TfL and the Mayor have announced a consultation today on walking and cycling improvements in Kensington & Chelsea across four neighbourhoods.
The schemes include 3.8km of protected cycle route and pedestrian improvements to reduce motor traffic dominance and make Wood Lane and White City, Shepherd’s Bush, Holland Park and Notting Hill Gate far nicer places to not just walk and cycle, but also live, shop, work, study and linger.
These schemes clearly represent a major leap forward not just in making west London nicer, but also in providing for cycling and walking and residents in Kensington & Chelsea.
Cycle tracks in Kensington & Chelsea, not Westminster
The cycling element of the scheme (“two-way segregated cycle track throughout”) would connect at one end to the current work on the A40 establishing a cycle route all the way to Acton in west London, but at the other end it currently isn’t set to reach even a paltry 120m into Westminster to get to the edge of Kensington Gardens, much less go a further 1.2km along Bayswater Road to directly reach cycle tracks at Lancaster Gate that would fully connect the route to the East-West Cycle Superhighway CS3.
Neighbourhood improvements
TfL says the scheme also provides: “upgrades to public spaces, creating more welcoming streets for people to spend time in and enjoy; new and upgraded pedestrian crossings; a new two-way segregated cycle track throughout, which will keep people cycling separated from motor traffic; some side roads entry or exit only to help the safe and timely movement of traffic; changes to some bus stop locations and new bus stop bypasses for people cycling.”
TfL walking & cycling scheme in Kensington & Chelsea – LCC
TfL and the Mayor have announced a consultation today on walking and cycling improvements in Kensington & Chelsea across four neighbourhoods. The schemes include 3.8km of protected cycle route and pedestrian improvements to reduce motor traffic dominance and make Wood Lane and White City, Shepherd’s Bush, Holland Park and Notting Hill Gate far nicer places… [Read More]
