Low traffic neighbourhood reduces congestion - not

It's all part of the plan. 'Encourage' drivers out of their personal vehicles and on to public transport.
 
Around here B'ham enormous flower pots are appearing which completely block one end of a road. They leave space for a push bike maybe motor types too. They don't cost much.

Kings Heath - wow. Even reducing road access to a Lidl car park by road blocking. Some shops including a furniture one, get there by car even on unbusy streets - forget it. Traffic being forced on one of our worst arterial roads. Fact is things were not that good before this was done. That needs to be considered and this particular area is a bit extreme, There is some car parking but as usual it can be full.
 
ajohn said:
Around here B'ham enormous flower pots are appearing which completely block one end of a road. They leave space for a push bike maybe motor types too. They don't cost much.

Kings Heath - wow. Even reducing road access to a Lidl car park by road blocking. Some shops including a furniture one, get there by car even on unbusy streets - forget it. Traffic being forced on one of our worst arterial roads. Fact is things were not that good before this was done. That needs to be considered and this particular area is a bit extreme, There is some car parking but as usual it can be full.
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Do you mean it's now impossible to park beside the Lidl?
 
diy_fun_uk said:
Do you mean it's now impossible to park beside the Lidl?
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No they have their own car park, pretty big one. A side road did run right past the entrance but one end has been blocked which means the only way into it is the main arterial road that runs right through Kings Heath centre which often gets very busy. It took so long when we used it I thought never again. I use one at the Maypole or the one in Redditch ;) might fancy a walk in Arrow Valley park or due to our dog food coming from that area.
 
JP_ said:
Sounds like the problem is the low traffic thing is not working if there is too much traffic?
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In the area I live in I'm not sure why they have added these huge flower pots to a few roads. If loads of people were using them for shot cuts I'd understand but they didn't. I'd say the impact on the traffic on more used roads is marginal. Maybe usage was building up. Kings Heath for some reason has been messing with traffic flow for years. Some ok some people would wonder about.

Arterial roads. ;)Didn't know how else to describe them. Roads that were built yonks ago in the past that carry people in from outlying areas. Worst in peak hours, mix of visiting and work related.
 
its basic queuing theory. I don't know why it's so hard for the local government to get their heads around. Lots of people need to drive for work. We aren't all lucky enough to work from home or cycle to the office. If you make it hard, they wont stop driving, it's not a choice. it just gets hard.

Why should a road that one person lives on be declared a traffic free zone at the expense of another road where someone else lives?
 
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