Up and down the P*nistone Rd

Have been up and down the p*nistone rd a few times this week. The number of people using the cycleway has definitely increased - arriving at the Neepsend Lane there always seems to someone waiting on the other side. These lights take a long time to change in favour of cyclists, but when the traffic island is finished they will be quicker because it will be possible to only stop right-turning traffic to let cyclists & peds cross. Anyway the rule that you leave something in place for at least a year before Shefffield people will start using it seems to have been proved yet again.

Good to see Pedal Ready trainers teaching kids to cycle on the road at St Philips.
On the way back in this lunchtime, having picked up some spares from Butties and had a chat about the Next Bike project, I passed a lass on a mountain bike who was sticking to the road. She got caught in queueing traffic, then at a set of lights, and as a final insult had to stop for me as I crossed at Rutland Rd, she gave me a wave though, to say, OK you win this time! Off-road can be quicker.