Stonebridge pedestrians and cyclists are fed up with a so-called 'temporary' and uninviting footpath

Stonebridge pedestrians and cyclists are fed up with a so-called 'temporary' and uninviting footpath, that has now existed for several years. 

They have produced these images of the site, just south of the North Circular Road's Ace Cafe, and have asked Wembley Matters to publish it.

 

 

Cabinet approves Wembley Park-Harrow Weald Cycling Quietway

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The Brent Cabinet has approved the Wembley Park to Harrow Weald Quietway (purple on map) for cyclists to go forward for detailed design and consultation.

The plans also contains possible spurs to Wembley Central and along Churchill  Road to Kenton Road. The Council claims that the route will contain improvements for pedestrians as well as cyclists.

A spokesperson for Brent Cyclists said:

This could be a good thing for cycling, depending very much on the detailed design, which we expect to be given input into. 

Cycle routes on narrow, heavily parked, residential roads, as proposed here, can only attract new cyclists if they are really low-traffic, and this can only be achieved with 'mode filtering', whereby only cyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles can use the road from end to end (while still allowing motor vehicle access to all properties). 

In the case of the route suggested here, certainly Brook Avenue and Draycott Avenue, which are quite busy roads, and possibly others, would need mode filtering for a satisfactory Quietway route to be achieved.