Street Research Findings
Yesterday I observed the heavily congested road junction between Crwys Rd / City Rd / Albany Rd / Richmond Rd / MacKintosh Pl between 10am and 10:30am. I found that a lot of the secondary research I had undertaken was confirmed, especially the problem associated with HGV’s and buses. In total, I observered 6 cyclists, 3 of which wore helmets. I have identified the following: – HGV’s leave little room when turning left – Cyclists often race off from junctions to get across before traffic catches up to them – Cyclists usually used the allocated lane in front of the traffic to ensure they set off first – Buses often maintain a constant speed, with little care to the danger of junctions – A large proportion of cyclists take chances by weaving between traffic in order to get out of a busy queue – Cars and Vans often disregard the law and […]