# Warrender and Lachlan Ave: Uphill shared footpath, with dropped curb and crossing on Queen St

**URL:** <https://spokes.nz/t/warrender-and-lachlan-ave-uphill-shared-footpath-with-dropped-curb-and-crossing-on-queen-st/477>\
**Category:** Things to Fix\
**Tags:** uphill-shared-footpaths\
**Created:** [11 March 2024 23:48 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/warrender-and-lachlan-ave-uphill-shared-footpath-with-dropped-curb-and-crossing-on-queen-st/477 "2024-03-11T23:48:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![frstep](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/frstep/32/152_2.png) [@frstep](https://spokes.nz/u/frstep)\
**Post date:** [11 March 2024 23:48 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/warrender-and-lachlan-ave-uphill-shared-footpath-with-dropped-curb-and-crossing-on-queen-st/477/1 "2024-03-11T23:48:43Z")

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## Overview

The idea of an uphill only shared path is not new: there is one up SH1 to Pinehill and one on Lovelock Ave from Dundas.

There are potentially many other places that this could be a benefit, not just Warrender.

## Benefits

- Obvious: Cars try to overtake on the corner - the kind ones hang back and wait, but not all do.
- Not so obvious: Further up Lachlan where the road bend slightly left, I have had many close passes - the cars are going faster at this point.

## Drawbacks

- conflict with pedestrians
- width of the pavement
- crossing Queen Street (could be set back from the junction)

 ![image](https://spokes.nz/uploads/default/original/1X/d54b4173970b732769eae848d456548ba846ed85.jpeg)

[Return to the wiki](https://spokes.nz/t/bike-breakfast-2024-maps-wiki/447)

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**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\
**Post date:** [12 March 2024 00:52 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/warrender-and-lachlan-ave-uphill-shared-footpath-with-dropped-curb-and-crossing-on-queen-st/477/2 "2024-03-12T00:52:21Z")

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Totally agree on this one - it would be a low-cost change for a significant safety and comfort gain on a key route.

I can see this being particularly useful for those on eBikes dropping/picking up their kids at schools at either end of this road (e.g. Maori Hill Primary or George Street Normal).

I’ve added the location to the Topic itself; this would be a better way to include a map on the technical front as it then means we will be building [a wiki map](https://spokes.nz/c/advocacy/improvements-wiki/16/l/map) at the same time with no additional effort. It might take a bit of tweaking to get it working properly though!

I’ve also pulled out the title as it scrambled the automatic Table of Contents a little; I put it in the Topic title, and put in **Overview** instead.