I have come to the conclusion that Auckland Transport have mistaken Crummer Road for Great North Road when painting cycling arrow signs.
Crummer Road was recently adorned with pairs of the signs every 50 metres, despite this road not having any special cycling designation.
Meanwhile, a couple of hundred metres parallel, the two new cycling lanes of Great North Road only have the occasional image of a bike, that effectively only indicates that it is a cycle lane, and not which direction to ride in.
Did the road painters misread the map they were given and paint the wrong road? I am sure AT would never confess to it, even if it is true.
There are scooter and bike riders on Great North Road who travel in a direction contra to the adjacent road lane and create a real hazard for pedestrians crossing the road. Pedestrians have to negotiate four car lanes and two cycle lanes, without the aid of a median, and no certainty about which direction the two-wheeled vehicles will come from. I have heard of incidents of scooter v pedestrian occurring, and one day it could be scooter v car, with a fatal outcome.
Tony Waring
501/199 Great North Road
Grey Lynn
