Parliament Sq is perhaps not as dangerous as other junctions however is a world heritage site with fine views however it would like being sat in a race track with traffic constantly circling you imagine how almost serene it would be with traffic halved. Perhaps it would be a nice place to picnic, have a wine etc instead its home to protesters a shambles really.
Am going to protest , its a show of soladarity more than anything , more bikes, more pressure, more discussion in media etc
Oh, I shall be there..but I just don't agree on the scheme.Trafalgar Sq had a similar change but you can still get to the same point (via a safer quieter route) that you could before the scheme. It was a no brainier as the section of road that they paved was pretty mush useless anyway. Whereas this scheme seems to make whole sections of St James unapproachable by car, bus or motorbike.
Perhaps if they paved the North section (end of Great George Street), but left the West as a vehicular road, that would help.
PS, traffic wouldn't be halved, nor serene...it would just be stationary, revving and beeping in fewer roads, while it crawled around the square. You don't reduce traffic with this type of scheme, you just move it elsewhere. Agreed that, this can deter a few drivers, but not a significant amount that "Have" to be there.
Sorry, I'm hijacking the thread.
I'll be there..good to show support and all that.
