Via Camden Council. I live in Kentish Town but I'm away at the moment so not sure what effect it's having on traffic. Looks good, though





by MarthaFarcuss

42 comments

  1. Can they rebuild the station that hasn’t been fit for purpose for 30+ years next?

  4. Worked there for 4 years and seeing this is amazing. I hope it stays!

  5. So the most time one can go without seeing a lime bike is 10 seconds?

  6. Looks good to me. Of course everyone on NextDoor / local FB pages are foaming at the mouth but I can only see it as a positive. 

    Oxford St next? 

  9. How long is the trial running for? Nice plan but no doubt there will still be loads of food delivery bikes weaving around

  11. It’s so good, I no longer walk along Arlington Road due to overcrowding.

    It’s caused traffic problems on Camden high street (south of the station) but it’s literally been 1 day. I think they need to change the timings on the junction outside the station.

    Hypothetically it should improve congestion because it was so common to see cars trying to go up the now pedestrianised section that they blocked cars trying to go right. Now all traffic has to go right so this shouldn’t happen.

    I hope they improve the road south of the station – its still got busy pavements and doesn’t justify a one-way road that’s 4-5 cars wide.

    Also, Camden now has a fairly large (almost) almost car free area with lots of outdoor pubs and restaurants and more to come on Jamestown Road. Hopefully it serves as an example that high streets should prioritise pedestrians.

  12. Nice to see but what do you think of the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre?

  13. Looks so much better. Would dramatically change the high street

  14. I don’t drive or cycle, and get around pretty much purely by foot or public transport, but I can’t help but feel these pedestrianization schemes look good when you’re zoomed in on the street in question, but could lead to unforeseen transportation issues and unintended side effects. How much journey time are we adding on to how many commuters, and what does that mean in terms of cost and pollution? Where would the traffic go that drove here before? What would be the impact of that? Would other places get much busier? How much is this going to affect local businesses? etc.

    Perhaps the cost-benefit analysis works out, but I think it could be quite a complicated question.

  15. The traffic is always shit, now the traffic will always be a bit more shit.

  16. I’ll be honest, I’m dead against it, I mean, people forget that traders need access to Dixonsssssssssssss!

  19. It’s stupid they’ve forced 2 directions of traffic down a single lane road (that btw is currently on temporary traffic lights)

  20. Traded there in the 80s & 90s, best years of my life!

  21. Tom the Taxi driver about to make a video filled with lies and misinformation

  22. I would love for this to happen in Greenwich town centre, the pavements are so narrow, it gets so busy, it’s so twisty and turny and you have to cross the road several times to get to places sometimes.

  23. Most European cities have streets like this probably for over a hundred years now. I’d guess maybe the UK used to have them too, but through bad city planning and governments policies they have disappeared. But really it’s a no brainer, because it’s a great place to socialise and have fun, or just have a walk.

  24. Hope this stays. Camden is absolutely a walking district rather than a through road.

  25. I’ll still avoid that section like the plague and take the backstreet, but I passed by yesterday and they do have a huge barrier arm there which is good. Traffic was a bit heavy, but I don’t really understand why since most of those cars wouldn’t be going straight anyway. (There was construction on KTown Rd so I imagine it was that).

  26. Great, now remove all those shit shops selling fake designers and we are golden!

  27. No reason for it, nothing there but crap shops selling mass produced, chinese-imported tat and drug dealers

  28. They should have done this AGES AGO. Camden is so busy, the pavements are rammed and driving down that road is genuinely terrifying

  30. It’s an affront to God if every street in every city isn’t jammed full of cars /s

  31. Oh no! Those poor businesses are losing business due to lack of parking space!

  33. Exciting! I’m happy for you all and how this makes a more pleasant environment. I wish i lived in london still to visit it

  35. It’s great when the sun is out. Now show this in the middle of winter.

  36. It’s a 2 fold. For me and many others who take the buses to go home, it will be a nightmare getting home from work, because the bus that I take goes along that road. So the diversions and delays would be much longer, especially since there is about 4 buses that go along the road.

    But it being pedestrianised would be good to see in practise and easy to walk along. As someone who goes to camden occasionally

  37. They should have closed that section all the way to the rail bridge/canal. It’s better than nothing though. The place is still full of shitty shops though so not exactly a pleasant place to walk through. I prefer king cross, at least it’s kept clean.

  38. The Camden pedestrianisations are innocent!!!

    Free the Camden pedestrianisations!!

    Justice for the Camden 40,000* NOW!!

    (*Estimated)

  39. This and Oxford St should’ve happened in time for the 2012 Olympics.

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