Southwark Cycling proposals TRRA Discussion Meeting SCST Pavilion 18 April 2015

Agenda The meeting purpose is to gather views from Turney residents regarding the proposed Quietway in Turney Road. Meeting Introductions Introduction to Southwark Cycling Initiative – Southwark Spine and Quietways. – What are Southwark Council's plans? – What is a cycling spine? – What is a quietway? – Where are they going to be? – What is the potential impact for residents? Views and feedback from residents on Quietways Green Spine initiative Any other business ?

Southwark Cycling Proposals Six interconnected principles: Principle 1: Stress free cycling Principle 2: Cycling as a priority Principle 3: Cycling for everyone Principle 4: Cycling for health and wellbeing Principle 5: Cycling as an investment Principle 6: As easy as walking Cycling for the many, not just the few; as easy as walking (Southwark Cycling Strategy : Nov 2014)

Southwark Cycling Strategy Southwark Spine cycle route – Elephant and Castle to Crystal Palace “Our first priority is to deliver a completely new, high capacity strategic cycling corridor with clear space for cycling, running the whole length of our borough. This will form the central spine of our network, linking the new north-south cycle superhighway to Dulwich and beyond and complementing the quietways. The route will be cohesive, direct, safe, attractive, comfortable and easy to navigate for all ages and abilities. It will be physically segregated in areas of heavy traffic or large vehicles, with different signals to prioritise cyclists at junctions. On streets with moderate traffic, and fewer large vehicles, the road layout, including parking, will be reallocated to provide for cycling and walking. On residential streets, traffic will be heavily calmed or designed out. Links through parks and open spaces will be direct and designed to avoid conflict with other users.” (Southwark Cycling Strategy: Nov 2014)

Proposed Southwark Quietway Routes Waterloo to Greenwich (Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich)- Consultation is already underway, delivery to commence in 2015 Elephant & Castle to Crystal Palace (City, Southwark, Lambeth)- Consultation in 2015, delivery to commence in 2016 THROUGH DULWICH Southwark to Canada Water- This route roughly follows the Jubilee Line. The section within Southwark is from Blackfriars and currently ends at Canada Water, just beyond Lower Road- Consultation in spring 2015, and delivery to commence in 2016, subject to confirmation of funds by TFL.

Southwark Cycling Map - next Quietway Route – behind Sainsbury’s, Dog Kennel Hill, Green Dale, Calton Avenue, Turney Road, Rosendale Road and on to Crystal Palace. Linking parallel routes in Burbage Road, SE21 ad Dulwich Village. Spine Route – starts Elephant & Castle linking to cross- Thames superhighway, then on through back of Walworth, across Burgess Park, on through Camberwell to East Dulwich, Crystal Palace Road and onto Lordship Lane – route then to be modified – onto Dulwich Village, College Road and on to Crystal Palace.

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Southwark Spine “The Southwark Spine is a cycling superhighway likely to have segregated painted cycle lanes and used largely by commuter cyclists travelling at higher speeds looking to get from a to b as fast as they can.” Southwark Transport Officer: Feb 2015

Southwark Quietways “A Quietway is completely different to a cycle superhighway which has blue painted cycle lanes and is used largely by commuter cyclists travelling at higher speeds looking to get from a to b as fast as they can. A Quietway is targeted at the age group 8-80 looking to use a far quieter route for leisure cycling. The quietway therefore aims to improve the environment of roads such as Turney Road to make them safe by reducing volumes of traffic. To give the road back to residents is an aspiration. They are certainly not about painting bright cycle lanes everywhere!” Southwark Transport Officer: Feb 2015

Mayor’s Strategy for Cycling A Tube network for the bike. London will have a network of direct, high-capacity, joined-up cycle routes. Many will run in parallel with key Underground, rail and bus routes, radial and orbital, signed and branded accordingly: the ‘Bakerloo Superhighway’; the ‘Circle Quietway’, and so on. A ‘bike Crossrail’ will run, substantially segregated, from west London to Barking. Local routes will link with them. There will be more Dutch-style, fully-segregated lanes and junctions; more mandatory cycle lanes, semi-segregated from general traffic; and a network of direct back-street Quietways, with segregation and junction improvements over the hard parts.

Cycling Superhighway – Mayor’s Strategy

Mayor’s Strategy – Quietway side street

Quietway examples

Next steps Consultation and engagement Planning and approvals Funding from Mayor of London/TfL Cycling Fund Delivery – Start 2016

Quietway impacts for Turney residents Will be a joint Southwark/Lambeth cross-boundary project. Route, layout and lighting details not yet confirmed. Unknown whether parts of the road will be closed to vehicular traffic; speed restrictions; carriageway parking. It is assumed there will be no changes to OSP and dropped kerbs will continue as now. Likely to involve changes at the junctions with Dulwich Village, Burbage and Croxted Roads. Possible carriageway segregation to denote a cycle only route.

Discussion What do residents want to see? What priorities? What concerns? Shared road space – cycling, walking, vehicles Designated cycle routes? Pavements and ordinary kerbs? Road textures, furniture OSP and dropped kerbs – continuing as now Impact on front gardens (high hedges, trees) Parking? Junctions? Controls – yellow lines? Should road be closed or restricted to HGVs? Speed – reduced from 20mph? Turney Road is busy – incompatible with a quietway? Impact on our less mobile residents, building projects, sports clubs, visitors? Want no change at all, and if so, should we fight the Quietway as a road or work to develop a compromise?