Longtime lurker. I live within a few hundred metres and walk/cycle/run/bus past these junctions every day. And drive past maybe once a week.
What concerns me is not the intent, it's the lack of due process and evidence here. As a nearby resident I wasn't consulted, neither were seemingly anyone other than those on Ryedale.
I am very concerned about displacement nearby. Underhill/Dunstans is already a pain to navigate by any mode of transport each and every day, and I don't look forward to how it will fare with yet more traffic volumes. Likewise, as someone who has the misfortune of having to use the already strained P13/63/363 buses fairly often, I don't look forward to adding what, another potential to 1-3 minutes to each and every journey.
What is so infuriating about the council is the only visible interventions I see are more sticks. The school streets on Goodrich and Friern Roads. CPZs off Lordship Lane. There are no carrots. Bus services are as spotty as ever (try having a sick dog and needing to get to the vet on the P13). Except for the exorbitantly priced bike hires, which coincidentally our councillors seem to advertise for.
I very much believe in the aims here. But the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
Pardon my incredulity but how could one live in central London and not have once heard of the acronym for low traffic neighbourhood? As widely used by the government, media, and the council themselves?
