26b-6 Â Â 16 #1 Posted September 20, 2017 I know all towns and cities have their fair share of road planning blunders, but for such a small sparsely populated town like Sheffield it is disproportionately affected with terrible road junctions and appalling roundabouts. Park Square roundabout however is a very good piece of road design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The Joker   10 #2 Posted September 20, 2017 Park Square roundabout however is a very good piece of road design.  Now I know you're trolling  The problem isn't so much stupid planning as it is stupid driving  Park Square roundabout is a perfect case in point.  Sheffield drivers, having been restricted to single-lane roads almost everywhere outside of the ring-road, find it impossible to follow even the simplest rules of the road when it comes to negotiating Park Square roundabout. They don't know which lane to be in, or which exit to use, so you'll regularly see them driving across all four lanes of the roundabout. At the same time.  Yes. Definitely the city planners fault Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
smithy266 Â Â 21 #3 Posted September 20, 2017 Meadowhead roundabout.... rebuilt a couple of years ago, and again now. It is a way of keeping otherwise unemployable people in work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
achorste   10 #4 Posted September 20, 2017 I know all towns and cities have their fair share of road planning blunders, but for such a small sparsely populated town like Sheffield it is disproportionately affected with terrible road junctions and appalling roundabouts. Park Square roundabout however is a very good piece of road design.  Whilst there are always mistake, town planning is a massive undertaking with countless restrictions and results in a heap of compromises. Even building a city from scratch you'll get some sections that just don't work.  Every junction's activity will have knock on effects to the flow of traffic in other areas, which then has knock on effects elsewhere.  I know there will always be people who say "just do this, it's simple" etc. but I can guarantee they won't understand town planning in the slightest.  If you think you can do better - apply to the council for a job & see how difficult it is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lien1 Â Â 10 #5 Posted September 20, 2017 Sheffield road planners don't make me laugh,, I would not pay them out in peanuts , Sheffield council Amy I'd sack the lot of them where they even dream some of the layouts from kids At 5 could do a better job big problem though is we the public pay them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
smithy266   21 #6 Posted September 20, 2017 Try Derbyshire County Council then for wasting public money......there is a boardwalk section of a local footpath they were sent to repair... They ripped up about 12 yards of perfectly good boardwalk at the start of the section to use the boards to repair other places, and left the 12 yards or so as a complete muddy bog. They left it at that, job finished. They have now been called back, and will reinstate the 12 yards, costing US £3200. In the next month or two, they say.....  Like I said, keeping the unemployable in work at our expense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fudbeer   12 #7 Posted September 20, 2017 Have to agree just look at Chesterfield Road the money wasted on that ridiculous bus lane did not take an expert to tell you it would not work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #8 Posted September 20, 2017 I know all towns and cities have their fair share of road planning blunders, but for such a small sparsely populated town like Sheffield it is disproportionately affected with terrible road junctions and appalling roundabouts. Park Square roundabout however is a very good piece of road design.  The road planning is deliberately poor, but on what scale is Sheffield small or sparsely populated?  ---------- Post added 20-09-2017 at 09:27 ----------  Whilst there are always mistake, town planning is a massive undertaking with countless restrictions and results in a heap of compromises. Even building a city from scratch you'll get some sections that just don't work.  Every junction's activity will have knock on effects to the flow of traffic in other areas, which then has knock on effects elsewhere.  I know there will always be people who say "just do this, it's simple" etc. but I can guarantee they won't understand town planning in the slightest.  If you think you can do better - apply to the council for a job & see how difficult it is!  They openly admit that they make it difficult for motorists in the misguided belief that they'll all suddenly start catching the bus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Andy1976   10 #9 Posted September 20, 2017 The road planning is deliberately poor, but on what scale is Sheffield small or sparsely populated? ---------- Post added 20-09-2017 at 09:27 ----------   They openly admit that they make it difficult for motorists in the misguided belief that they'll all suddenly start catching the bus.  I agree with you 100%. Took me nearly 40mins from Broomhill to Bramall Lane today. About a mile.  That said, I would rather sit in the ridiculous traffic than catch the bus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
InigoMontoya   10 #10 Posted September 20, 2017 I know all towns and cities have their fair share of road planning blunders, but for such a small sparsely populated town like Sheffield it is disproportionately affected with terrible road junctions and appalling roundabouts. Park Square roundabout however is a very good piece of road design.  And nowhere quite as bad as the Coventry ring-road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
spider1   11 #11 Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) but i got it in The road planning is deliberately poor, but on what scale is Sheffield small or sparsely populated? ---------- Post added 20-09-2017 at 09:27 ----------   They openly admit that they make it difficult for motorists in the misguided belief that they'll all suddenly start catching the bus.  Yes that is correct the council told me they dont want anyone in sheffieid to own a car they want everyoneent to catch the bus // This happened when i asked for permisiion for a drop kerb . Put every obstical in the way they could and i had to get a local councilor on board to get it through [ services in the pavement etc to near a junction but i got it in the end Edited September 20, 2017 by spider1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lobster   51 #12 Posted September 20, 2017 The traffic system in Sheffield was designed by a demented monkey on acid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...