| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | |
| Posted by: | Andy Jones | |
| Date/Time: | 11/10/18 14:23:00 |
| 'There is strong evidence to show that pedestrians and cyclists spend more than people arriving by cars' I have seen studies that claim this is the case mainly in justification of a reduction of parking provision but it remains an inescapable fact that if you are buying more than you will carry you will probably drive. Shops that sell things that you can't easily carry will suffer disproportionately and a decline in parking provision is probably one reason why our high streets have so many coffee shops, mobile phone shops and estate agents. Not owning a car doesn't mean you don't benefit or are not responsible for traffic in the area you live. You will be generating extra deliveries every time you buy something and extra vehicle journeys every time you order a service. I own a car but I would estimate that over 90% of the road journeys my existence generates are ones in which I am not in the vehicle. Therefore it is impossible to divide the population into groups that do and don't benefit from the existence of motorised transport. With Ealing it is important to distinguish the two types of traffic we have. Most vehicle movements in the area are passing through using the Uxbridge Road. Local policy isn't likely to make much difference here but the ULEZ is going to bring about a significant reduction in traffic as poorer motorists with older cars are priced out. Local traffic is less of a problem and I don't think squeezing parking space to reduce it is an effective solution. A significant proportion of people do need to use their car to get to the shops, business diversity in the main shopping centre will be hit and those that do need to drive to shop will just drive further so you will be generating more traffic. Encouraging cycling can help but only at the edges really. The modal shifts it encourages are generally from either walking or public transport. I've taken up cycling again recently encouraged by Mobike in my area but in substitution for journeys I used to walk. Totally segregated cycling is impossible there will always be junctions and junctions are where the greatest risks occur. While we must do everything we can to reduce accidents we will probably never get to zero on the Uxbridge Road with the technologies we currently have. The only proven way to make a city more liveable is better and cheaper public transport. We are certainly going to get the latter in Ealing over the next decade and this should bring substantial improvements but for the foreseeable future we are going to have to live with a heavily trafficked and not entirely danger free road running through the centre of town. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 27/09/18 10:44:00 | Arthur Breens |
| Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 02/10/18 17:20:00 | Mark Walker |
| Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 03/10/18 18:26:00 | Arthur Breens |
| Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 09:25:00 | Darren Moore |
| Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 11:59:00 | Paul James |
| Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 12:30:00 | Ben Owen |
| Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 14:23:00 | Mark Kehoe |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 14:33:00 | Paul James |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 12/10/18 09:24:00 | Darren Moore |
| Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 14:23:00 | Andy Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 11/10/18 14:29:00 | Paul James |
| We need the tram | 11/10/18 16:56:00 | Mark Julian Raymond |
| Re:We need the tram | 11/10/18 20:19:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:We need the tram | 11/10/18 23:05:00 | Mark Julian Raymond |
| Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 11/10/18 23:10:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 11/10/18 23:30:00 | Mark Julian Raymond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 12/10/18 06:54:00 | Nicholas Beard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 12/10/18 09:35:00 | Mark Kehoe |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 12/10/18 19:54:00 | Mark Julian Raymond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:We need the tram | 12/10/18 19:59:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Traffic counts | 12/10/18 10:34:00 | Andy Jones |
| Reply | 13/10/18 08:35:00 | Dennis O'Shea |
| Re:Reply | 13/10/18 20:24:00 | Philip Coe |
| Reply | 14/10/18 10:15:00 | Dennis O'Shea |
| Re:Reply | 16/10/18 09:51:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Reply | 16/10/18 11:07:00 | Dennis O'Shea |
| Re:Reply | 17/10/18 10:36:00 | Paul James |
| Re:Re:Reply | 17/10/18 11:19:00 | Arthur Breens |
| Oil production has methane gas byproduct which is 20 times worse than carbon dioxide as greenhouse gas | 17/10/18 12:01:00 | Mark Julian Raymond |
| Buses and pollution | 17/10/18 17:24:00 | Andy Jones |
| Re:Buses and pollution | 17/10/18 20:59:00 | Paul James |
| Re:Re:Buses and pollution | 18/10/18 08:20:00 | Andy Jones |