Camden are consulting on installing the 4th and 5th mobility hubs in Somers Town. Phase 1 consists of three hubs on Goldington Crescent, Cranleigh Street and Charrington Street. Consultation on them is complete but a decision has not yet been made. See here for details of phase 1.
Phase 2 consists of hubs on Chalton Street and Doric Way. Like Phase 1, these would include
- Cycle parking and storage with (potentially) bike maintenance stations
- e-bike and scooter parking
- Streetscape improvements including seating, drinking water, planting and rain gardens
- New bike hangars
and would involve removing some visitor and residents’ parking bays.
The Chalton Street hub would also include a shared e-cargo bike (subject to finding someone to monitor and charge it) and the market area would be moved closer to the Euston Road.
The Doric Way scheme would include two-way cycling (already approved, see here, under Maria Fidelis) and improvements to the Eversholt Street junction (continuous footway, entry treatment for contraflow cycle lane, no-parking and no-loading zones extended). It would also include a car club bay and a new raised Zebra crossing.
Later phases are planned, see the Camden website.
This is a significant step in reducing car dominance of the streets and facilitating active travel modes and it would be good to see significant support.
Consultation on Camden’s website
Details, including plans and the consultation response form, are at https://consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-communities/greenmobilityhubsphase2/
Some more background to Camden’s plans for mobility hubs is here
and here is a map showing the proposed locations (yellow dots).
CCC’s response
CCC Response to Consultation on Somers Town Green Mobility Hubs Phase 2
Decision in favour 14 March 2024
https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4247
