| Topic: | Ideas so far - no such thing as a bad idea except ... | |
| Posted by: | Paul Campbell | |
| Date/Time: | 04/06/19 09:08:00 |
| So we've got some ideas now from radical and likely to make a significant difference to more conservative and incremental. Increments are good though because they can aggregate into something that makes a bigger difference. Forgive me Andrew but I have left out joined-up strategy for TfL because I am unfamiliar with the governance structure there and so cannot presume its absence despite what you may see as evidence of it. The tally in my order from most to least radical(next version can add a feasibility dimension): 1. Road pricing 2. 4-day working week 3. Regulating apps like Waze 4. Filtered permeability for residential streets 5. Halting developments and construction in LBH 6. Creating more cycle paths to make alternative local transport viable for more people 7. Those who can choosing alternative transport for local journeys (I think Andrew and I have a different view of what constitutes expensive - clue: I don't see many Uber drivers in Astons or Discoverys) 8. Cargo bike delivery schemes (yes the catering trade is well serviced but others are not and if such a scheme is demonstrably beneficial for Castelnau traders who rely on car deliveries to customers in Hammersmith and Fulham then it is not a leap to imagine them benefiting businesses in Chiswick) 9. Rickshaw taxi services (good for the bridge but perhaps less relevant and practical in W4) And then there are questionable ideas. These are the ones that arguably may have merit in solving other problems but do not help with solving the immediate problem of traffic congestion in Chiswick: a. Creating more car parking spaces in the vicinity of Chiswick High Road (attracts more cars to the area, not helpful for this problem of alleviating localised traffic congestion) b. Complaining about CS9 (cathartic no doubt but clearly not going to alleviate the traffic congestion in the short term) c. Complaining about the bridge being closed to motor vehicles - this is just a fact. It will take three years to repair the bridge and make it structurally safe for motor vehicles. We have to accept this, move on and be thankful that we do not live in Italy. |