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And driving in to your road may take a minute or two more as you can't necessarily cut through neighbouring streets. But small price to pay IMHO.
And somewhat deliberate, driving a car is too inviting at the moment, the big idea is to convert the massive amount of <3-5 mile journeys currently made by car.
I really hope they do sort out the side road issue, it's a big stumbling block to getting people to accept the worth of cycle tracks over on carriageway provision.
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Hairnetnic - a lot of the side roads on the northern side of LBR are due to be closed as part of Markhouse "village" - part of the residential schemes. That's awaiting consultation. The ones south side will also be looked at as part of Leyton town centre and Church Road schemes. I'd expect they'll use "blended" crossings as per stuff starting to go in around the village borders.
Shandoom - that entire junction incl that due to be looked at, yes.
Sturmeyarcher - agree totally on Riney's pace of work. It's s-l-o-w. Why village needs "villagisation"? Well, cos unlike us, most people are terrified of cycling - so we want quiet streets they can leave their front door from. Same principle will eventually apply in an area covering from LBR to Forest, Markhouse/Blackhorse to Wood St - thousands of properties where people will be able to leave front door, ride on far quieter streets to local shops, tubes, hospital, cinema etc. And pick up main road protected tracks for longer journeys. Same principle as you find, well all over Holland (and lots of other EU places, and Hackney etc.). Plus closed streets = kids can play out again, better community links, less crime, better for businesses of the type you get on Orford and increasingly Grove etc. (and in the other villages - small, neighbourhood shops). Massively shown to boost business.
TurtleRecall - go look at the plans - wide, high-quality protected tracks the whole length of Lea Bridge Road in both directions (if we ignore Hackney, that is - hmmm). Sure, us "vehicular" fast cyclists are fine in a bus lane. My eight year old? Not so much. That mum on a Christiana? Not so much. How would they do it in Holland? Protected tracks with enough provision for all-abilities cycling and tamed junctions. Well, that's what's proposed. And bus lanes are mostly still in by the way - the ones going, if any, are the ones that TfL know don't work and actually introduce delays to buses!
The village "village" (the naming is confusing and, well, rubbish - but remember - "villages" will eventually cover LBR-Forest and Markhouse/Blackhorse-Wood) will include a closure on Grove. And basically enough roads to discourage nearly all through or rat-run traffic. In the same vein, when the Markhouse "village" kicks in, Queens is one of the roads earmarked for closure. As is Boundary. But that's all subject to engagement, and consultation. The whole point is to discourage through traffic - that tends to be faster, more aggressive and does nothing nice for an area. Sure, that means some of us will need to drive round etc. And driving in to your road may take a minute or two more as you can't necessarily cut through neighbouring streets. But small price to pay IMHO.