| Topic: | Re:Rivercourt Road restrictions | |
| Posted by: | Jeremy Parkinson | |
| Date/Time: | 21/11/24 16:35:00 |
| Slightly surprised to see Hammersmith & Fulham introduce this now. When it was discussed before there had been a lot of nasty injuries to cyclists at these two junction but it was my understanding that, for the last 12 months or so, this problem seemed to have resolved itself. At the time it was argued that although this would move the point at which going to and from the A4 cross the Cycleway to the Dukes Avenue and Chiswick Lane junctions, this was okay because they were signalised. Recent events might indicate this is complacent. 80% of traffic is not cutting through the borough but presumably H&F have done some sort of number place analysis which shows that 80% are not registered there. The reality is that your final destination if you are cutting up Rivercourt Road is likely to be Hammersmith. If the number of locally owned vehicles is much higher than this and if delivery companies can get a group exemption, changing such a narrow road to two way operation is likely to go badly wrong. It will be interesting to see how Hounslow responds to this as a lot of this traffic will now go up Dukes Avenue and Chiswick Lane. The latter is already experiencing much increased congestion and reduced bus times. Tit for tat access restrictions might result. Another reason I believed that they wouldn't go ahead with this is the collision risk from a vehicle stopping sharply after turning off the A4 and realising they would get a fine. H&F seem to have tried to deal with this by introducing a turning circle and two way operation but that still seems likely to result many vehicles needing to stop very suddenly in the left had lane of the A4. |