On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Kevin ashley wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Paul Scott wrote:

The southbound route from Goods Way

(along Pancras Road)

is a taxi (and goods vehicle) only route

And pushbike! How about buses? Until recently, they were going that way
too, but now i think about it, i don't recall seeing any yesterday or
this morning on my way to work.

It seems they stopped going that way on November 4th. I saw no warning
of this (I use the bus stop outside the KX suburban platforms regularly)
and today the bus stop itself had already disappeared, although the
shelter is still there. They go down Midland Road now. There were a fair
number of confused passengers milling around outside KX today wondering
where the buses had gone.

Hmm. They've not done a great job with signage and information generally,
really.

I can confirm that Pancras Road is bikeable - the sign controlling entry
is the 'no Evel Knievel' sign (with a taxi exemption), which doesn't
exclude bikes, and there's a bike box halfway along. It's not a great bike
route, though, as it's permanently full of stationary traffic (taxis
waiting), and the lane isn't wide enough for a bike and a cab, which means
you're usually noodling along on the wrong side of the double white line.
I think i'm going to switch to Midland Road - even though there's not as
much to look at!

Also, i noticed that the right turn out of Judd Street (as you come north
up to Euston Road, opposite Midland Road), is now permitted. It used to be
banned, as a right turn here conflicts with traffic coming south out of
Midland Road. I assume the reason it's now allowed is that Midland Road is
now southbound only, so there's no way for traffic coming up Judd Street
to get anywhere much if it can't turn right. This seems a retrograde step,
though - now Midland Road is southbound only, the last thing cars coming
down it and wanting to go south or west want is to have to face off
against cars turning across them! It probably won't be that bad, what with
the tides and Judd Street being a fairly minor road, but it still seems
odd. Could Judd Street have been made one way southbound too?

tom

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