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Thank you all for your replies (and to the private messages so far). I know there is an element of reposting in this thread, but I'd like to pick the successful elements from each as part of this presentation, and it's too much for one person to both search for and read through all the other consultations. The more detail you can help me with, the better.
ap8006, I use those routes when appropriate, and there is some 'contraflow' already in between Earl's Court Road and Warwick Road. However, the main issue in using these is reaching them in the first place. It involves crossing the main roads to enter or leave them. There are few direct cross-overs, and most involve, on Warwick Road, e.g. coming from Eardley Crescent, holding the right-hand lane on a 3-lane road, for a significant distance, where vehicle speed is highest, or even holding that position from the bottom of Warwick Road. The tube station cuts off the north/south routes, except on the main roads. Crossing three lanes on a bike (1st-3rd lane to make the turn off) is a stressful evolution. Similarly on Earl's Court Road, there isn't a 'straight' crossover. In fact, coming from Earl's Court Gardens - to go North - you have to either get off and walk, or go round the one-way system with the traffic and go through Earl's Court Square, then join Warwick Road, and go through Nevern Square! Two-way operation would allow these quietways to be used more logically - yes, there would still be a wait for cyclists, but it would be to cross only one lane of traffic, which has to be an improvement.
Oliver Schick:
First, thank you for setting out the successful campaigns, I'll look for the consultation documents supporting these.
yes, I have seen that response in countless answers during the development consultation. What it doesn't explain is how 2 lanes in each direction for the majority of the one way system (only 3 on Warwick Road), with regular traffic lights to negotiate, is faster for the motorist than 2 x two-way streets. The one-way system doesn't create an extra lane. On Warwick Road, the 1st lane is mainly used by buses. Cars just don't use it, except for the short stretch by Philbeach Gardens.
I agree - new lights would help - and the council have to look at this issue - a pedestrian was killed in February crossing Earl's Court Road, and the number of crossings are already inadequate for the pedestrian density here, even before the development.
That's why I'm looking for someone qualified in urban planning/transport to have a look at this, because I think the motorist's/TFL's case for the one-way system is a weak one. However, TFL need to be presented with the facts.
I've been in touch in the sense that I've e-mailed them a few times. I haven't yet have a reply to any. So far, they appear focused on HSK in what they publish, and they meet infrequently. I'd be happy to coordinate, but I don't think anyone is actively taking an interest in this area. Even the current councilors, who all live just off this one-way system, haven't done a thing about it.