Eilidh Murray, of the London Cycling Campaign, writes an opinion piece for the Ham&High about the junction at Finsbury Park ~
Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
“TfL delays in fixing dangerous junction at Finsbury Park”
TfL delays in fixing dangerous junction at Finsbury Park
The accountability gap mentioned—where three Boroughs meet—is wide and deep.
Not least in the gap is conservative Haringey Council, particularly in respect of Eilidh Murray's suggestion that, inaction is too tempting.
The Rebel Council's lack of willingness to co-operate with neighbouring Boroughs is not mentioned in polite society, but it is legendary. In 1624, John Donne wrote that, no man is an island, but in respect of London local Authorities, he might take a different view. Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; but for this council, the poll won't toll the bell for many years to come.
Eilidh Murray also mentions "political will" which is largely absent for transport improvement from our local council.
What Haringey's Cabinet Member for Highways lacks in interest, knowledge, expertise and experience in this area—which affects residents every day—is more than made up for by leader-loyalty.
With the current crony crew—including the Highwaymen—for the foreseeable future, there can be no improvement.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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I agree it’s a terrible junction but I’m unsure what Haringey can do about it as it is a TfL managed route and inside the London Borough of Islington.
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Permalink Reply by Don
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Yes, it’s a dangerously constricted stretch of road, but would going via Fonthill Road, City North Place and Wells Terrace really be too much of a stretch for cyclists? (The writer wants to get to the Finsbury Park cafe in her Ham & High article.) After all, drivers are always told they have to take longer routes to avoid LTNs, and until somebody invents a way to widen Seven Sisters Road under the railway bridge — which seems unlikely — this might be the way of avoiding an obvious bottleneck and a safer alternative to dicing with 29 and 253 buses.
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Yes my thought too as to the specific route to the cafe, though the wider point is well taken.
This former cyclist in that location chose to tuck in behind the buses on the left of the two lanes: bus drivers are several cuts above the average in terms of awareness amongst much else.
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Cyclists shouldn't be cycling through City North Place as it's for pedestrians. They can't turn off Fonthill on to Wells Terrace as it's one way the other way and also heads straight into the path of all the buses going into Wells Terrace bus station. The issue is cyclists going down the whole Seven Sisters road safely not just getting to one cafe.
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Elizabeth — Streetview shows cycle stands both along City North Place and in the eastern section of Wells Terrace (towards Stroud Green Road), which suggests both are open to cyclists, though as you say the Fonthill end of the latter is one-way west. My broader point is that, though I appreciate the potential danger of the railway bridge section of Seven Sisters, sometimes compromise is necessary, and if there’s a viable alternative it can be taken.
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