Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
If you love Harringay’s Green Lanes, say a massive no to a Red Route
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Permalink Reply by Dan77
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Green Lanes is the most dangerous stretch of road I know - because of the parking. Really hope this red route business is real
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Permalink Reply by michaelw
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The Gardens is a big parking spot & gets very full, particularly on weekend nights!!
The North-South cross streets are largely reserved for traders, so the ones furthest from Green Lanes tend to be fairly empty, but the rest of the spaces fill up.
Removing parking on Green Lanes will definitely speed up buses and would ideally improve the dire cycling conditions, though space is a bit limited. Good road design - and some speed cameras - would help discourage speeding.
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You only need to look at Archway road when they enforced the red route it virtually killed all the businesses within 6 months.
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That's just rubbish - Archway Road is full of businesses that are still going.
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Permalink Reply by Pat
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A red route along the Grand Parade section of GL will push traffic onto the Gardens and the Ladder in terms of parking. The Gardens is already a de facto car park in the evenings and at the weekends, and implementation of a red route on GL will make things even worse. The Garden roads are not wide enough for 2-way traffic and I often see altercations between drivers, as no one wants to give way, or drivers having to reverse the length of the road to allow oncoming vehicles to pass. An option for GL along Grand Parade is to restrict parking between 7am and 7pm, which would improve traffic flow during peak hours and make it safer for cyclists.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris
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What little I know of red routes suggests that there are two distinct types. Double red lines which prohibit all parking or stopping for any reason at all times, and single red lines which are more nuanced. It seems that in the case of single red lines, what exceptions apply is displayed on nearby signage.
The exchange of views regarding the situation on Archway Road prompted me to have a look at Street View. If that source is still up to date, the situation is that much of Archway Road is lined partly with double red lines and partly with single red lines. In places, and especially alongside some sections of shops, there is also a marked parking lane. In some cases, there is a single red line along the outer edge of a parking lane. In other cases, the red line is missing (even though a sign implies that it should be there). There is also a variety of additional signs which seek to explain the permissions which remain. I display below a selection of these additional signs showing the number of the Archway Road address outside which the sign is to be seen.
I have no idea what the effect on trade these restrictions might have had nor do I know how well they have been understood and/or enforced. I would say, however, that they show that single red lines are adaptable. On the other hand, I feel that Archway Road is very different from the Harringay section of Green Lanes because much of Archway Road has buildings on one side only, quite a lot of residential buildings and not much of it has shops on both sides. Perhaps, more important is the fact that Archway Road (the A1) is part of the UK’s primary road network (along with the North Circular and Seven Sister’s Road and, maybe, the A10) which Green Lanes is not and I hope never will be.
Personally, I think that the shops and restaurants along Harringay Green Lanes must be allowed to have deliveries directly from vehicles stopped outside their doors at reasonable times and that any restrictions that are introduced must be compatible with this. I think also that new restrictions would have consequences for parking in ladder and gardens roads and that this needs to be considered in advance. Remember too, that making Green Lanes easier for buses will also make it easier for heavy goods vehicles. It is worth recalling that the Primary Network Roads must be capable of carrying vehicles up to the legal limit of 40 tons and who among us want them in Green Lanes?
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