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B.
Detailed comments on the route through Ealing
C. Appendix
i)
Lane Width
ii)
Permeability Survey
B.
Detailed comments on the route through Ealing
The comments
below relate to TfL's West London Tram Project consultation design,
revision B.
S = Suggestion
Q = Question
Sheet 24
S. Jug handle near TA centre has a narrow angle of approach. Suggest
making this turn sharper to slow motor vehicles down, which will
make it safer for cyclists.
Q. How do cyclists coming from the west turn right into Beresford
Road?
Q. Can cyclists coming from the west turn right into Bankside? And
can cyclists coming out of Bankside turn right?
Sheet 25
S. Suggest providing cycle entry and exit to Ranelagh Road.
S. This is a general point regarding permeability. Ealing Council
are currently opening up one-way streets to two-way cycle flow.
It is likely that by the time the tram is built cyclists will be
exempt from many of the no entry signs along the route, and will
have contra-flow access on one-way streets. The tram plans should
make provision for this throughout the length of the route by providing
2-way access to cyclists on such streets. Examples here are Livingstone
Road and Ruskin Road
S. Consider putting the west-bound cycle lane behind the tram stop
at Ranelagh Road. The pavement here is very wide.
S. If the above isn’t possible, consider redesigning the short
length of cycle lane to the east of the tram stop. This forces cyclists
into the path of traffic at the tram stop. One option would be to
remove it completely, and instead encourage cyclists to take up
position in the centre of the tracks by the time they reach the
ASL to the East of the junction with Woodlands Road.
Sheet 26
Q. Can cyclists turn right out of, and into, Lancaster Road and
West End Road?
S. This is another general point. We suggest that the cycle lane
at stations doesn’t just stop, but is curved out to go around
the platforms, with appropriate signing for motor vehicles to give
way to cyclists. For instance this could help cyclists approaching
the tram stop at Hambrough Road where the west-bound cycle lane
stops suddenly.
S. Where Advanced Stop Lines are installed on the main carriageway
they could also be included on side roads, e.g. at Saxon Road, Dane
Road, etc.
Q. Can cyclists turn L and R out of Oswald Road.
Sheet 27
S. Consider ASL’s for cyclists at junction with South Road.
Q. Is the lane width at least 4.5 metres for the lanes either side
of the island at the junction with South Road?
Sheet 28
Q. North Road to Avenue Road. West-bound space for cyclists very
limited. Can it be made wider? At the moment it looks like cyclists
would need to ride in 4-foot to be safe.
Sheet 29
S. Not sure there’s any point to the west-bound cycle lane
on the north side of the Uxbridge Road. The cycle lane here is difficult
to access. Suggest re-designing with cycle lanes on the road.
S. Suggest providing cycle access into and out of Oakwood Ave.
S. Suggest providing cycle access into and out of Longford Ave.
Sheet 30
S. The narrow-lane dual-carriageway could be dangerous and intimidating
for cyclists. Suggest that the inside lanes are bus / cycle lanes,
or reduce the road to three lanes with cycle lanes.
Sheet 31
S. Would it be possible to provide a shorter option than the jug-handle
for cyclists coming from the east wishing to turn north? One option
may be to push a cycle lane through the new tunnel alongside the
tram route.
S. Cyclists heading east past Greenford Road are put in a vulnerable
position. Consider putting in east-bound cycle lane and sharpen
turning into Greenford Road to slow down motor vehicles, or provide
another safer option.
S. The road through the tunnel has space for cycle lanes. Suggest
putting them in, and making the turning into the jug-handle sharper
to slow down motorists.
S. Suggest providing cycle lane through new tunnel alongside tram
tracks for cyclists coming from Greenford Road turning east onto
the Uxbridge Road.
Sheet 32
S. Provide a shorter option for cyclists than the jug handle.
S. Existing cycle paths from the south (Halliday Square and Alderson
Place), need access to road.
Sheet 33
Q. Are east and west stop lanes at Ealing Hospital wide enough (7.5m)?
Sheet 34
Q. Crossing angle over tram tracks near Hanwell Bridge looks very
narrow. Is it safe?
Q. East-bound bike lane disappears again at tram stop. Can safe
provision be provided?
S. Between tram stops and Boston Road there is space to put an east-bound
cycle lane if the tram tracks are moved south.
Sheet 35
Q. Where do west-bound cyclists go at tram stop? Is there space
for them behind stop?
Sheet 36
Q. Tram stops look good. Can cyclists turn right out of Michael
Gaynor Place?
Q. Can west-bound cyclists turn right into Eccleston Road, and east-bound
cyclists turn right into Coldershaw Road?
Sheet 37
Q. Is it possible to turn right out of Leeland Road?
Sheet 38
S. Cyclists come down Bedford Road and turn right. This is a useful
route from Waitrose to the residential area south of West Ealing.
Would it be possible to make provision for this, so cyclists can
avoid busy Drayton Green Road.
Q. Any chance of a west-bound cycle lane between Broomfield Rd and
Northfield Avenue? The pavement here is very wide.
Sheet 39
S. The cycle lane behind the tram stop could be the favoured option
for west-bound cyclists going straight on along the Uxbridge Road.
It would be worth considering a filter light or a continuous cycle
lane to allow cyclists to rejoin the Uxbridge Road without having
to stop.
Sheet 40
S. Barnes Pikle (a north-south route to the south of the town hall),
is heavily used by cyclists (despite cycling being banned). Suggest
monitoring this when you carry out the cycle audit, and consider
legalising cycling along it and making provision for it to join
the Uxbridge Road, and perhaps cross it with a Toucan crossing.
Sheet 41
S. There is a major need for west-bound cyclists to be able to turn
right up Spring Bridge Road. Suggest making provision for this.
Q. The current layout draws west-bound cyclists into turning left
into High Street. Is there any way the design can be changed to
help west-bound cyclists wishing to carry straight on?
S. If bribery were allowed we’d offer a bottle of Single Malt
to anyone who can push a north bound cycle route up Ealing Broadway
from the Uxbridge Road, past the station, to Madeley Road. This
is a long standing dream of Ealing cyclists, and has been top of
our wish list for the last decade. It would open up access to the
station for cyclists coming from the south and north.
N.B. This is a proposed cycle route in Ealing’s new UDP
Sheet 42
Q. Will it be possible for cyclists coming from the west to turn
right into Florence Rd?
Q. Will cyclists coming from the west be able to turn right into
The Common?
Q. Will it be possible for cyclists from the east to turn into North
Common Rd.?
Sheet 43
S. We like the tram stop on the west-bound carriageway. We suggest
– if at all possible, that the same is done with the east-bound
tram stop so that the eastbound cycle path is continuous.
Q. Not marked on the map is a cycle path that joins the Uxbridge
Road in the middle of Ealing Common. What provision is there for
cyclists turning right from this cycle path, or right onto it.
S. There are / were plans for putting a cycle path alongside the
North Circular Road. If these are still going ahead, it would be
worth looking at how they connect with the LCN+ route along the
Uxbridge Rd.
S. On the North East of Ealing Common, a slip road comes off Hanger
Lane. Several cyclists have been hit by cars turning left into the
Uxbridge Rd. Suggest making this a tighter turning to slow down
motor vehicles.
Q. Will cyclists from the east be able to turn right into this Hanger
Lane slip road?
Sheet 44
S. The tram stops at Ealing Common are likely to have trams stopped
at them for up to 1 minute. This is a long time to expect a cyclist
to wait. Suggest making provision for cyclists to get around tram
stopped here, to avoid less patient cyclists using the pavement.
Sheet 45
Q. We like the tram stops here. But is there any way cyclists coming
from King Edward’s Gardens can turn right?
Sheet 46
S. Suggest providing feeder lane and ASL at junction with Gunnersbury
Lane. There should be space as, at the moment, there is a right
turn lane here which will be removed.
Sheet 47
Q. Will cyclists be allowed in the tram/bus-lane corridor?
S. King Street cycle path is blocked by a tram stop. Suggest finding
a way to for cyclists to get through. One possibility is moving
the tram stop, another is diverting the cycle path via ‘The
Mount’ (not shown on map, but a cycle lane opposite Mill Hill
Grove).
Q. Will Church Street remain 2-way for cyclists?
Sheet 48
Q. How do cyclists get past the tram stops?
Sheet 49
Q. Are cyclists allowed through the ‘tram segregated from
other traffic’ section?
S. Suggest leaving Birkbeck Grove open for cyclists.
Sheet 50
Q. At the west-bound tram stop, can cyclists cross the tracks at
a safe angle?
This could be a particular problem when cyclists have to cross the
tracks in the middle of the junction with East Acton Lane.
Sheet 51
Q. At the junction with Askew Road, there is no right filter lane.
Does this mean that the lights will be phased differently from present.
Will this cause extra delay?
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