A new building is under construction at 100 Tottenham Court Road (larger orange shape) and another on Tottenham Mews (smaller orange shape).
Camden has secured funding from the developer of both sites for the provision of public realm improvements near to both the sites
The measures proposed for Phase 1 include:
- Junction improvements including continuous footways at:
Whitfield Street / Howland Street,
Howland Street / Howland Mews East,
and Tottenham Mews / Tottenham Street.
- Footway widening in:
Whitfield Street, Howland Street, and Tottenham Mews (to include removing car parking to make room for rain gardens)
- Cycling:
Between Howland Street and Maple Street there is a short length of advisory cycle lane; this is to be replaced by a longer 1.5 mandatory lane (not as far as Maple Street)
New cycle parking stands on Whitfield Street and Tottenham Mews
- Two new parking bays for electric vehicles.
Notes:
It is time for two-way cycling to be introduced right through Tottenham Street (red line)
The Whitfield Street contraflow is …
Consultation on Camden’s website
https://consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-communities/fitzrovia1/
Drawings here
Click to access Public%20consultation%20dwgs%20May%202024.pdf
CCC’s response
CCC Response to Fitzrovia Area Safe and Healthy Streets – Phase 1 Consultation
Decision
https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4388
CCC said:
The proposal is to replace a short length of advisory cycle lane by a longer 1.5 m mandatory lane (not going as far as Maple Street).
We agree that this entry treatment should be at least 1.5m wide and mandatory. But it is unclear whether a longer cycle lane is needed. Camden’s usual practice was established around 2012 when the contraflows in Whitfield Street and Fitzroy Street were put in. That is: the implementation is ‘lightweight’ in that it is done using signs and road markings; separation by a kerb or a continuous white line is not considered necessary in roads with low traffic speeds and flows.
We therefore suggest that the entry treatment be improved but that the cycle lane should not be extended. In this road with low traffic levels, there is no need for cycles to stay within 1.5m of the kerb and our experience of lane markings is that they may encourage drivers to pass closer to cycles than they would without markings.
Camden’s response was:
A stakeholder consultation response identified that painted mandatory cycle lanes are less safe than physically segregated lanes. Evidence?
After consideration of the design, and space provided to each element of the scheme on Whitfield Street, and understanding the impacts on cyclists and pedestrian safety, the proposed painted mandatory cycle lane would be amended to a physically segregated cycle lane on Whitfield Street only in the part where the pavement widening is proposed. Thereafter on Whitfield Street (northbound) until the junction with Maple Street, the cycle lane would be amended to a painted mandatory cycle lane as proposed. How can a kerb be needed in one place but not in another? How does a kerb improve pedestrian safety?
and
5.9. The primary concerns raised regarding the proposed scheme, during the consultation, were:
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• that a painted demarcation of the cycle lane on Whitfield Street would not be enough and may be dangerous for cyclists. Says who?Maps say: WIDTH OF EXISTING CONTRA-FLOW MANDATORY CYCLE LANE TO BE INCREASED TO HAVE A WIDTH OF 1.5m AND BECOME POLICY COMPLIANT. Does Camden have a new policy that all contraflow lanes must be kerb-separated? It goes against the idea that roads should have motor traffic reduced so that segregated lanes are not needed.
