Showing posts with label one way streets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label one way streets. Show all posts
Saturday, 14 May 2011
B&D council still trying to restrict cycling?
B&D council nearly caught me sleeping. They have threatened to introduce one way working in Victoria Road, the last road in B&D off Ilford Lane before the LB Redbridge boundary. I could practically write the e-mail to Darren Henagan with my eyes shut. I have written so many, but B&D still don't seem to be able to apply their pro-cycling policy to their efforts in traffic management.
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Permeability
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(spatial_and_transport_planning)
Loosely speaking, permeability is the idea of keeping our streets and paths open. It is generally discussed in my world with reference to cycling (and walking to some extent) . Even if we do limit the access of motor vehicles with one way streets, block offs and no entries, cycling should not be similarly restricted. It takes much campaigning to get unecessary restrictions on cycling undone, and ion the rare occasions it is done, it's hailed as a "cycle facility". The same thing happens if plans to restrict cycling are corrected before anything is built; I successfully campaigned to stop cycles from being banned from turning left into Crow Lane from Whalebone Lane. Welcome though the exemption was, cycling hasn't gained anything -it's had to figh to keep what it had.
Loosely speaking, permeability is the idea of keeping our streets and paths open. It is generally discussed in my world with reference to cycling (and walking to some extent) . Even if we do limit the access of motor vehicles with one way streets, block offs and no entries, cycling should not be similarly restricted. It takes much campaigning to get unecessary restrictions on cycling undone, and ion the rare occasions it is done, it's hailed as a "cycle facility". The same thing happens if plans to restrict cycling are corrected before anything is built; I successfully campaigned to stop cycles from being banned from turning left into Crow Lane from Whalebone Lane. Welcome though the exemption was, cycling hasn't gained anything -it's had to figh to keep what it had.
Permeability overcomes one way streets
Kensington & Chelsea Council has allowed cyclists to travel in either direction down six streets that are one-way for other vehicles. Deputy Leader DanielMoylan said "we are recognising ... that [people who cycle] prefer to take the shortest route through quieter streets." Quite. Other councils, please note.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Vote no to one-ways for cyclists
There is an Evening Standard poll today on whether cyclists should 'be able to travel in either direction on London's one-way streets'. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/
Currently at 61% no, 39% yes.
It would certainly save a lot of campaigning to undo 1-ways or to stop them being introduced. The powers that be would want a way of having exceptions, of course, but it's just an opinion poll.
Currently at 61% no, 39% yes.
It would certainly save a lot of campaigning to undo 1-ways or to stop them being introduced. The powers that be would want a way of having exceptions, of course, but it's just an opinion poll.
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