"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
Hang on, though - that left-turn tailback is as often as not due to a
normal bus, at least when i'm there. I think it's just a really nasty bit
of road - a bus stop, a turning, lights and however many lanes of traffic,
all in one go.

Yep, quite so. And the eastbound approach to York Way is pretty hurrendous
too - for the same reasons, plus the makeshift taxi drop-off point right on
the junction (I thought there was a requirement that you mustn't stop within
10 yards of a junction?).


I'd like to see the bus stop moved to the west side of Judd street, and an
ASL installed to the east with a feeder lane running between the bus lane
(which would usually be full of buses waiting for the lights, making it
little use for cyclists) and the left-hand lane of traffic, so that bikes
can actually get into the reservoir. The traffic's dense enough that the
reservoir would usually be full of cars, though.

Not sure I fancy the idea of having a lane that runs between two lanes of
traffic - certainly not without that section of road becoming significantly
wider, which I doubt would ever happen due to lack of space. But certainly
they should get rid of that bus stop, and make the left lane for left-turns
only (i.e. no buses trying to go straight ahead).

Another thing I'd like to see is a (properly-enforced!) box junction at the
south end of Pancras Road. Far too often I get held up coming out of Pancras
Road because of vehicles (almost always buses and lorries) stopped in the
middle of the junction - this causes chaos when anything trying to turn left
then blocks the whole job thanks to the way Pancras Road has now been
narrowed.