Traffic to be banned from London's Bank junction

First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction

On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:

First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.
"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."
http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction

Traffic is not "banned" from Times Square.

The "square" is bounded on four sides by throughfares and the are has a
couiple of strets which pass through it W-E.

Only the non-grid Broadway is closed to traffic (for five blocks)
through the immediate area.

7th Avenue (as well as 6th and 8th) is open to traffic, as are every one
of the streets in the area (approximately W 45th to W 48th).

It will be interesting to see whether this (London) report is in any way
accurate, and if there is any truth in it, the route over which the A40
may be alternatively routed. There is no obvious alternative which will
not be congested.

On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction


The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.

On Monday, 26 October 2015 18:36:44 UTC, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction


The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.

I think there is also a wish to reduce air and noise pollution.

On 26/10/2015 18:36, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and
dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee
of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a
construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction
making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month
period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor
Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works
it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction



The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.

Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

Wrong as always.
Identify the hazard.
To think that you used to work for BP!

On 26/10/2015 18:47, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 26 October 2015 18:36:44 UTC, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction


The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.

I think there is also a wish to reduce air and noise pollution.


If that is the goal why not raise the congestion charge?

On 26/10/2015 18:36, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and
dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee
of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a
construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction
making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month
period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor
Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works
it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction



The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.


If all bicycles were banned it would solve all those deaths and not
inconvenience the vast majority of people.

On Monday, 26 October 2015 19:23:10 UTC, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 18:47, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 26 October 2015 18:36:44 UTC, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a 12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction


The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV usage
on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the rush hour.

And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.

I think there is also a wish to reduce air and noise pollution.


If that is the goal why not raise the congestion charge?

There will still be a few people that don't care about the charge or the noise/air quality, however much it is.

Mrcheerful wrote:
On 26/10/2015 18:36, Nick wrote:
On 26/10/2015 16:13, Alycidon wrote:
First rule of hazard control - REMOVE the hazard.
Well done - a sensible first step.

QUOTE:
"The busy six-way junction is a blight on the City, polluted and
dangerous, it was the site of the death of Ying Tao, a young
employee of PricewaterhouseCoopers, in June this year. She was
crushed by a construction HGV.

"The Corporation has plans to remove through traffic from the
junction making it more friendly to pedestrians and cyclists for a
12-month period in order to test the proposition in the way that
Mayor Bloomberg did in New York's Times Square," he continued. "If
it works it will be made permanent."

http://road.cc/content/news/169802-t...-bank-junction



The cyclist who was killed there recently was killed by a HGV.

Perhaps rather than banning all cars it would be better to ban HGV
usage on certain junctions all of the time and completely during the
rush hour. And a 20 mph limit for all vehicles.


If all bicycles were banned it would solve all those deaths and not
inconvenience the vast majority of people.

The stupid minority seem to want the life blood of a nation thinning down.
All because they ride a bloody bicycle.
Stupid wants as stupid rides.