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Cars will always fill the amount of available road given to them, so I’m not sure that closing the rat run to cars would actually result in the traffic armageddon you suggest.
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Maybe not. I'm just saying that I can see how it's ended up like it has. The closed section has a good road alternative (Kingston hill + A3), the park sections still open have the alternative route generally already being a traffic jam down streets that people live on.
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Cars will always fill the amount of available road given to them, so I’m not sure that closing the rat run to cars would actually result in the traffic armageddon you suggest.
Hmmmm, but but but maybe one more lane would fix it?
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I'd say the traffic in Richmond Park is mainly annoying to cyclists and other people in cars. As a pedestrian, the traffic is pretty irrelevant as the road is pretty easily crossed and then you're away. Most of Richmond park feels further from a road than anywhere else in London.
The wider traffic issue is a bit difficult. Ideally, no cars using it as a cut through, but the road network, particularly between Richmond and Kingston cannot handle the traffic. That's partly because the park combined with the river leaves room for only one normal road, which has to get through Petersham Village, which buses already struggle with. It's similar for Barnes> sheen>Richmond. I can see why those are the bits that still allow through traffic in the park, even though I'd prefer it wasn't the case.