parked on the double … [more]
[Image taken 22.11.23] Sustrans spiral-Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: No street view at this exact location.] The clearing work here has reduced the source of leaves on the track. This means the spiral is less slippery than in autumn last … [more]
[UPDATE 9.10.23 An email from Openreach says: We have had one of my engineers out today who was able to confirm the cable wasn’t actually in service so it has been removed. ] [Image taken 7.10.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge … [more]
[Image taken 7.10.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge hole, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] I’d reported to Openreach the cable was part way down the wall on the evening of Thursday, 5 October 2023. When I rode this … [more]
[Image taken 13.9.23] Denning’s Yard Access (between Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road/Foss Islands Path), York. No sight lines for any user. No warnings for drivers to look out for the thousands of people on cycles, foot and scooters, and … [more]
[Image taken 13.9.23] Denning’s Yard Access (between Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road/Foss Islands Path), York. [NOTE: Map positioning approximate.] Sign alerting anyone who comes this far down Denning's Yard Access that construction is … [more]
[Image taken 13.9.23] Denning’s Yard Access (between Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road/Foss Islands Path), York. There is now fencing and gates on the edge of the construction area. Early report in local press about the site: … [more]
[UPDATE: The glass has been swept towards the wall of the bridge. (Left-hand side in this image.) This means the problem is still there. The glass will be moved by wind, ran, animals, humans... back into the path of tyres and paws. I'll … [more]
[Image taken 2.9.23] Under Wigginton Road bridge on the Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Broken glass. The sharpest of shards. I first saw them on Thursday afternoon. They are already … [more]
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other image here today and links: #196701.
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Other image here today and links: #196701.
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. What3Words ref: Update. term. impose. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context: #196690. It’s a BT cable. This is a temporary fix. Other images here today: … [more]
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. What3Words ref: Update. term. impose. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context: #196690. Other images here today: #196691, #196692.
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. Context: #. Other images here today: #196691, #196693.
[Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context: #196690. Other images here today: #196692, #196693.
[UPDATE 11.8.23: #196701.] [Image taken 10.8.23] Foss Islands Path, Wigginton Road bridge, York. What3Words ref: Update. term. impose. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Cable around 10 feet off the ground. And loose at other points. … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Foss Islands Path, Cocoa Gardens link/Nestle link/parallel to Wigginton Road, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] The foliage has been recut - including reducing the height. This has slightly improved sight … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Foss Islands Path, Cocoa Gardens link/Nestle link/parallel to Wigginton Road, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] You don't want to get right up to the stone walls of the link and as the route (Foss Islands … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Hallfield Road, York. No sightlines, no signage and although the white painted triangles in the road show a raised table this does not slow road users who also have blind corners. In June 2023, Sustrans conducted … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Hallfield Road, York. The blue arrows show that motor vehicles have priority over non motorised users crossing from or to Foss Islands Path… when drivers queue to exit Hallfield Road they not only pump out pollutants … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Hallfield Road, York. The signs confirm that where people are corssing – often people with mobility issues or sight impairments, accompanying or carrying children, etc, the road has a 30mph limit. Other images this … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Hallfield Road, York. The main artery through the city for people moving 'actively' exits from the left past the bollard. Or you can turn into it. But it's a blind corner. Further, if you want to turn right, cross … [more]
[Image taken 13.7.23] Entrance to/exit from Foss Islands Path (northbound) Hallfield Road, York. An ‘A’ road equivalent for active travellers/people not using motor vehicles yet it is unsigned: either to give it its name or to say where it … [more]
[Image taken 10.6.23] Derwenthorpe Childrens Park, Lotherington Mews/Foss Islands Path, Derwenthorpe, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Public amenity should always include cycle parking. Other image here today and links: … [more]
[Image taken 10.6.23] Derwenthorpe Childrens Park, Lotherington Mews/Foss Islands Path, Derwenthorpe, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Including table tennis extends who can use an outdoor space. The tarmac means it can be … [more]
[Image taken 13.5.23] Foss Islands Path, York. At this entrance to the 'spiral' at the junction with Denning’s Yard access/Wigginton Road/Crichton Avenue, there were already four (filthy old) signs but another - on the vertical end post - … [more]
[Image taken 12.5.23] Denning's Yard Access (between Crichton Avenue and Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York COUNT RESULT: 275 Count time: 07.41 to 08.41. Conditions: Overcast, fresh breeze. Observations: A wheelchair user, a … [more]
[Image taken 9.5.23] Foss Islands Path, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] The limited cutting has not solved the problem of there being no sight lines here. Context: #193852. Other image here today: #193869.
[Newer image: 13.7.23: #195914.] [Image taken 9.5.23] Foss Islands Path, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Context: #193853. Other image here today: #193870.
[UPDATE: #193869] [Image taken 8.5.23] Foss Islands Path, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #193851.
[UPDATE: #193870] [Image taken 8.5.23] Foss Islands Path, York. [Note: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #193851.
[UPDATE: On 9.5.23 Sustrans North replied: "The sections of the Foss Islands Path you have mentioned are due to be cut this week."] [Image taken 8.5.23] Wigginton Road/Nestle Link route at junction with Foss Islands Path, York. [Note: No … [more]
[Image taken 14.4.23] Denning’s Yard access link to/from the spiral, Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] A desire line has appeared in the past couple of months. Why? The result of people parking on Denning's … [more]
[Image taken 17.3.23] Denning’s Yard access, York. The crossing is around 3m 80cm wide. Context and links: #192126.
[Image taken 1.3.23] CycleStreet, Layerthorpe, York. We need physical cycle shops. Many have closed in York but CycleStreets (www.cycle-street.co.uk/) is seemingly thriving. It is just off the Foss Islands Path, close to five supermarkets … [more]
[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #190996.
[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Tyre tracks showing the line taken by users. The spiral route is narrow (see: #170964, #170965, #187304) and steep. There are very … [more]
[Image taken 12.2.23] Foss Islands Path (Crichton Avenue end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context: #190045. Other image today and links: #190994.
[Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link/Crichton Avenue/Denning’s Yard, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] One of the artworks (www.kjartan.co.uk/blue%20pipes/index.htm) on the Foss Islands Path. … [more]
[UPDATE: #190995] [Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] You would come off if you cycled into this thick mud. On foot you’d get very muddy. A child might … [more]
[UPDATE: 12.2.23. The sign and the mud have gone: #190995.] [Image taken 25.1.23] Wigginton Road link, junction with Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Note the thick mud: #190045. Context and links: #190043.
[UPDATE: The sign was removed within a few days of my reporting it.] [Image taken 25.1.23] Foss Islands Path junction with Wigginton Road link, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Poor surface sign. Where does it refer to? Why is … [more]
[Image taken 23.1.23] Kitchener Street at entrance to/exit from Foss Islands Path, York. Context: and links #189804.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Kitchener Street at entrance to/exit from Foss Islands Path, York. Context: #189549. Other image here today and links: #189805.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #189802.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The narrow, steep and uneven steps between the Foss Islands Path and Denning’s Yard access/Crichton Avenue. Note the … [more]
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Route to/from Wigginton Road (location: #189799). It’s steep and narrow. And if you go down you need to regain that … [more]
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] There are often shady characters under the bridge. It does not feel safe when there are. But the route is very well … [more]
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] The shared use path to the right leads to/from Wigginton Road: #189801. Context and links: #189796.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #189796. Other image this artwork: #190046 and caption.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Context and links: #189796.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Image taken after the sides of the path have been cleared to show how much more room there is, how much lighter it is, … [more]
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] Looking towards Denning's Yard from the Sustrans spiral. Other image today - context - and links: #189794.
[Image taken 23.1.23] Foss Islands Path (Denning’s Yard/Crichton Ave end), York. Looking into Denning's Yard. Context: #187856. Other image here today: #189795. Other images here today: #189797, #189798, #189799, #189800, #189801, #189802, … [more]
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Context and links: #189553.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Foss Islands Path at Haxby Road, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] I took this image, and the others at the same location, to show how much more space there is when the foliage on both sides of a route has … [more]
[Image taken 18.1.23] Kitchener Street, York. Context and links: #189549. Image clearly showing the road markings: #189805.
[Image taken 18.1.23] Kitchener Street, York. [NOTE: No street view at this location] Entrance to/from Foss Islands Path/York Orbital. In the time I took to take this image and this one: #189550 a woman with a double buggy, three people on … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] I asked this cyclist if he’d mind my taking an image as he rode through the route 'closed' signs. Instead he stopped so I could get a better … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] The main sign is very visible to everyone approaching the temporary blockage. It is (almost) correct: This is a cycle route (though not a ‘lane’) … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] Ah, this poster uses the phrase “cycle/footpath”. And the image is clearly aimed cyclists though it ignores all other non-motorised users. And why … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] Lots of signage. Quantity rather than quality: it ignores the group that may be the largest users of this route: people on cycles. Other image this … [more]
[Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] Pedestrians. Footway. Footpath. This is also a key route for people on cycles, wheelchairs, mobility scooters... It left us and others who arrived … [more]
[UPDATE 17.1.23: The route is clear of signs again] [Image taken 10.12.22] Foss Islands Path, York. [NOTE: Location on street view approximate.] Contradictory messages. Cyclists? We came along this motor traffic-free path at around 15.00 on … [more]
[Image taken 14.11.22] Foss Islands Path, York. (Near the bridge over the River Foss.) [NOTE: Position approximate. No street view at this location] Context and link: #187716.
[Sustrans reply from 13.1.23 "[Ref Foss Bridge] The 3cm gaps you have highlighted in the photos are connection plates of the bridge deck to the path. These are a necessary structural design to manage the understood movement of the bridge. … [more]
[Image taken 14.11.22] Foss Islands Path, York. (Near the bridge over the River Foss.) [NOTE: Position approximate. No street view at this location] What was a muddy desire line to/from the (high level) Foss Islands Path and the River Foss … [more]
[Image taken 30.10.22] Foss Islands Path (Wigginton Road end) York. [NOTE: No street view at this location.] I was emailing CYC to ask how the planning application for the Denning's Yard site (see: #183552) will impact on any plans it might … [more]
[Image taken 28.10.22] Foss Islands Path (at bridge over river Foss), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Location approximate] Context: #186176 and #186178. Other image here today and links: #187304.
[Image taken 28.10.22] Foss Islands Path (at bridge over river Foss), York. [NOTE: No street view at this location. Position approximate] The dip just ahead of the trike rider has been marked with blue paint. Context: #186176 and #186178. … [more]
[UPDATE: Fewer leaves here 22.11.23 See: #199402.] [NOTE: While taking images here: #191289 I asked one of the people cycling on what is a pavement why he used that route. He said he had, at different times, broken his shoulder and an arm … [more]
[Image taken 15.9.22] Foss Islands Path, bridge over Huntington Road, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] For as long as I can remember riding over the metal plate causes a very loud bang. The unexpected noise is at odds with the … [more]
[Image taken 15.9.22] Foss Islands Path, bridge over Huntington Road, York. [NOTE: No streetview at this location.] There is now a visible ‘step’ in the height of the concrete. Either this defect or the one in #186176 has caused me to … [more]
[Later image: #187305] [UPDATE: On 20.10.22 Sustrans included in an email about somewhere else: "The path in this area was constructed circa 1994 and as you may be aware it has recently been resurfaced. Further work is being done soon to … [more]
[Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. There are no sightlines for any user heading onto Crichton Avenue road bridge on the shared use route. And this is in daylight, in dry … [more]
[Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. This is the soonest someone crossing over Denning’s Yard would see a vehicle. And that’s only if the person crossing were heading to the … [more]
[NOTE: See update 11.3.23: #187856] [Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. There are no sightlines for pedestrians on Wigginton Road continuing over to to Crichton Avenue on the … [more]
[Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. This was a surprise to me: at this time this morning most people were crossing to/from the pavement over the bridge on Wigginton Road: … [more]
[Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. The driver of the white vehicle just visible in the background is stopped at lights. There are no sightlines from that position for drivers … [more]
[COUNT on 2.11.22: #187371] [Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. Looking out of the site: Crichton Avenue to the left, Wigginton Road (north, not visible) over the junction, … [more]
[Image taken 14.6.22] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. Context: #170962. Other images here today: #183552 (count, count result, observations, conclusions), #183553; #183554, #183555, #183556, … [more]
[Image taken 26.5.22] [NOTE: Location of image intentionally approximate] York YO30. Where there are wheels there's a way... The contents of a shed loaded onto two trailers. The recycling centre (see: #170920) is along the motor … [more]
[Image taken on 24.3.22] Wigginton Road, York looking into the connector to/from Foss Islands Path. Well signposted and very well used route (people on foot, cycles, mobility scooters, in wheelchairs) linking schools, unis, workplaces, … [more]
[Image taken on 24.3.22] Foss Islands Path, York. (The bridge in the background carries Wigginton Road.) [Note: No street view at this location.] This is a critical motor traffic-free link for many non-motorised users and is also part of … [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Haxby Road, York. Foss Islands Path entrance and exit for all users. Straight off/straight into Haxby Road – no sight lines, no protection, no waiting ‘reservoir’. Other images Haxby Road issues today: #176765. Other … [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Haxby Road, York. A steep, narrow, route from the Foss Islands Path. Used in both directions, at all hours, in all seasons by people on foot and on cycles, it can be slippery with or the edges obscured by leaves and … [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Haxby Road, York. The blind summit this side of which people exit this road into Foss Islands Path and emerge out of. Does it look benign? It’s not. High speeds, all sizes of motor vehicles – it’s also a bus route, … [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Haxby Road, York. See: #176765 and links. NOTE: Added 22.12.21. I exited the bike route (on the right in this image) into the road necessarily angled away from the blind summit ready to push off over the cycle lane … [more]
[Image taken 11.12.21] Haxby Road, York. Exit from Foss Islands Path (see: #176764, #176766, #176768) straight into a busy road with a 30mph limit and a blind summit: #176766, #176767. Advisory cycle lane width: 110cm. Rest of carriageway … [more]
[Image taken 16.9.21] Denning's Yard access, Crichton Avenue/Foss Islands Path/Wigginton Road, York. Sunflowers. Other images here today - COUNT: #174175; the steepness of continuation of the route this cyclist is on: #174177. Other … [more]
[Image taken 16.9.21] Denning’s Yard access, York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) A warm, sunny school day morning. I did a COUNT between 07.55 and 08.55. COUNT RESULT: 345 people including a Babboe (once in … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Foss Islands Path entry/exit York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) Lower section of the steps. The non-standard materials, dimensions, the narrowness (see: #170966) and the tight turn … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Foss Islands Path entry/exit York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) The top of the steep, rough steps. Remainder see also: #170967. Some route users including smaller children and those … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Foss Islands Path entry/exit York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) This shared use path with camber, a serpentine slope, no sightlines on approach or exit or in use is just 233cm wide. For … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Foss Islands Path entry/exit across Denning’s Yard access, York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) City of York Council/Sustrans installed these bollards in 2016 – confusingly at the time … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Denning’s Yard access, York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) Two typical school day users heading for the Foss Islands Path. The image also shows route signage including for the York … [more]
[UPDATE: Reply from CYC on 22.2.23 ref timings said: "The development has to be commenced within 3 years of the permission. There is no date at which the works have to be completed once commenced." On 14.4.23 a friend took photos looking … [more]
[Image taken 28.6.21] Denning’s Yard access, York (between the junction of Crichton Avenue and Wigginton Road.) Wildflowers make the area attractive for all users between the Foss Islands Path … [more]
[Image taken 23.2.21] Greenfields, Off Haxby Road, York [NOTE: No street view at this location] Transporting domestic compost by bike. Depositing the compost at the designated area Greenfields Community Garden. See also #164366, #164367, … [more]
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