Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Salisbury / St Ann's Road "improvements" disaster
As expected, the works outside the Salisbury have not only created chaos but also will lead - it is quite clear - to a significantly more dangerous situation for cylists.
No longer will cyclists be able to head from St Ann's Road up to Green Lanes and then turn left at the pub into the main road, as before, because the huge kerbs that have been installed on the bulging new "island" outside the north entrance to the pub prevent anyone from doing that without cycling straight into the path of oncoming traffic turning into St Ann's Road.
So one has to, instead, head east down St Ann's Road, move into the centre of the carriageway (notwithstanding you may have a number of boy racers just behind you enjoying, in the typical way for this location, the opportunity to get free of traffic and lights and put their foot to the floor) and then wait for a chance to turn before completing a dog-leg to the right - into Salisbury Road - and then heaving uphill (again ahead of impatient drivers keen to make - or break - the lights by the bookies) all the way to the junction. Time-consuming, dangerous, and pointless.
Not only that, but turning right into St Ann's Road from Green Lanes is also now far more hazardous because "quick" right turns ahead of slow-moving oncoming southbound traffic are now not possible as one has to head further north than previously before making the turn; and being undercut by right-turning vehicles is much more of a possibility because of the angle that one has to take the turn at.
I can't see any evidence that cyclists have been considered in these plans at all.
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on
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As others have said, your complaint seems to be they've made an illegal manoeuvre more difficult. Whenever I've cycled that I've either just followed the traffic round or hopped off and wheeled it ten yards, dependent on the light phase.
I would agree though that these refurbishments don't help cyclists at all. Green Lanes will still be a terrible road to cycle along (although still better than Wightman with it's variety of pinch points). It was pretty clear that was going to be the case though from reading the consultation document where they tried to argue that removing the bus lane would be beneficial for cyclists.
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Permalink Reply by Harringay Birder on
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Sorry, what do you mean by "followed the traffic round"?
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Go up Harringay Road, on to Colina and then left on to Green Lanes. It's another minute but no real effort.
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Well we could but that would be dangerous. Then again, with the dropped kerbs they're putting in I wouldn't bet against people (not me) doing just that..
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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I'm really confused by this. You could never turn left onto Green Lanes from St Anne's. When I cross St Anne's at the junction with Green Lanes at the pedestrian crossing I only look out for traffic turning in from GL, not out from St Anne's. Have I been wrong all these years? Also, you can turn left from Salisbury, Kimberley, Chesterfield, Roseberry, Rutland and Stanhope so quite a lot of choice.
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