A short stretch of pavement along Van Riebaack St. at Boland College was recently upgraded. Although only 110m section of pavement, it is an important section of the cycle network and we welcome the upgrade. The section of pavement between the entrance to Boland college and Coetzenburg St. has been widened and new tarmac laid. […]
Morkel and Jonkershoek junction upgrade
On Friday 3rd November 2023 the local municipality listened to the concerns of local parents, worried that drivers are ignoring the crossing their children use to get to school, and upgraded the junction. They used some magic protection-paint at the crossing points and we can see the impact, now the junction is safe, nothing to […]
Irish Cycle Design Manual 2023
Ireland’s national transport authority has published a new cycle design manual available for download here. Five Design Principles for Bicycle Infrastucture Almost immediately one can see the Dutch influence, notably the five key design principles of a successful cycle network; safety, coherence, directness, comfort and attractiveness, mentioned in Chapter 2. These are well known to […]
Endler and Martinson Junction Upgrade
A quite dramatic junction upgrade was recently completed at Endler and Martinson in Stellenbosch. The upgrade has many positive changes but fails for fietsers. Endler Road provides access to a small gated community, the local primary school and a high school. Below, we can see the junction configuration before and after. In the old junction […]
The South African Mini-Roundabout
The South African mini-roundabout (or mini-circle) has right-of-way characteristics similar to a stop junction. It is not well known and an occasional source of confusion for visitors and locals alike. In normal roundabouts you simply yield to the traffic coming from the right. In the mini-roundabout the rule is subtly different, it is ‘first to […]