HFF! Roadworks outside my flat.

Thank you Martine!

I feel the heat and the dust of the open street!

Muchos saludos a Madrid!
HFF!!
Aleks

Madrid is a very dusty city anyway (due to reasons of geology), but when you add road works too ...
Best wishes,
Andy

Excellent cadrage **

Aleks,
Boro,
Many thanks!
Best wishes, Andy

HFF, Andy!

Same and othter problems also here in Antwerp.

It's a familiar tale!

HFF Andy...a brandnew shot and a sunny day ;)

It's not brand new to me, Tanja - it's right outside my flat! :o)

Yesterday evening....9pm 28° in Madrid...I heard it on my radio and thought of you ;))))

Same in my city as well - have a HFF though.

Your city, Leon_Vienna? Where's that?

Man cannot live by cars alone. HFF!

I use public transport and shanks's pony.

Apprenons à vivre ensemble et autrement ! bon WE Andy. Amts.

Indeed! But sometimes a minority view, even if morally correct, can be extremely irritating and inconvenient!!!
:o)
Best wishes,
Andy

Interesting shot Andy
HFF!
Have a nice weekend
Füsun

HFF, Andy ! Have a great week-end !!!! Pretty view !!!

Hello Andy,

well seen scenery and nice description of whats going on. The same happens every day here in my town.
HFF from the harbour of Hamburg!

Here residents have to pay for the privilege of searching for a parking space- that's why many don't have cars (I walk or use public transport). HFF, Andy!

My girlfriend has lived in this same parking zone for 25 years and needs her car for work. She also pays for the privilege of spending between 1/2 hour and 2 hours to find a parking space. The people who do not work long hours, or just use their car for silly things, always get the parking spaces first. That seems to me to be inherently unfair!!
I don't have a car. I teach Business English and have 5-6 classes each day in different companies all over Madrid. it would take me all the class time just to find a parking space so there is no point!
I used to like driving, even in cities, but I haven't missed it these past 6 years!
I'm all for bicycles but not when they become part of a political agenda which is what this is!

It's always most unfair on those who really need a car. I'm all for banning SUVs in town, they are mostly mums ferrying their brats around;-)

I complety agree!

micritter,
Ron,
Bernhardt,
Nicole,
Erhard,
Larry,
John,
Tanja,
Leon,
Steve,
Jocelyne,
Judith,
fusun,
Marie-claire,
Volker,
Gudrun,
Many thanks to you all!
Best wishes,
Andy

Great !

HFF Andy. And park smart :))

HFF Andy!

Interesting shot Andy - HFF. We have cycle lanes in many parts my area which are hardly used, many (but by no means all) cyclists tend use either the pavement or the road!!

Anyway, try and have a good weekend, Doug

For me, the bigger issue as a pedestrian is the riding of motorbikes on the pavement!!!! It seems obligatory to park them on pavements but they often drive up to a space (or away from one) at reckless speeds!
I'm not used to it and it always annoys me! It doesn't seem to bother anyone else here!
Have a good weekend.
best wishes, Andy

HFF Andy. Hope the roadworks aren't too noisy!!
I think where there are flats or apartments they should keep enough parking for cars. It can cause many problems i n the surrounding streets otherwise!!
Have a good weekend, Rosa.

Thanks, Rosa! Difficult when everyone lives in flats here!
Madrid IS noisy! And there are always building works going on, These apartment blocks can contain 100s of flats and so there will always be a few where building work is in progress. They don't build in brick but whatever it is they do use ,it takes months to remove and the noise they make while removing old walls bit by bit is horrendous! Plus they can work until 11pm (and often work later as no-one obeys the rules!).
Have a (quiet) weekend!!!!

All the comments you have had make very interesting reading Andy.

Yes, indeed, Rosa! I've much enjoyed reading them all!

Fascinating image Andy...........lots to look at..!! I can imagine how busy it gets there and how infuriating the parking situation is.

The trouble is that nowadays a lot of people have 2 or 3 cars per household and most streets were built before people even had cars..!!

I'm lucky in that I live in a street with residents parking only ( but I have to pay a considerable sum each year for the privilege) - even that doesn't guarantee a parking space though.

HFF to you mate.............and have a good weekend. I hope your girlfriend doesn't have to waste too much of it trying to park up..!!

Well, Keith - it's not only when she visits me, but also daily parking at her flat! We have our own flats. I live at one end of the street you see here and she lives at the other, about 1.5 miles away. So I often go to her's. But the cycle lane construction started at her end a few months ago so she's had this going on now for a long time and it will only get worse! (And yes, she pays a lot too for this privilege!)

Oh my, that's a lot of roadwork (and fences!); HFF, Andy!

Philippe,
J Garafot,
cp_u,
Berny,
Doug,
Rosa,
Pat,
Keith,
Martin,
Valfal,
Ian.
Many thanks to you all and have a great weekend!
Andy

Hello Andy i hope the did not make too much noise .. wishing you an HFF also

Best wishes ... Steve

Hi Steve. Thank you!
Please see my reply to Rosa above, re noise!
All best wishes,
Andy

Hello Andy done that now and see that parking is more of an issue than noise perhaps

steve

Hi Andy

So your planning department is as incompetent as ours!!
No coherent transport strategy.... This kind of thing only serves to move the problem somewhere else, rather than solve it. Discourage cars, fair enough, but ensure some cost effective alternative exists. In this case I don't suppose they have done that (as always).
I would hate to see your girlfriend 'trawling the side streets for hours!!"

Best Wishes & HFF
Peter

The new-ish mayor is a socialist and she is resolutely anti car. I agree that cars need curtailing somehow but bikes are not the answer for many busy people.
As it happens, the public transport system is very good and affordable. But it more or less bankrupts the City council to keep it that way!
Best wishes,
Andy

well done, nice weekend

Nice interesting shot, Andy. I think this parking seems to be a worldwide problem, I suppose when these old cities were built, it was the odd horse and cart!!!..... YS.... John.

Thanks, John. I'm sure dedicated horse and cart lanes will be next!

Baustellen überall,
sehr interessante Szene, Andy
Freundliche Grüße
Erich

Mario,
John,
Erich.,
Many thanks!

HFF and a good time in Spain, Andy !

Thank you, Percy! It's 12:30 at night and the building work has only just stopped! GRRRRR!

Très Admirable..

Thank you, Danielle!

Many thanks, Evan.

I wish!!!!

I sympathise with you. Noise and dust ! Ugh ! My village is pretty quiet but the street I live in is not that wide and full of 1930's council houses whose tenants were never expected to have cars. Now most front gardens have been paved, households have two or three cars and parking creates ill feeling. Someone had their tyres slashed a few moths ago. Don't know what the answer is. If I didn't have a car I would be trapped in my house as I can hardly walk. I'd have to rely on taxis.

Worse problem here as everyone lives in flats!

Full immersion in the bustle and buzz of the city with the pleasant soundtrack of jackhammers...one of the sounds I like most!!! I must say! :-O))
And even more trawling around to find a parking place where not be fined!!

Good idea , Andy!
and beautiful image of a lovely street in Madris , apart from.. roadworks, of course!!:-)
Best wishes,
Bea

Ha ha! Bea!!!
You just have ti get used to the noise!

Great HFF shot but oh dear! I can almost hear the noise from here. Much the same problem here, - roadworks all over town, - at times it resembles a car park, - noise and disruption. Plenty of cycle paths, - but putting them in doesn't mean people are using them.

The cycle path is open at the other end of the street and I pass by 2-3 times a day. Guess how many cyclist I have seen? That's right, 0. The number of wasted minutes in traffic jams caused by this (and I am talking bus rides here)? Too many to count!

What I fail to understand is despite spending a fortune on cycle lanes is why they still prefer to ride in the roadway and dodge unfilled potholes which remain untreated because all the money is spent on cycle lanes, Doh

Excactly the same here! It's not for anyone's convenience, it's simply to make a political point.

Jean,
Bea,
Carol,
Roger,
Thank you all! Have a good week!