Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Left Behind (Again) as Hackney Announce Plans for Segregated Cycle Track for Green Lanes
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While Haringey Council faffs around with its almost universally unpopular scheme to divert traffic from Crouch End to Harringay, Hackney Council is getting on with the real work of creating a transport system fit for the future.
Hackney Council has announced that it wants to transform its section of Green Lanes to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians. The proposals include adding a cycle track between Newington Green and Manor House, as well as narrowing roads to reduce traffic speed, "floating bus stops" and raised continuous pavements.
Hackney Transport chief Cllr Jon Burke said: "Green Lanes forms a key route for people travelling in the borough, but at the moment it's a hostile environment dominated by cars. We want to transform it for walking and cycling, so we can encourage more people to travel cheaply and sustainably, improving the quality of London's toxic air and reducing our reliance on polluting vehicles. I'd urge people to have their say on the proposals."
Subject to consultation, the scheme would be delivered in two phases. This consultation relates to the first phase of proposals between Petherton Road and Woodberry Grove.
Consultation on a second stage will take place later this year.
The Council says it is relying on funding bids for the project, so if it doesn't achieve full funding it would have to carry out the work in stages.
View the plans at consultation.hackney.gov.uk/streetscene/green-lanes.
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Permalink Reply by Gray on
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“I doubt I am not alone when I say I try to drive as respectfully around cyclists, but it only takes a few bad cyclists to spoil the mutual goodwill. Riding two abreast whilst adorned in Tour de France style clothing having a chat because they can is infuriating and just bad manners“
Driving around on your own in a tin can belching pollutants and CO2 several times bigger than yourself taking up huge swathes of the width of the road which is usually already half taken up with other parked vehicles just because you can is also to my mind exceptionally irritating and bad manners.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Some cyclists are bloody awful but it’s an undeniable fact that if I, as a pedestrian, get hit by one I’m going to come out of the situation a lot better than if I get hit by a car.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Some pedestrians are bloody awful too. Some women are bloody awful. Some men are bloody awful. Some churchgoers are bloody awful. Some gypsies are bloody awful. Some homosexuals are bloody awful. Why is it acceptable for you to say that about cyclists when knowing you as the lovely man you are, you would never say that about any of those other groups?
Almost ALL motorists have a sense of entitlement to the roads which far outweigh anything given to them in law. For instance - turning vehicles give way to pedestrians is very rarely obeyed, not even by the police.
What should a motorist do when it encounters a pedestrian in the road?
a. Lay on the horn.
b. Clutch in and rev the motor.
c. Window down and yell an obscenity.
d. Wait patiently (up to 7 minutes) for them to clear the road.
According to the law it's 'd'.
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Wow! You certainly have problems on the ladder! Yes the main road from Manor House northwards is much narrower than the main road from Manor House southwards. Yes Haringey have issues with Islington and Hackney and guess which three boroughs meet in the Finsbury Park area? The solution is one trialled in the very early days of public transport. Every vehicle on the road, defined as any mechanical contrivance for the conveyance of persons, whether 4 wheels, 8 wheels, two wheels (yes you cyclists as well) and unicyclists too (my son is one) shall have a person walking in front of them with a red flag, thus ensuring perfect safety on every road and jobs for all.
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