You’ve come a long way, baby

In the last few years there have been plenty of changes to streets in our city centre. Here’s a quick tour:

Angel Street:

Google Streetview image of multiple lanes for traffic and parked taxis, with current photos on the right showing cycle track and flowering plants on part of this road.

Castlegate:

Google Streetview image of multiple lanes for traffic including bus lane, with current photo on the right showing cycle track, wide pavement and flowering plants on this road.

Charter Row:

Google Streetview image of multiple lanes for traffic with pedestrian barriers and underpasses, with current photo on the right showing cycle track, buses and flowering plants on this road.

Exchange Street:

Google Streetview image of complex junction of multiple lanes for traffic, with current photo on the right showing cycle track, wide pavement and flowering plants replacing the road.

Pinstone Street:

Google Streetview image of junction of road dividing city centre space by the town hall, with current photo on the right showing stone paving joining the wide pedestrian area up, with construction works on Fargate in distance

Tenter Street:

Google Streetview image of multiple lanes for traffic with central painted hatching, with current photo on the right showing cycle track, wide pavement and area for plants on this road.

And there’s more to come. The new “Dutch style” roundabout at West Bar will soon be finished, to give people walking and cycling and driving a safer and easier way to move through this area of West Bar. This aims to reduce conflict by shaping the road layout to give appropriate and safe speeds and good visibility.

These examples show how much our streets can change to work better for people. Thanks to the work of many people over the years who have pushed forward and campaigned for better streets, planned and designed these, wrangled the politics to approve them, and now built and installed these changes on the ground.

Imagine what it could be like to have people-focused streets throughout Sheffield.

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