Average speed of traffic in Haringey

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Permalink Reply by Grace on December 4, 2014 at 0:48

If I were a two-wheeled road warrior, I'd reverse the question.

"Does London traffic's slow-down account for capital's bike boom?"

Becomes the more logical question...

Does the capital's bike boom account for London traffic's slow-down?

As a driver, I am happy to accept that my speed and approach to driving has changed significantly along with the huge increase of cyclists' share on the road

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Permalink Reply by Ian on December 4, 2014 at 6:52

I agree that when pulling away from traffic lights etc on busy cycling routes the swarm of cyclists has caused everyone to change the way they drive.  So I can see that this could have some affect on car speeds, however I don't think that is the explanation for the general slow speed of car commuting journeys. 

If you analyse your journey, the rate limiting steps are not the clear road sections (where manoeuvring around cyclists will slow your average speed) but is the amount of time spent in queues at each junction or traffic light.  This explains why car commuting time increase so much in the school holidays - it is not because there are fewer cyclist (as there are very few children who cycle on london roads) but because there are shorter queues at the junctions.

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Permalink Reply by Ian on December 4, 2014 at 7:38

thanks for spotting the mistake - obviously the caffeine from my coffee did not have time to reach my brain when i wrote that this morning.  the commuting time obviously decreases in the school holidays.

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