Interesting article from local resident Catherine Shoard from the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/07/cars-breathe-...
Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman road, wightman road closure
OK.. I agree, perhaps a bit exaggerated.. but you get my drift.. Perhaps ten minutes up and down time, plus waiting - getting on the first train that arrives.
Your decision to live where you live no doubt.. But you expect others to pay the price in the pollution of their communities for that. While you live, I assume, in a quiet pollution free area. There are sufficient railway connections in Hertfordshire, so I see no excuse for using a car. I don't accept your implication that you can't do anything else. But I would accept that it is more comfortable for you to add to the pollution of London's streets every day.
I'd start by charging non GL residents hefty tolls to drive in and out of the area inside the North and South Circular roads. Especially cars with only one occupant. Make it more expensive than using Public Transport.
I suggested congestion charging the arse out of drivers from outside the norf circ and M25 at the begining of all this and was metaphoricly told to butt out. I also mentioned traffic calming measures for wightman - width restictions (top end of sheperd hill), contra flow schemes (wolves lane style- which i believe works, but you'd have to ask the residents of wolves lane) but no one on wightman seems interested in anything other than full closure.
I read on another thread that that modern planning recommends cul de sac development so why not close off the turnpike lane junction with new social housing full width of road and pavements. Then do the same at the end of every ladder road (either end would do) with more social housing. Then wightman and any road that chose to join them would be the 'ideal' cul de sac, we would also have much more social houing in the area -- win! win!
The only down side is the 'Wightmanese' would then have to access GL from Endyminon rd walking or by car but they'd get 'absolutly No through traffic' not even from the rung roads.
LIGHT TOUCH PAPER AND>>>>>> RUN
sorry everyone, really silly above but just couldnt resist.
It's not just rich people: that's just a Guardian snipe in a class war that doesn't exist.
If only wealthy people drove cars there would be no traffic congestion and undetectable pollution.
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