Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Oxford Street to be pedestrianised by 2020 ... so Wightman Rd ...
... can surely be closed to through traffic in the future, as it currently is during the bridge works. If the planners can deal with the re-routing of all those buses and taxi journeys away from Oxford Street for the pedestrianisation plans, it must be possible to do this for Wightman Road as well.
Living Wightman would do well to have a chat with the new Mayor's office.
Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman bridge closure
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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In what way is a journey in an Uber car any different from a journey in my own car? Except an Uber journey from Chelmsford at 1am would cost probably £60 and in my own car £6
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What if you want to go outside London? How are you supposed to get there? You could Uber to the station and catch the train, but what do you do when you get off the train at the rural station that doesn't have a taxi rank or a local Uber driver? You could hire a car, but what's the difference between hiring a car and owning one?
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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Yes and what do we do with 2 or 3 children's car seats that we'd need to put in the uber to get to the station? They are fairly bulky and I couldn't carry them plus 2 or 3 children and a buggy and changing bag, snack packs, scooters etc.
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You don't need a car seat for children in a taxi (because they NEVER crash, fact) but I don't know whether that applies to Ubers. But totally agree - how would you get the travel cot and highchair to the grandparents in Wales (e.g.) via Uber and public transport? How would you go on a camping holiday in France via the ferry? People have cars because they're useful.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Of course cars are useful. As you all point out depends what your needs are! I'm just trying without for now. See what happens.
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In my year off I got car club membership...uber wasn't really established at that point...diligently I totted up all my expenditure for a year on my car; insurance, tax, residents parking, petrol, breakdown cover, repairs, even included car washes and parking whilst out and a PCN. Cost wise my annual expenditure was almost identical to the year in which I used car club/minicabs. Had I also factored in the cost of public transport costs for the journeys I might previously done by car then car ownership was marginally less expensive. There's nothing in it to speak of.
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Antoinette, yes done the same costings and came to the same conclusion. One difference, don't have to think about a car and its requirements. Someone else does that for me, whether it be the uber driver, the hire firm, zipcar, or the public transport body. Each to their own of course. Appreciate hearing your experiences btw.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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The traffic problem is not those journeys though is it? And don't think Uber, think Zipcar. You will be able to take a driverless Uber to Spain, overnight, and sleep in it on the way one day soon.
I think we should all relax a bit about this. They're basically reopening the road as it is, I had to follow three vans from Fairfax down to Pemberton this morning. What I would like to see is something done to stop HGVs entering into or exiting from Wightman Rd. I am happy to wait for the digital overlords to take care of the rest of the problem.
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I agree with you, and pointed this out earlier. What this area, and London, needs is a reduction in car traffic. Not a closure of a B road, and a diversion of the prole onto other people's door steps.
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On this embryonic but hardly trending drive against the tyranny of the internal combustion engine, today I celebrate my 72 years, 47 weeks & 4 days ahead of the curve. When do I get my George Cross for civilian gallantry above and beyond the call of duty?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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But which is more selfish, wanting to live somewhere, 24 hours a day, that isn't choked with traffic or wanting to cut time from your car journey a couple of times a day?
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