Tottenham hale gyratory

jds_1981

or as I prefer to call it "the roundabout of death".

Apparently being redeveloped back into a two way system. Seems that work has started there now. Does anyone have a link to the plans? I can't find anything online but I believe they have been online before.

Thanks

Clever Pun

Horrible junction, glad they're planning on making it less like a racetrack, no idea what they are though

EKE_38BPM

I grew up just around from there, but I can't remember ever cycling around it.
When my parents were about to buy that house it was two way (I've been told) but the day before they moved in it became the huge one way system we know now.

I didn't know about the plans and would like to see them before I decry them as stupid and pointless.

jds_1981

bit more google-fu borught up this http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/06.pdf . page 111 has part of one of the proposals. Not sure if final.

chilling

Interesting, I live just down the road but hadn't heard about it. I doubt they can make the road infrastructure much worse than it is now.

PBo

Got to be honest and say that I cycle round it sometimes, but find it no better or worse than any other busy London section of road...

jds_1981

PBo wrote:

Got to be honest and say that I cycle round it sometimes, but find it no better or worse than any other busy London section of road...

Most of it isn't too bad, however, this bit is the least favourite part of my commute. Perhaps I find it worse as I go through towards the end of rush hour, or it's the junctions I take? It's the part of my commute that I think is most likely to see me taken out by a car even though I take every possible precaution.
https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.58956, ... 2,,0,15.82
I'm in the left hand lane here which splits into two (I need to end up in the middle lane). For some reason most cars think it's the right lane that splits in two and so I'll be slowing for the lights which are inevitably red and will have a car try to pull into me.

At this point
https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.589536 ... 43,,0,9.36
it's fairly common for cars to try and get from the right hand lane to exit onto the a1055. I used to take the left lane but would have cars try to go through me regularly. Taking the centre lane reduces this somewhat.
I *think* the reason the cars try and cut from the right to the left, is often the queue at the traffic lights is shortest on the right hand side.

pompeyvin

I ride it everyday and probably the least favourite part of the commute, but never come close to an accident.
Some of the worst riding and RLJs on my route from Chigwell to Hampstead always seem to be on this section though. Will be interesting to see what they've got planned.

EKE_38BPM

I've just driven around it and work has already started. The contraflow bus lane on the High Road is closed and you can't go from Broad Lane to West Green Road.

The signs say expect delays until October 2014.

PBo

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I've just driven around it and work has already started. The contraflow bus lane on the High Road is closed and you can't go from Broad Lane to West Green Road.

The signs say expect delays until October 2014.

Burn the witch!!

EKE_38BPM

PBo wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I've just driven around it and work has already started. The contraflow bus lane on the High Road is closed and you can't go from Broad Lane to West Green Road.

The signs say expect delays until October 2014.

Burn the witch!!

I was coming back from playing football about 7 miles from home and I was carrying a rowing machine.
















I'll get the matches.

chilling

Found a bit of info on this

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/13315.aspx

il_principe

I wish they'd do this in Wandsworth Town. The Gyratory has completely suffocated the place.

rjsterry

Il Principe wrote:

I wish they'd do this in Wandsworth Town. The Gyratory has completely suffocated the place.

As they do everywhere they are introduced - stick a dual carriageway around somewhere, and whaddayaknow, nobody fancies crossing the 3-4 lane road to get to what's left in the middle.

Koncordski

Il Principe wrote:

I wish they'd do this in Wandsworth Town. The Gyratory has completely suffocated the place.

It's also so utterly pointless, the A3 coming into Wandsworth from out of town is one lane for a long stretch. Why the hell it then opens up to four lanes to go past the armoury pub is beyond me. I mean, did the planner who designed this think for one second about what it must be like to live in any of these buildings or imagine what it's like for a parent with a pram to cross the road here? http://goo.gl/maps/msE4o

The noise and the grime from the traffic makes it a horrible place to walk or cycle, when the redevelop the brewery site and all the extra traffic arrives what the hell are they going to do? Plus the next phase of the riverside quarter is nearing completion off point pleasant. Such a waste of an otherwise pleasant part of london.

rjsterry

Koncordski wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

I wish they'd do this in Wandsworth Town. The Gyratory has completely suffocated the place.

It's also so utterly pointless, the A3 coming into Wandsworth from out of town is one lane for a long stretch. Why the hell it then opens up to four lanes to go past the armoury pub is beyond me. I mean, did the planner who designed this think for one second about what it must be like to live in any of these buildings or imagine what it's like for a parent with a pram to cross the road here? http://goo.gl/maps/msE4o

The noise and the grime from the traffic makes it a horrible place to walk or cycle, when the redevelop the brewery site and all the extra traffic arrives what the hell are they going to do? Plus the next phase of the riverside quarter is nearing completion off point pleasant. Such a waste of an otherwise pleasant part of london.

It's the tail end of the outdated idea that what you needed to do to improve a place was separate cars off into high-speed, multilane roads. The centre of Bristol was like this for years, with the unfinished stumps of elevated walkways and pi$$-soaked underpasses. Thankfully, the pendulum is swinging back the other way, but there's 70-80 years worth of this stuff to undo