Calling Guildford Cyclists - Gyratory consultation!

Sleeptech

There's currently a consultation going on about the Guildford Gyratory system & how best to improve it for walking/cycling/public transport so fewer folks feel they have to drive.

If you're in Guildford there's still today / tomorrow to look at the consultation material in person:
Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford, Friday 17 May, 9am until 5pm.
Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford, Saturday 18 May, 9am until 5pm.

Otherwise it's available online at http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/gyratory (pdf linky http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/598212/GuildfordGyratoryRethinking-A4.pdf)

If you can now's your chance to put your views across in the online questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/gyratory

Fingers crossed they make this god awful bit of road just that little bit better....

dal105

I ride round this stretch of road most days, and really don't find it that bad. It's much slower in a car though - and pretty horrid for pedestrians as the pavements are very narrow. Apart from the potholes, not that bad on the bike.

Sleeptech

Yeah - agreed, if you keep your lane etc etc its not all that bad.
It stinks for the less confident cyclists who just avoid the area entirely and agreed with the pavements - I've pretty much been shoved off the pavement by the volume of peds.

One of their proposals is to make bridge street pedestrianised and make the other 3 sides two way traffic. I think folk may as well leave their cars at home. They have 4 options shown with varying degrees of traffic direction. Unless they provide traffic flow simulator data (i assume this is possible) I don't know how they expect joe bloggs public to be able to say whether two way / partial two way or pedestrianised is best.