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@Oliver Schick For the residents, it wouldn't be better if Binfield road was two way for all modes, because it causes too much disruption to the buses parking up from 8pm ish. And by that I mean, drivers leaning on their horns constantly because there's 5 buses left out on the road waiting to be parked up in the garage so drivers are stopped from being able to cut through down to wandsworth road. This happened constantly when it was two way.
The junction is odd now because of the cycling infrastructure they've put in, and the way it narrows and the lights they've put in which forces traffic to slow, and makes a load of drivers try to squeeze into a space that isn't there and then sit in it, blocking it.
cornelius_blackfoot
Oliver Schick
Best description of @RPM I've ever read.
But yeah, that junction is a total disaster. Clearly, there's bad rider behaviour on top of the design issues, but things like the fact that Binfield Road is a one-way street with a cycle contraflow play a part. It makes the junction mouth narrower and makes riders coming out of Binfield Road much less visible. Most people who don't know the junction will not immediately see that there is a possibility for traffic to come out of it.
It would be much better if Binfield Road was still two-way for all modes, with filtering in the cell behind, but engineers always want to restrict side streets in some way, especially at fairly complex junctions, because they can then adjust signal times, in this case dispensing with a proper phase for drivers you might otherwise get coming out of Binfield Road. If it's only cyclists, there will be a lot less traffic from Binfield Road, and their phase can be much shorter, meaning more time for the more major flows at the junction, e.g. A3-A3. None of that excuses the rubbish riding, but it's definitely a factor.