Transport for London’s harebrained "no-left-turn" at the Camden Street/Camden Road junction, will create even more preventable premature deaths through longer congested routes say residents.

This would run completely contrary to Camden’s long-established policy of removing through-traffic from small residential streets. 

TfL say their plan "will impact only a small number of vehicles, which will redistribute over a wider area, making the impact on individual roads relatively small". In reality, it will creat congestion and extra pollution caused by longer routes through the area.

Drivers finding they can’t turn left at the junction will consult their sat-navs for the shortest alternatives. All the alternatives are narrow residential streets, where the impact will be considerable. 

As for "a small number of vehicles"… at peak times several hundred vehicles an hour, including heavy trucks, make this left turn.

This decision does seem even more ill-advised, given that the results of TfL’s own so-called "consultation" showed that out of the 249 respondents well over 200 were opposed to the no-left-turn proposal, while just three (yes, three!) were in favour.

As John Chamberlain from Camden Cycling Campaign points out, the proposal will also not be good for cyclists. Vehicles using the Bonny Street/Prowse Place/Jeffreys Street route will have to cross two bike lanes in Royal College Street; those using Georgiana Street will join Royal College Street further south, crossing that bike lane and adding to already considerable congestion.

Neither of these junctions have traffic lights; installing them would increase the bus-journey times that TfL claim to be so anxious to protect.

Let’s be clear: we fully support TfL’s proposal of a north-south controlled pedestrian crossing on the east side of the junction. This is undoubtedly needed. But the obvious solution would be to install a left-turn filter phase to the traffic lights in Camden Street. True, this might slow journey times along Camden Road, but only marginally.

A final question. For a proposal of this kind, TfL are required to carry out an impact survey to evaluate its likely effect on noise, pollution, safety, congestion, structure of houses, etc. Have they done so, and if they have, where are the results? If they haven’t, why not?

TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT: 

Another TfL/Camden Council scheme that will see major traffic having to take longer routes around the borough causing congestion to smaller streets which will cause more emissions and more pollution. 

Will the Mayor and TfL's VisionZero be rolled out in spite of the fact that it will cause even more premature deaths through the avoidable excessive 'Toxic Air' creation. 

TfL's recent consultation on plans to ban the left turn at the Camden Street, Junction with Camden Road, showed a clear opposition.... GLA councillor Andrew Dismore asked the Mayor the question at MQT at City Hall on the 9th of December why are TfL still going ahead with the scheme in light of this opposition?

So far, there has been no answer from the Mayor!

The consultation showed a clear majority of opposition to this harebrained scheme.....Will TfL just ignore???

As we’ve seen in the past, TfL have a history of ignoring local residents.