Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction Scheme All Responses 2485

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeAll
Responses - 2485
2565 Questionnaires returned 80 no address /
outside area Database of 2485 15 sample

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeExcluding
Duplicate Responses - 2254
304 Addresses with multiple responses 104 with
different responses 200 with same response

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction
SchemeResidents/Business Responses
236 Businesses 2162 Households 87 Not
identified
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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction Scheme Option
Summary

• Option 2 most favoured
• Over 50 in favour of options 1 2
• Two out of three against options 3 4
• Removing duplicate responses gives very similar
  results
• More businesses shops against options 3 4
  than residents

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeRanking-
All Responses
Different ways of ranking are all valid Opt 2
most favoured by 25 Opt 1 most favoured
by 20 Opts 1 2 favoured by 50 Opt 4
least favoured by 45 Opt 3 not favoured
by 47
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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeRanking -
1,2,3,4,5
Similar to all responses Do nothing does not
have widespread support
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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeStreet
Analysis
Streets with more than 50 in favour of 1 or 2
- RED More than 50 in favour of 3 or 4 -
BLUE Streets with more than 10 responses

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemePeak Hour
Flows Exceed 300 VPH
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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction SchemeStreets
Exceeding 300 VPH in Peak Hours Responses - 1079
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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction Scheme- Heavily
Trafficked Streets

• Responses more evenly balanced
• Majority support for closures in some streets
• Some streets evenly balanced
• No overall support for any option
• Option 2 has most support 46

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction Scheme- Comments
on Questionnaires

• Residents - 3300 comments
• Against road closures
• Other calming measures
• Diverted traffic
• In favour of closures
• Loss of access
• Safety
• Existing situation acceptable

• Businesses 350 comments
• Against road closures
• Loss of access
• Other calming measures
• Additional letters
• 260 against 3 4
• 40 against 1 2

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Barnsbury Area Traffic Reduction Scheme -
Statutory Consultees Preferences

• Fire, Police, Ambulance Option 2
• Transport for London - Option 1 or 2
• Street Management/ Buses
• Camden Officers - Option 1 or 2
• Taxi Drivers - Do nothing, 1 or 2
• Post Office - Do nothing

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Conclusions Recommendations

• Clearly more support for calming than closures
• Scheme should be based on 20mph zone supplemented
  with signals and chicanes
• Implemented experimentally and subject to monitor
  review
• Should scheme not meet peak hour traffic
  reduction estimates, consider additional measures
• Additional measures would be subject to
  additional consultation
• Consistent with incremental approach