>Geoff Barraclough, cabinet member for planning and economic development at Westminster City Council, said the plans would create “a new network of public spaces”.
The guy who cancelled Oxford Street pedestrianisation, before Westminster Council is now finally being forced to by central government, and the guy who also cancelled Soho pedestrian plans which involved making it an LTN and pedestrianising a couple more streets.
And now he’s saying how great this is. I feel like the main priority of Westminster plans is to not effect cars as much as possible
Edit: now I’m not on a train I checked the details more and honestly it probably has things to help cars. Like removing the central island along Regent Street so cars can over take buses and taxis. That’s purely something to improve the road for cars at the expense of pedestrians.
A couple others are to help cars. A few are neutral. A couple that would help pedestrians are just “we’ll explore the idea of this”…. Then the one that gets the attention is pedestrianising Saint James, but why there? Like honestly ask a bunch of people which road should be pedestrianised in Westminster and that road wouldn’t make a single persons top 20 list, and yet here’s Westminster planning it now. Cars will travel on haymarket instead which will be made 2 way, haymarket so overly wide that it’ll probably barely effect cars especially since some light phases will be removed.
Annoying thing is that Westminster Council cancels plans like Oxford Street in the recent year because of its too, councillor Geoff Barraclough mentioned this reasoning himself, and yet here he is making plans probably around as expensive and praising it.
Like imagine pedestrianising Saint James’ with its ultra wide pavements with plenty of space for pedestrians and only a couple of places to stop and eat along it, but then saying we shouldn’t pedestrianise streets in soho which are very narrow and lined with cafes and restraunts and people literally not able to fit on the pavement.
The plans feel like they’re mostly greenwashing. I know I might be sounding overly critical but it’s because there’s so much potential in Westminster, mainly the West End, and Westminster doesn’t do any of it. Oxford Street doesn’t count becuase theyre being forced to do that and they’re the ones who have blocked it for a decade.
Has anyone told the cabbies? They’re going to shit when they hear about this.
Oh wow buses getting screwed yet again. Closing off Coventry Street and Charles II Street while making Haymarket two-way will force more traffic on even less road space and create circuitous routes for key buses like the 453, 12 and 88 that will then have to compete with the 14, 19 and 38 on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Good. That’s all I have to say about that. Making these landmarks into pedestrianised spaces instead of smoggy loud traffic sewers is all good by me.
Im guessing supply lines /delivery logistics for shops are also factored in 🤔
We are bound to see an uptrend of electric ride ons such as unicycles, electric scooters and even skateboards/roller skates 😁
it’s starting…
Good. Do it.
Great. Why the hell do we allow their filth and noise around pedestrians?
Sounds good, pedestrianise the cunt and let’s see how it goes. It’s almost a guarantee that it won’t be worse than it is now. On the off chance that it is, just roll it back and try something else.
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Another positive step. Little by little we’re fixing this city. Shame it can’t happen faster though.
Buried in the article is a link to the consultation which I recommend everyone completes: https://futureofregentstreet.commonplace.is/
>Geoff Barraclough, cabinet member for planning and economic development at Westminster City Council, said the plans would create “a new network of public spaces”.
The guy who cancelled Oxford Street pedestrianisation, before Westminster Council is now finally being forced to by central government, and the guy who also cancelled Soho pedestrian plans which involved making it an LTN and pedestrianising a couple more streets.
And now he’s saying how great this is. I feel like the main priority of Westminster plans is to not effect cars as much as possible
Edit: now I’m not on a train I checked the details more and honestly it probably has things to help cars. Like removing the central island along Regent Street so cars can over take buses and taxis. That’s purely something to improve the road for cars at the expense of pedestrians.
A couple others are to help cars. A few are neutral. A couple that would help pedestrians are just “we’ll explore the idea of this”…. Then the one that gets the attention is pedestrianising Saint James, but why there? Like honestly ask a bunch of people which road should be pedestrianised in Westminster and that road wouldn’t make a single persons top 20 list, and yet here’s Westminster planning it now. Cars will travel on haymarket instead which will be made 2 way, haymarket so overly wide that it’ll probably barely effect cars especially since some light phases will be removed.
Annoying thing is that Westminster Council cancels plans like Oxford Street in the recent year because of its too, councillor Geoff Barraclough mentioned this reasoning himself, and yet here he is making plans probably around as expensive and praising it.
Like imagine pedestrianising Saint James’ with its ultra wide pavements with plenty of space for pedestrians and only a couple of places to stop and eat along it, but then saying we shouldn’t pedestrianise streets in soho which are very narrow and lined with cafes and restraunts and people literally not able to fit on the pavement.
The plans feel like they’re mostly greenwashing. I know I might be sounding overly critical but it’s because there’s so much potential in Westminster, mainly the West End, and Westminster doesn’t do any of it. Oxford Street doesn’t count becuase theyre being forced to do that and they’re the ones who have blocked it for a decade.
Has anyone told the cabbies? They’re going to shit when they hear about this.
Oh wow buses getting screwed yet again. Closing off Coventry Street and Charles II Street while making Haymarket two-way will force more traffic on even less road space and create circuitous routes for key buses like the 453, 12 and 88 that will then have to compete with the 14, 19 and 38 on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Good. That’s all I have to say about that. Making these landmarks into pedestrianised spaces instead of smoggy loud traffic sewers is all good by me.
Im guessing supply lines /delivery logistics for shops are also factored in 🤔
We are bound to see an uptrend of electric ride ons such as unicycles, electric scooters and even skateboards/roller skates 😁
it’s starting…
Good. Do it.
Great. Why the hell do we allow their filth and noise around pedestrians?
Sounds good, pedestrianise the cunt and let’s see how it goes. It’s almost a guarantee that it won’t be worse than it is now. On the off chance that it is, just roll it back and try something else.
Yesss please!
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