| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick Riverside ward election result declared | |
| Posted by: | Francis Rowe | |
| Date/Time: | 22/05/26 09:57:00 |
| Michael, your ability to misunderstand someone's post and then argue the toss relentless based on this misconception is remarkable. To be clear, all I am saying is that based on a recent walk along Chiswick High Road at the weekend it seemed to be comparably busy with the peaks during the weekday. I am not claiming that this is proof that weekends are now always busier - it was just a one off observation. If you were to press me, I would say the gap could be narrowing as people adapt to the switch from Lime and Voi and Forest deliver more bikes to the area. They were certainly much more prevalent than I had noticed before. Quite why you, C9's loyalist supporter, would be so vehement in disputing this point which confirms the view that it is busy in the face of denials of that fact by people who hardly ever come to Chiswick, has me scratching my head. As for traffic patterns on the High Road, we have three pieces of key evidence on which to base any conclusions, the traffic surveys that you cite showing a fall in the number of cars on CHR, data from TfL showing average speeds are down and delays are up on CHR and data from TfL including its most recent annual report which shows that motor vehicle traffic across London is climbing back steadily to pre-pandemic levels. We don't really have good enough data on roads off CHR to show whether or not displacement is taking place but people familiar with Bath Road, Wellesley Road, Duke Road, Acton Lane, South Parade and others will tell you that it is. Of course you will dismiss this as being anecdote but for you view to be right it has to be assumed that traffic patterns in Chiswick are unique and we are seeing an overall fall as it rises in the rest of London. |