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This still feels like baby steps, that ward seems, on my travels at least, to be fairly low traffic already. And the other interventions all targetting that same area. I guess they are aiming at QW2 and the heavier cycle traffic along that route.
I'll save my happy face for when they get round to tackling the Caledonian Rd and A1 routes through the borough.
Backstop
Islington Council is stepping up a gear. Delivery of its first low traffic neighbourhood will start in July and be completed in one week. St Peters ward i.e. near the canal east of Angel and along the route of Quietway 2
More info here
https://www.islington.media/news/islingtons-first-people-friendly-streets-will-be-created-in-st-peters
@Backstop this sounds like progress. I've been talking to officers a bit over the past few months, and I wrote to my councillors in St Peters last week calling for modal filters - i didn't expect such a quick response (!)
It broadly sounds like the right strategy - doing it over a large enough area of one ward to make a difference in traffic, doing it over a long enough period for behaviour change, and a focus on Quietway 2 where we all know its needed.
Its great to see action planned in July. Us enthusiastics, Islington Cyclists, LCC and Living streets etc will probably need to step up and be ready to get some positive stories in the local news etc on day one (to counter the inevitable backlash).