why make it even more difficult for the people of Haringey to get around their own borough? Having to wait for a W5 from sainsburys (I think I saw one back in 2002) or get a bus to Woodgreen and wait for another is enough to make most people prefer to use a car to do a what should be a 5-10min journey.…
ample time to watch a woman with 3 children cross from the Beaconsfield towards the railway entrance completely ignoring the controlled crossing 10 yards away. I was also privileged to see a cyclist heading north going the wrong side of the pedestrian refuge at the crossing.
You can't legislate for idiots and it's not always the driver's fault.…
to take action just because it seems or people say it's impossible so hope you do one!
In the meantime, it seems far more likely and realistic that planners should entertain action on these points: either those mentioned here, with variations as suggested to take care of your concerns. …
Added by E. F. Salzman at 15:22 on December 13, 2010
se kind of tricks?
But in praise of access to Sainsbury's: I've never experienced any traffic delays when I go on foot. Remember feet? And legs?!
Idling a car engine for half an hour can't cost nothing at current petrol prices, but some presumably there are still those who can afford to.…
Added by Clive Carter at 18:39 on October 11, 2011
e danger of them closing. I spend slightly more on their organic products admittedly, but less by buying raw ingredients, not wasting food, and cycling there instead of paying for a car & gym membership or a travel card & gym membership. It's so cheap that way and there aren't any losers. Better food, healthier, more sustainable, less traffic, better community.…
and while I was walking to and from it on Williamson Road I kept an eye on the cars coming and going. I spotted 28 cars overall and only two of them had more than one passenger.
Personally I use a shopping trolley.…
low from the increasing use of electric cars. Thousands of people in London (and in many other places in the UK) are dying from air pollution from motor traffic. As others have pointed out here, in the near future the need for private motor car ownership will be eliminated for most people, as we will be able to call upon (probably) driverless taxis. Don't underestimate the speed with which this is coming. The improvements in an area such as ours, the reduction in traffic, pollution, and the extra space when all those parked cars are gone, would be immense. There will always be some - people with disabilities, for example - who will need a "dedicated" vehicle, but for most of us I'm sure the end of the private motor car, and the end of petrol/diesel power to run them, will be very liberating. Of course, there will still be lots of delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, larger vans/lorries to transport goods, but if they are all electrically powered it would be a huge improvement. As for the huge shed that is Sainsburys at Williamson Road, the day of the "big box" store, and the "weekly shop" are gone. Not to mention the fact that Sainsburys, as a food retailer, long ago lost its reputation either for quality or fair prices. Good riddance!…
man was more than the garden roads? Come on . Wightmans a mile long, of course it had more traffic flow. Thats your ladder neighbours going to work/shopping in a car!!!!
Go for it,... keep your road to yourself.
But I'll keep advocating to keep my road open so you get your Ocado/Amazon/ sainsbury/ bin lorries and also provide a route for others to "Filter" though from other areas, north to south, so my neighbours can get to where they need to go.
Seriously, if that's Living Wightmans definition of "filtering" I'm not sure I'd enjoy the coffee. I Might need a spoonfull of "mitigating measures" to sweeten it.…
the sort of thing I mean. Something rather disparate about these carvings above head height which you only see if you look up, and us masses with Sainsbury's shopping bags and other modern concerns scurrying about below trying to navigate the traffic and avoid spit globules on the pavement - of different eras and all that.…
and race for that spare parking space ... and smashing into each other outside MacDonalds,
> "potentially rerouting traffic around the complex itself"
I thought they meant ; create a roundabout in the middle of Sainsbury's car park and put sign up saying that the longest to stay on it without blowing their top may win a prize (lottery ticket)
These people in this meeting obviously have no clue whatsoever!…