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Old November 7th 07, 11:54 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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Tom Anderson wrote:

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?


That is a terrible reason to make a road one-way. Suppose that you lived at
the north end of Judd Street and visited your girlfriend in Chalton Street
regularly - would you still think that the above constituted a good reason
to make Judd Street s/b only? Bear in mind that there no left turn out of
Mabledon Place, and you can't get out Dukes Road either, and I don't think
the right turn from Tavistock Place to Tavistock Sq is allowed, and you
can't do a right turn to Euston Road from Upper Woburn Place or Gordon
Street.