Lack of signage and markings

There is a growing incidence of pedestrians walking on the bikeway section of this Bikeway. This is a dangerous situation and there has recently been fatalities between pedestrians and cyclists on other infrastructure. It is not helped by the fact that there is not a very clear distinction between the two sections and that the joining Bicentennial Bikeway is actually a shared path. The small white bicycle symbols have all but worn off, there are virtually no 'No Pedestrian' reminder signs along the length of the section, the red colour treatment has faded or worn away severely, the on-pavement marking symbols are small and worn off. The problems were brought to the attention of Council in mid July 06. Council responded that they would review the condition of the signage and markings. Some time after the small on-pavement symbols were re-painted and on 23 Oct 06 Council fitted additional pole-mounted reminder signs on both the pedestrian and bikelane sides making a total of 8 pairs along the fenced over-water section. This is a help but much more needs to be done to make it more obvious to oblivious pedestrians. Perhaps some form of separating line marking or larger and more frequent on-pavement marking symbols would help. The colour treatment could be made more contrasting and durable. Council claims that the colour is integral to the pavement but this is not the case as is evident where the surface treatment has completely worn off. This is standard concrete 'stencil' treatment. Perhaps a green colour as used on other bikelanes would be more obvious.

There is not a great deal of consistency with the colour marking treatment to distinguish the pedestrian side from the cycle side of the path. One of the on/off ramps at Auchenflower (shown left) is treated with a dark grey for the pedestrian side and plain concrete for the bicycle side. This appears to give a better contrast and has the added advantage that the probably most worn side is actually plain concrete and thus there will be no issues of the colouring wearing off as quickly as the red colour at Nth Quay.