Dirty cycleway NSW
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Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby Jmuzz » Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:29 pm
I reported this one to council with Snap Send Solve app requesting street sweeping, but they said it's RMS (roads authority) not their problem (yeah thanks for not even forwarding it to them).
Reported to RMS website but ignored and never responded or did anything.
Any standard or guidelines I can quote in a new request?
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby g-boaf » Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:10 pm
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby Scott_C » Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:24 pm
RMS is a member organisation of Austroads and Austroads' Cycling Aspects of Austroads' Guides Publication makes the following recommendation in Appendix F:Jmuzz wrote:Is there any standard on how dirty a path NSW can be before it must be cleaned?
Reported to RMS website but ignored and never responded or did anything.
Any standard or guidelines I can quote in a new request?
Like all Australian cycling standards it is non-binding but a failure to follow a recommendation in an industry standard may lead to claims of negligence in the event of an accident.Regular maintenance activities on paths should include:
• sweeping of paths to remove debris such as broken glass and fine gravel (including that arising from construction and maintenance activities such as crack sealing)
You can at least enquire what the cleaning schedule is for the path and suggest that it is inadequate to maintain the path in good condition. That way if you do have an accident on the path you can show that they were aware of the problem and chose to ignore it.
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby fat and old » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:13 pm
Yeah man....I pray for a path that good!g-boaf wrote:Looks pretty clean to me. I've seen far worse.
Seriously
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby find_bruce » Wed Jul 04, 2018 3:49 pm
Outside the bounds of the CBD, you are lucky if they are swept yearly
You get money for building bike paths, I would have thought you would be up for a contract to clean them as well - a bloke who can operate a bob-cat could drive the sweeperfat and old wrote:Yeah man....I pray for a path that good!
Seriously
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby Jmuzz » Wed Jul 04, 2018 4:01 pm
So it would just be nice if they finished the job so that it was like all the other clean sections of path.
Just to spite me after posting this thread some gardners were deploying mulch 20m down the path this morning.
They made a big mess and blowered/swept it clean.
Just not this gravelly section because that is on the bridge without garden.
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby eldavo » Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:31 pm
On that note, the sheep don't have any ethical shepherds in sight in their daily grazing, it just looks like all wolves above, so no surprise really.
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:29 pm
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby Jmuzz » Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:51 pm
Well it's always less safe with gravel isn't it.mikesbytes wrote:Is there a safety issue to be reported?
Each piece reduces traction.
Mostly it just discourages cycling when it starts becoming a gravel path so it's nicest if they will give it a cleanup.
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:23 pm
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:57 pm
If it can be presented as a safety issue your more likely to get actionJmuzz wrote:Well it's always less safe with gravel isn't it.mikesbytes wrote:Is there a safety issue to be reported?
Each piece reduces traction.
Mostly it just discourages cycling when it starts becoming a gravel path so it's nicest if they will give it a cleanup.
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby fat and old » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:27 pm
No way in hell I’d use one of those things, esp. in the cbd. Just look at the cyclist behind that thing. Reckon the operator can see him?find_bruce wrote:Cycleways within the city of Sydney are swept daily with a special sweeper
Outside the bounds of the CBD, you are lucky if they are swept yearlyYou get money for building bike paths, I would have thought you would be up for a contract to clean them as well - a bloke who can operate a bob-cat could drive the sweeperfat and old wrote:Yeah man....I pray for a path that good!
Seriously
TBH, I’m not sure who cleans the separated paths in Melbourne. The company that cleans the roads doesn’t have them to my knowledge and the company that does cleans the footpaths. Must suss that out!
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Re: Dirty cycleway NSW
Postby Jmuzz » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:58 am
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