You Wouldn't Believe How Few Consultations Replies It Takes To Bring London To A Standstill


Can’t be bothered to fill in consultations.... well don’t moan about the unbelievably stupid TfL traffic schemes currently hitting London, bringing the place to a gridlocked polluting mess. 

If all the people users and residents alike, who use Edgware Road, only 584 bothered to fill in the consultation, most from the cycle lobby and probably living outside the Greater London area. 

On the approval of just 340 people, the speed limit will be permanently lowered to 20mph. 

With the approval of just 374 people, there will be dramatic changes to 5 major junctions, including:
• Narrowed Road space
• Longer red signals with count down timers 
• Enforceable cycle only boxes at each junction 
• Additional pedestrian crossings 
 
All this because people couldn’t be bothered to fill out a 5 minute consultation. 

This below from TfL’s website:

The junctions proposed to be improve are: 

  • The Chapel Street/Praed Street Junction
  • Sussex Gardens/Old Marylebone Junction
  • Kendal Street/George Street Junction
  • Connaught Street/Upper Berkeley Street Junction
  • Seymour Street Junction

We are proposing the following changes to this junction

  • Chapel Street – we will provide a new green and red man crossing opposite Marks and Spencer and Patisserie Valerie
  • Edgware Road – we will provide a new green and red man crossing opposite Patisserie Valerie and Devonshire Pharmacy  
  • All crossings will have count down timers
  • Kerb area on the corner of Praed Street and Edgware Road – we will extend this kerbed area to reduce the time it takes to cross the road as well as creating space for those waiting to cross
  • Praed Street – we will create two lanes for right-turning traffic on Praed Street, changing the middle lane from a ‘straight ahead only lane’ to a ‘straight ahead and right turn lane’, to ease traffic flows on Praed Street 
  • Introduce an advisory cycle lane on Edgware Road south, outside Marks and Spencer
  • Modify the existing advisory cycle lane on Praed Street to reflect the new junction layout 
  • New cycle boxes for cyclists at each arm of the junction 

Improvements proposed to the Chapel Street/Praed Street Junction with Edgware Road

download the PDF.

The Sussex Gardens/Old Marylebone Road Junction with Edgware Road

We are proposing the following changes to this junction

  • Edgware Road – we will install green and red man crossing signals to the existing crossing between Select and Save and Cambridge Court 
  • All crossings will have count down timers
  • We will provide new cycle boxes for cyclists at each arm of the junction

Improvements proposed to the Sussex Gardens/Old Marylebone Road Junction with Edgware Road

 download the PDF.

The Kendal Street/George Street Junction with Edgware Road

This junction forms part of the Mayor of London’s Safer Junctions project and has been prioritised for improvements along with 72 other junctions in London. We are proposing the following changes here

  • We will provide green and red man crossings  on all arms of the George Street and Kendal Street junction
  • All crossings will have count down timers.
  • We will provide a new cycle box and a mandatory cycle feeder lane for cyclists on George Street
  • We will provide new cycle boxes for cyclists on each arm of the junction

Improvements proposed to the Kendal Street/George Street Junction with Edgware Road

 download the PDF.

The Upper Berkeley Street/Connaught Street Junction with Edgware Road

We are proposing the following changes to this junction

  • We will provide green and red man crossings  on all arms of the Upper Berkeley Street and Connaught Street junction
  • All crossings will have count down timers.
  • We will provide a new cycle box and mandatory cycle feeder lane for cyclists on Connaught Street 
  • We will provide a new cycle box and mandatory cycle feeder lane for cyclists on Upper Berkeley Street
  • We will provide new cycle boxes for cyclists on the north and south arms of the junction with Edgware Road

Improvements proposed to the Upper Berkeley Street/Connaught Road Junction with Edgware Road

 download the PDF.

The Seymour Street Junction with Edgware Road 

We are proposing the following changes in this junction

  • Seymour Street – we will provide a green and red man pedestrian crossing between Starbucks and Marble Arch House
  • All crossings will have count down timers.
  • We will provide new cycle boxes and mandatory cycle feeder lanes for cyclists on both East and West approaches of Seymour Street
  • We will provide new cycle boxes  for cyclists on the north and south arms of the junction on Edgware Road 

Improvements proposed to the Seymour Street junction with Edgware Road 

 download the PDF.



This below, is the email reply from TfL to the 584 who could be bothered. 

Dear Sir or Madam
 
Between 5 November and 23 December 2018, we consulted on proposals to improve five junctions on Edgware Road, between Marylebone Flyover and Marble Arch, and to introduce a 20mph speed limit.
 
We have published our Consultation Report, which summarises how we sought the views and ideas from the community in and around Edgware Road on our proposals. Our report includes our responses to the most common issues which summarises the responses we received to our consultation.
 
In total, we received 584 responses to the consultation of which:
 
·         64 per cent supported or strongly supported the changes to the five junctions; and,
·         59 per cent supported or strongly supported the introduction of a 20mph speed limit
 
We intend to implement the scheme as consulted upon but will continue to work with our partners and stakeholders on its detailed design and future construction and implementation. 
 
You can find our consultation report here: 
http://bit.ly/2DEe78R.
 
Yours faithfully
 
Abbas Raza
Local Communities & Partnerships
Transport for London
 

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