Tags for Forum Posts: traffic, wightman bridge, wightman bridge closure
At my friend's recommendation, I went for a little ride along Wight man rd this morning
Now don't get me wrong, I really do feel for people who have no alternative than to rely on this for their daily commute.
BUT for us cyclists what bliss. It is fantastic. I always try to avoid the road as much as possible as it is so dangerous for us, with drivers going fast trying to overtake us on too narrow roads as we slog it uphill.
It was lovely to see so many cyclists and pedestrians around. One lady was having a lesson as she had decided the best solution to the closure was to cycle to work.
But I'm not sure closing the road permanently or restricting traffic is the solution, as it would put even more strain on green lanes. But certainly it needs to be made safer.
I've just completed my first new route school run, it took half an hour longer than usual. Really slow/at a stand still on Green Lanes and Turnpike Lane. I think I can manage the morning by going earlier but pick up is going to be tricky getting back in time to get my daughter. I've got someone else to pick her up this week but I can't do that for 14 weeks so I'm hoping it calms down soon.
And on Hornsey High Street at 8.45am, there was actually less traffic than normal and it was flowing very freely past the New River Village and down under the railway bridge. Very unexpected indeed (particularly as Sunday saw a near-perfect standstill all the way round Ally Pally down Hornsey Park Road and back up Hornsey High Street to the start of Ally Pally again.
Sundays seem to be a nightmare. Work colleague said she tried popping down to Harringay from Palmers Green to pick up her mother. Traffic problems started from Palmers Green. She got as far as Bounds Green and resorted to asking her mother to meet her half way. Her mother tried buses, they were stuck in traffic so she walked instead. At the end of the day she sent her mother back by train. Adjustments, adjustments.
The Seven Sisters smash would not have helped but yet, Sunday = Church and how many locals are going to our copious number of places of worship?
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