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Reported anonymously at 11:45, Tue 10 September 2019
Sent to Westminster City Council 4 minutes later. FixMyStreet ref: 1762504.
Westminster City Council
RECURRING TRAFFIC CHAOS ON BAKER STREET
10.09.2019 - ca 4pm rush hour - Traffic lights were stuck on red for over 7 mins at a time.
The traffic light has endangered the many motorists and pedestrians that use the road, including school children of nearby schools.
Fulfil the promises made during the Baker Street Two Way consultation.
"Westminster Cabinet Member approved to undertake Baker Street Two Way Post-implementation monitoring strategy.
Throughout the construction and implementation of the Baker Street Two Way scheme (BS2W), and for at least 6 months following opening, there will be regular and in some cases continuous monitoring of conditions across the area to ensure that: • the Baker Street Two Way scheme is delivered with minimal disruption to residents, businesses and visitors to the area; • the Baker Street Two Way scheme, post-implementation, operates broadly as expected and does not give rise to significant traffic impact, especially high levels of inappropriate vehicle rat-running on local roads (which was a concern for a number of previous consultees); • if significant and unexpected traffic impact occurs, then suitable mitigation measures are identified and implemented. This monitoring strategy would also help to assess the impact of the proposed measures and the success of the BS2W scheme against the stated objectives. This will be achieved through: • a variety of dynamic and CCTV traffic monitoring, traffic surveys and other data gathering, assessment and review; • regular liaison meetings with amenity and resident groups and key stakeholders; Over the next couple of years, there are likely to be changes to traffic patterns across the roads of central London as a consequence of the building and implementation of other major transport infrastructure initiatives, such as the Mayor of London’s Cycle Superhighways and the West End Project (Tottenham Court Road Two Way). Because of this, it will be essential to gather traffic data that accounts for these changes, so that any impacts of the BS2W project can be assessed independently. To account for as many changes leading up to the start of BS2W works as possible, new data gathering will be carried out just before the works start, and then again at a suitable moment after the scheme is opened, following an appropriate settling-in period. The monitoring strategy will comprise the following: - Continuous dynamic traffic management using CCTV and the TfL Urban Traffic Control ‘SCOOT’ system, to ensure that traffic congestion is avoided as far as possible;"
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