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Surrey Quays Superhighway - Pants
toontra:
Surely there are countless examples of main roads that aren't 2-lane each way? The creation of this particular gyratory seems to have included narrowing of the southbound section south of the bridge which could be reversed. If the bridge section is the pinch point surely there would be an engineering solution to that - expensive yes but not out of the ordinary for these things.
toontra:
Saw a post saying it took someone 5 minutes to travel the 300 yards of the new cycleway because of the phasing of the cycle traffic lights. Sod that!
Cudzoziemiec:
--- Quote from: citoyen on 08 March, 2024, 09:14:55 pm ---The real answer would be measures to reduce the volume of motor traffic.
--- End quote ---
This is almost always the answer, and we (councils, highways depts, governments) are almost always too nervous to take it.
telstarbox:
I don't think that's a fair criticism in this location. London since 2000 has had the Congestion Charge, the phased introduction of ULEZ, cycle superhighways, new buses, several new railway lines and contactless payment all shifting travel away from cars. On the car side there haven't been any significant new roads and the parking supply has reduced - lots of new flats in Zones 1 and 2 are now car free.
Pickled Onion:
Plus various cycle hire schemes.
A fair criticism is that the phasing of lights in most places still heavily favours motor traffic over cycles and pedestrians.
Some people will always jump the lights, but it would probably be far less normalised if you didn't have the silliness like the 5 mins for 300 m or so mentioned above.
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