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The last proposal put forward was to remove the bus lane southbound and change it to car parking
This reminds me of something that's a bit of a worry in Enfield. My understanding is that of the three proposals, the most fleshed-out is the Enfield Town one, but the one the council intend to work on first is Palmers Green (on Green Lanes). The main proposal as regards buses there seems to be to, again, remove the southbound bus lane entirely - and replace it with a cycle lane. Obviously this elicits howls of protest from the traders because it's like rubbing their faces in the cycle provision they strenously object to, but the general policy of removing bus lanes and replacing them with cycle lanes is stupid anyway - take that space away from general traffic instead, not public transport.
So it looks like Enfield want to put the least thought-out proposal in first, all the while directly butting heads with the Green Lanes Business Association. It's like they're actively trying to make things difficult for themselves.
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A lot are for the restaurants' customers but some are the same cars parked outside the same shops everyday.
There's no political will at the moment to change it though and the traders have an excessive influence. The last proposal put forward was to remove the bus lane southbound and change it to car parking. Fortunately that was vetoed by TFL as a bloody stupid idea.