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Warwick Gardens at night
Dave Arquati wrote: No, no, no, please, no, to all of that. They planned to do it some time ago (http://www.btinternet.com/~roads/lon...ringway1.html). I know about the planned ringway. I don't think they should go ahead with the whole of that though. Of course, the Westway was a roaring success for the residents of the area it cut through. Are you sure? Traffic has always headed into London from the West and it would do so without the A40 and the elevated M4, probably on the A4 instead, so the Cromwell Road, with its museums and hotels would simply be totally choked. And those who don't use the A4 would use the A4020 (much of which used to be the A40) passing through Ealing etc. even though they have intention to go to Ealing, whilst conflicting with local traffic. The little bit of the West Cross Route that comes South off the A40 is a fairly useless road - it's good down to Shepherds Bush then takes you through residential roads that were never meant to be a highway. Going Northbound, if you want to continue North you have to take A40 and A406 or work your way through the local areas of Harlesden and Neasden. Its only real purpose is as a relief road for Wood Lane. These urban motorways only serve to generate new car traffic Maybe a little but most of it will just be diverted off other roads. For example someone coming from Portsmouth heading North may well go up the A3, onto this road and subsequently the M1 rather than using the Western stretch of the M25. Certainly those who live in Kingston going North are more likely to use it. But are these people going to specifically make more journeys by car just because the road is there? If they want to encourage more people to use trains then improve the railways too. (whether tunnelled or not), and are also incredibly expensive particularly if tunnelled). It's more expensive to build a tunnel than a bridge but it does mean they don't have to buy up land and compulsory purchase orders may obviously cost more. Talking of cost though, do you know how much revenue is lost everyday through traffic queues? And actually, a road, if used properly, will usually take a greater volume than a railway. On a D2 dual carriageway, for example, if cars are travelling at a 2-second gap, you get 30 cars in each lane passing per minute. If each car has 2 occupants, that's 120 passengers a minute in each direction. You'd need to run a very frequent train service to carry that many. Anyway, they were supposed to be raising all this money to improve roads through the congestion charge but all I've seen is totally unnecessary roadworks on roads that aren't broken. But then we know Ken is anti-car. Which is thankfully why you'll never see a grade-separated South Circular any time soon. Do you live and drive in the South of London? Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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