Transport for London plan to provide a cycle route along A501. This map shows the proposed route:

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Response to Questionnaire

Notes on the CRIM

In August 2007, we heard from that various cycle improvement measures had being developed from the CRISP recommendations.

The plans below show the proposed "improvements":

Plan 1: King's Cross to Cynthia Street

Plan 2: Hermes St to Colebrooke Row

Plan 3: Wakely Street to Windsor Terrace

Plan 4: Mora Street to Old Street

CCC's initial response to these proposals is that are absolutely pitiful. Just looking at the two main problem junctions, it is disgraceful how little - in fact almost nothing - is being proposed.

Pentonville Road/Penton Rise [CRISP datasheet S2A] It is astonishing that nothing is being recommended here, not even the trivial things one would expect, nor rectifying the signage anomalies noticed at the CRIM and also recorded by Ralph.

City Road/Wakely Street [CRISP datasheet S4A] Another atrocious junction, this time with only the faintest tinkering being proposed (cycle lane on left up to the pedestrian crossing, then on the right hand side past the crossing, which will only work when the pedestrian crossing is on green!, thus encouraging cyclists to break the lights - is this the new strategy?!). The whole thing needs to be redesigned.

Other things noticed: (i) Pentonville Road eastbound towards Rodney Street: don't like proposed ASL feeder inside straightahead and left turn lane; (ii) Claremont Square: modest improvement proposed, OK; (iii) Colebrooke Row: see this is all subject to Goswell Road Island improvement scheme - one for ICAG.

Meade McCloughan, September 2007

Response from City cyclists

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