A huge thank you to everyone who made suggestions and comments on our Safer Streets Commonplace map. We had over 1500 comments which we are using to explore more places where we can respond to the challenge of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on our streets. We are focusing on:
Pavement widening – to tackle physical distancing needs, promoting local high street use and supporting reopening businesses
Restricting through traffic on residential streets and creating low traffic neighbourhoods – to tackle rat running and safety issues, making streets safer and quieter and encouraging walking and cycling
Cycling improvements – to respond to the increase in people cycling locally
Healthy School Streets – to tackle the change in the way people are travelling and encourage walking, cycling and scooting over car use
Working with Partners – like Transport for London to jointly deliver cycle and pavement widening schemes
Using the information you have provided and working with local stakeholders we have been making a series of safety-based changes to streets in Camden in addition to completing a number of our existing schemes to benefit pedestrians and cyclists. Since the lockdown period started towards the end of March, this has included:
We have widened pavements at 6 busy locations to make it easier for pedestrians to keep apart from others while shopping and visiting local green spaces and NHS sites. This includes: Camden High Street, Chetwynd Rd, Hampstead High St, Kentish Town Rd, Kilburn High Rd, Millfield Lane and Well Walk
We have restricted through traffic on residential streets making them safer and quieter, by introducing a mixture of bollards and signage in 10 locations so far across Camden including Constantine Road, Savernake Road, Sandall Road, Wilmot Place, Clarence Way, Hartland Road and Red Lion Street.
We are improving existing cycle facilities like at Goods Way where we added bollards to separate cyclists from traffic. We are adding new pop up cycle lanes like at York Way and Prince of Wales Road, and providing new cycle storage locations and a network of dockless bike hire bay all across Camden.
We are continuing work on existing schemes – including completing four new cycle permeability schemes, providing new cut-throughs as well as exemptions for cycles on one-way streets to improve cycling access on Gaisford Street, Grove End/Chetwynd Road, Dartmouth Park Road/Grove Terrace and Mornington Terrace south
We are continuing to deliver transformational walking and cycling schemes like those at Camden Park Road, Brunswick Square and Tufnell Park junction and the West End Project. Where we can, we are fast tracking sschemes which are specifically delivering cycling and pedestrian improvements such as Gray’s Inn Road where construction will start this September.
This is just the start of the changes we are looking to make with more locations based on your suggestions being explored.
Camden Safe Travel