Bus journey times since the bridge closure - Harringay online2024-03-29T06:19:11Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/bus-journey-times-since-the-bridge-closure?feed=yes&xn_auth=noAntoinette, roughly where on…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-15:844301:Comment:8993232016-07-15T03:20:41.350ZLucihttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Luci
<p>Antoinette, roughly where on Upper Street - Highbury, Angel or in the middle? Have you looked at the train from Harringay to Highbury or the 341 bus towards the other end? Obviously 341 is horribly affected between Manor House and turnng off at St Ann's Road, but outside that I've never found it as snarly as going via Finsbury Park (it goes Newington Green, Essex Road and Islington Green. When i discovered the train I walked from the far end of Roseberry Gardens to the station up Burgoyne…</p>
<p>Antoinette, roughly where on Upper Street - Highbury, Angel or in the middle? Have you looked at the train from Harringay to Highbury or the 341 bus towards the other end? Obviously 341 is horribly affected between Manor House and turnng off at St Ann's Road, but outside that I've never found it as snarly as going via Finsbury Park (it goes Newington Green, Essex Road and Islington Green. When i discovered the train I walked from the far end of Roseberry Gardens to the station up Burgoyne Road -same distance as Manor House but a shorter journey and it emptied out at Finsbury Park (I first found the train when I was travelling further in, to Old Street but much preferred the route to Islington Town Hall as well).</p>
<p></p> I noticed a slightly curious…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-13:844301:Comment:8990002016-07-13T10:38:31.492Zvaneskahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/vaneska
<p>I noticed a slightly curious thing yesterday, taking the 141 from Newington Green to Turnpike Lane around 3-4pm. The bottlenecks at Endymion Road and Turnpike Lane seemed to me far worse yet the road in between was clearer than usual. Makes sense, I suppose. I'm a Crouchender so don't experience Green Lanes every day but my previous experience has been that traffic clogging was always roughly Endymion Rd to St Anns Rd then a dramatic clearing up to Turnpike Lane.</p>
<p>I noticed a slightly curious thing yesterday, taking the 141 from Newington Green to Turnpike Lane around 3-4pm. The bottlenecks at Endymion Road and Turnpike Lane seemed to me far worse yet the road in between was clearer than usual. Makes sense, I suppose. I'm a Crouchender so don't experience Green Lanes every day but my previous experience has been that traffic clogging was always roughly Endymion Rd to St Anns Rd then a dramatic clearing up to Turnpike Lane.</p> My thinking was that once you…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-13:844301:Comment:8989152016-07-13T06:10:01.442ZJames Whytehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JamesWhyte
My thinking was that once you're at Iceland you're in a single file queue dictated the lights at Arena, the lights at Endymion. So busy day with Wightman open, such as a Sunday, always resulted in a queue. Now the queue is just permanent, but the flow rate should be similar, if that makes sense.<br />
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Whereas, up by Turnpike Lane, and by Ducketts, there rarely was a queue, and never for West End Lane junction
My thinking was that once you're at Iceland you're in a single file queue dictated the lights at Arena, the lights at Endymion. So busy day with Wightman open, such as a Sunday, always resulted in a queue. Now the queue is just permanent, but the flow rate should be similar, if that makes sense.<br />
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Whereas, up by Turnpike Lane, and by Ducketts, there rarely was a queue, and never for West End Lane junction Sorry......Maddy....damn you…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8988152016-07-12T14:02:40.563ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
Sorry......Maddy....damn you autocorrect
Sorry......Maddy....damn you autocorrect That is your choice. I run ho…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8988842016-07-12T13:51:09.201ZPathttps://harringayonline.com/profile/patmags
That is your choice. I run home 2-3 times a week, that is my choice. I also like taking the bus when I feel tired.
That is your choice. I run home 2-3 times a week, that is my choice. I also like taking the bus when I feel tired. Mandy, the data is purely for…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8987322016-07-12T12:45:13.875ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
Mandy, the data is purely for the stretch of Green Lanes. Factors impacting on total journey times are so numerous that I can't map all of them so I took the decision to concentrate on GL as this is where a lot of people posting have said that they were having longer journey times.<br />
By the way, I do take the bus 3 out of 5 weekdays and the data does reflect what I personally experience. In fact I timed myself on the last two journeys where I took the bus beyond GL and the numbers matched with…
Mandy, the data is purely for the stretch of Green Lanes. Factors impacting on total journey times are so numerous that I can't map all of them so I took the decision to concentrate on GL as this is where a lot of people posting have said that they were having longer journey times.<br />
By the way, I do take the bus 3 out of 5 weekdays and the data does reflect what I personally experience. In fact I timed myself on the last two journeys where I took the bus beyond GL and the numbers matched with the TfL data very well on the Green Lanes bit but then went totally off when I hit the Threadneedle Street junction by the Bank of England (25 minutes to get to the river for what would be a 5 minute walk) and 29 bus from Trafalgar Square which took 40 minutes to get from Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road to Goodge Street because of the Crossrail works. Think of how much quicker the…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8987942016-07-12T12:12:52.558ZJohn McMullanhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/bogan72
<p>Think of how much quicker they'd get to work if we constructed another road into the city as well as reopening Wightman Rd?</p>
<p>I can walk from Harringay (north) into the City of London in 90 minutes. Haringey WALKS to feel good, remember?</p>
<p>Think of how much quicker they'd get to work if we constructed another road into the city as well as reopening Wightman Rd?</p>
<p>I can walk from Harringay (north) into the City of London in 90 minutes. Haringey WALKS to feel good, remember?</p> Several people have told me t…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8986072016-07-12T11:59:08.848ZMaddyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SleepingBeauty
<p>Several people have told me that their journeys to and from work are taking between 15 and 45 minutes longer at the moment. I know there are other factors involved - the closure of Stroud Green Road for example - but they all attribute much of it to the increased congestion on GL. And yet I read over and over on HoL that the closure has made little or no difference to journey times - it doesn't add up and I am inclined to believe the people who take the bus every day and have to deal with…</p>
<p>Several people have told me that their journeys to and from work are taking between 15 and 45 minutes longer at the moment. I know there are other factors involved - the closure of Stroud Green Road for example - but they all attribute much of it to the increased congestion on GL. And yet I read over and over on HoL that the closure has made little or no difference to journey times - it doesn't add up and I am inclined to believe the people who take the bus every day and have to deal with the fallout.</p> Also, the southbound traffic…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8985862016-07-12T07:23:54.330ZGordon Thttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GordonT
<p>Also, the southbound traffic on Green Lanes towards Stroud Green/Crouch End that currently has no alternative but to wait to turn right onto Endymion Rd - that clogs up the St Ann's to Arena stretch bigtime.</p>
<p>Also, the southbound traffic on Green Lanes towards Stroud Green/Crouch End that currently has no alternative but to wait to turn right onto Endymion Rd - that clogs up the St Ann's to Arena stretch bigtime.</p> I would argue that these are…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-07-12:844301:Comment:8985842016-07-12T06:26:00.442ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
I would argue that these are precisely the areas that have seen the biggest change. The Iceland the Manor House block of Green Lanes has been impacted by<br />
- some of the 18,000 vehicles that went up Warham Road now having to travel on Green Lanes<br />
- traffic that would have exited from Wightman/Alroy Road (up to 200,000) to travel south having to travel on Green Lanes<br />
- traffic that would have exited Endymion Road onto Alroy Road/Wightman Road to travel north having to now go through the…
I would argue that these are precisely the areas that have seen the biggest change. The Iceland the Manor House block of Green Lanes has been impacted by<br />
- some of the 18,000 vehicles that went up Warham Road now having to travel on Green Lanes<br />
- traffic that would have exited from Wightman/Alroy Road (up to 200,000) to travel south having to travel on Green Lanes<br />
- traffic that would have exited Endymion Road onto Alroy Road/Wightman Road to travel north having to now go through the Arena/Williamson Road junction.