In 2022 we trialled traffic-reduction measures on & around Murray Street/Camden Square.
The results are in!
- Motor traffic on local streets AND main roads are down 54% & 17% respectively
- Cycling is up 11% on local streets
- NO2 levels are down at all 7 monitoring sites
Adam Harrison
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Labour councillor for Bloomsbury, London borough of Camden and cabinet member for a sustainable Camden. Fighting for a greener, fairer world! ๐ณ๐๐น
Joined July 2010
- Up to 40,000 people visit Camden High St at the same time ๐ฏ We're proposing a trial to pedestrianise the high street by Camden Town station ๐ We want to give more space to people ๐คธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป & support local business & the community๐ญ Have your say: consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-comโฆ
- Weโve taken the decision to make the Haverstock Hill walking & cycling scheme permanent ๐ -5 new ๐ถโโ๏ธcrossings -Safer segregated ๐ฒlanes -24hr bus lane on Rosslyn Hill -5 new benches -3 new disabled ๐bays The trial found: -Motor vehicle levels โฌ๏ธ17% -Cycling โฌ๏ธ32% -Air qualityโฌ๏ธ
- Excited to share plans for a more people-friendly Clerkenwell Road ๐ We're proposing: โ400m of segregated cycle lanes โchanges at important junctions such as with Gray's Inn Road and Rosebery Avenue โpedestrian, public realm and greening improvements consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-comโฆ
- Huge congratulations to @CllrSDixon who is going to be a brilliant @UKLabour candidate for Chester and I hope its MP on 1 December! Back on the doors tomorrow to make it a reality!
- Fantastic turnout for the launch of the campaign to re-elect @Keir_Starmer as MP for Holborn and St Pancras. "This next election could change the face of the country for good."
- Looks boring but this is the front sheet of a decision we took as @CamdenCouncil's Cabinet tonight. It instates cycle lanes both east and west along Tavistock Place, a key and growing route for #cycling in central London 1/2
- Gotta love how the Times literally ran a campaign to clean up our polluted air โ but then expresses its "fears" about ... measures to clean up our polluted air ๐ค
- Euston Rd has long been terrible & congested The new lanes are the only good thing TfL has done for it in decades They are not perfect but should be the start of a proper rejuvenation I am calling on @SadiqKhan @Heidi_LDN @willnorman to retain & improve them #SaveEustonRoadNEW: Euston Road bike lane will be removed, @TfL commissioner Andy Byford tells @LondonAssembly It was introduced to encourage cycling in the post-Covid recovery period but has been blamed for road congestion. Mr Byford says there is an "adjacent bike lane" that can be used.
- Replying to @AdamDKHarrisonThe pop-up cycle lanes are now in on Goodsway, in King's Cross. Check out the before and after โคต๏ธ #SafeTravel #Covid19UK
- We've made another 5 Healthy School Streets permanent! Trials at Argyle, Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Brookfield, Christopher Hatton & Kentish Town schools overall saw reduced traffic & better air quality We also widened pavements, put in 2-way cycling, new cycle parking at 3 schools
- ๐ฒ This wk @CamdenCouncil gave the go ahead to keep eastbound direction of traffic on Tavistock Plโ but also to upgrade the cycle lanes to stepped tracks, widen pavements & improve Byng Place. A big step forward! You can see the plans as consulted on here camden.gov.uk/torrington-tavโฆ
- Fantastic to win the Excellence in Cycling and Walking award at the #LondonTransportAwards. Tx to all the members of the @CamdenCouncil and @TfL teams who worked on the Judd Street-Midland Road cycle link โ providing safer cycling across Euston Rd and low traffic in Bloomsbury
- Took a walk around the newly low-traffic Seven Dials, Covent Garden, earlier. ๐ถโโ๏ธ It was great to see people relaxing and walking freely at the sundial in particular. โ๏ธ Spoke to a retailer who was glad of the reduced pollution+greater space given over to people๐ถ๐ฟโโ๏ธ๐ถ๐ปโโ๏ธ #SafeTravel





















