The Anonymous Widower

Tottenham Court Road To Be Transformed

It has been announced and reported here, that the Tottenham Court Road area of London is to be transformed. Here’s the first two paragraphs from the BBC article.

Tottenham Court Road will be reserved for buses and bicycles only during daylight hours from Monday to Saturday.

Camden Council wants to make the central London street safer and boost business ahead of the opening of a new Crossrail station in 2018.

I like the idea, but will everybody else?

I’m sure that it won’t be popular with taxi drivers, as how will they drop well-heeled customers at Heals?

I have a feeling that Crossrail and Thameslink could be the key to making this scheme work? I’ve not seen any figures, but how many people will switch to the trains rather than drive in London, when the two railways open around 2018. If the switch is quite substantial, then cars in London will drop and this will speed up the buses.

We live in interesting times.

June 8, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Buses, Crossrail, Cycling, London