| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Low Traffic Neighbourhoods | |
| Posted by: | Ron Lewis | |
| Date/Time: | 25/09/20 17:34:00 |
| It depends on what you believe is rat-running and what is simply through traffic. Horn Lane was already running pretty close to capacity, made much worse by the Morrison's roundabout. The council have essentially blocked off two routes from Horn Lane to through traffic, Emanuel Road and Acacia Road. Say they were each used by 3 cars a minute at peak times (either through traffic or looking to get onto what is now the opposite side of the LTN), that is still six extra cars per minute going onto a road that is already running to capacity. When you think how few cars get out per minute at the Morrison's roundabout for instance, it will soon get backed up. It has been terrible today. As I walked up the road at 4pm, the queue north started at Springfield Gardens, solid traffic of nearly a mile. It has been awful for the last three days, but just wait until they get some roadworks (Thames Water dig up Horn Lane at least twice a year), tempers will really rise then. It comes back to the main problem with the idea. This is a project designed to stop short road journeys, but the main difficulty with Horn Lane is that it is a shortcut between the A40 and M4. The other options for those drivers (who are doing long trips) is the North Circular, which means confronting Hanger Lane Gyratory, or the M25, if you live outside London, although that would add about ten miles to your journey. If Crossrail ever opens, it will get worse, as Acton Main Line is the first station outside central London, so there will be more drop-offs, more cabs, more Ubers. Acton needs a proper traffic plan, not an LTN. |