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I think two of your arguments contradict each other Oliver.

Namely that you acknowledge that the junction is part of the inner ring and the boundary to the charging zone... both huge reasons a lot of people unfamiliar with the area take that route (as locals already know it's hell and avoid it).

And then you argue that people will find it intolerable and will switch modes, but I would say that the very people who comprise the majority of flow down City Road are those who are not local and would not build the intolerance required to change their behaviour.

There are just some routes that are core, not local, and have a high volume of traffic that isn't going to acquire experience that will change behaviour.

I believe Old St, as it is positioned on the inner ring and edge of the charging zone, is that.

I really truly, and deeply, believe that the proposal of a cross-junction for Old St is flawed to the core.

Now that's not to suggest I'm party to what the alternatives are, as you have been privy to them and I have not. So I don't know the downsides to the peninsula system as it's been proposed or any other alternatives. It doesn't affect my opinion that a cross-junction would really screw the area, more than has been managed by incompetence... and that would be something.