| Speed cut approved for walking and cycling route Posted by CyclingSid at 11:37, 13th January 2026 |     |
Give and take https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9yvmj9m9vo.
Despite majority opposing speed reduction. Council would possibly cover themselves better if they introduced other 20 mph limits elsewhere in the borough.
| Re: Speed cut approved for walking and cycling route Posted by Red Squirrel at 13:27, 13th January 2026 | |
I was in Wokingham a few months ago - I was surprised at how intimidating the combination of narrow pavements and 30mph limits was. But I'm less surprised that Wokingham folk tend to oppose 20mph limits; it's a different world there.
| Re: Speed cut approved for walking and cycling route Posted by stuving at 16:06, 13th January 2026 | |
I was in Wokingham a few months ago - I was surprised at how intimidating the combination of narrow pavements and 30mph limits was. But I'm less surprised that Wokingham folk tend to oppose 20mph limits; it's a different world there.
This road/cycle route isn't in Wokingham at all, except (for the time being) it's part of the Borough (Unitary) area. It's in Woodley, Earley, and bit of Greater Reading that has no specific name. All very suburban.
And while Woodley doesn't have Wokingham town centre's big traffic problem (two A roads going through it) it does lack custom-built access roads. Woodlands Avenue is the only access to the west/southwest, the A3290 ex-motorway acting as a barrier to the south. So I'm sure a lot of people resent being forced onto this unsuitable road, and now forced off it in favor of hypothetical (and "vulnerable") cyclists.
| Re: Speed cut approved for walking and cycling route Posted by Red Squirrel at 17:31, 13th January 2026 | |
I was in Wokingham a few months ago - I was surprised at how intimidating the combination of narrow pavements and 30mph limits was. But I'm less surprised that Wokingham folk tend to oppose 20mph limits; it's a different world there.
This road/cycle route isn't in Wokingham at all, except (for the time being) it's part of the Borough (Unitary) area. It's in Woodley, Earley, and bit of Greater Reading that has no specific name. All very suburban.
And while Woodley doesn't have Wokingham town centre's big traffic problem (two A roads going through it) it does lack custom-built access roads. Woodlands Avenue is the only access to the west/southwest, the A3290 ex-motorway acting as a barrier to the south. So I'm sure a lot of people resent being forced onto this unsuitable road, and now forced off it in favor of hypothetical (and "vulnerable") cyclists.
I probably should have restrained myself from commenting on this - it's not in my area. In mitigation, my blood pressure may have been slightly elevated by a collision in Bristol on Sunday in which an unhypothetical cyclist, vulnerable without ironic quotes, was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdqygnp5gzo
