Saturday, 8 March 2008

Cycle network strategy

Aim:
1. To bolster smaller businesses by providing easy, cheap access to the She Bu Triangle (roughly formed by Shepherds Bush Market, Goldhawk Road and Shepherds Bush stations.
2. To relieve pressure on roads & restore balance in transport equation:
* Make walking or cycling the preferred options for local journeys
* Make public transport the second option
* Make car use the third option

Facts & Assumptions:
* Green space is lacking but is prevalent in bordering boroughs
* Road traffic will increase dramatically into and out of the Westfield Centre
* Road traffic through the borough on strategic routes will increase over time
* Passengers on public transport will increase dramatically
* Emissions will increase dramatically

Method:
* Connect green spaces
* Connect trains together
* Connect main business to trains and main bus routes
* Connect main residential to main business
* Connect main residential to main leisure
* Connect main residential to main retail
* Create secure bicycle lock-ups throughout borough
* Create bicycle hire spots throughout borough (source of revenue, enables people to combine cycling with public transport)
* Add hire and/or lock-up spots at all stations, important bus stops, retail, office and leisure spots


I have uploaded a jpeg to divshare:
*purple areas indicate shops/leisure, etc,
*circles indicate hire/lock-up spots,
*orange lines indicate desire lines to She Bu from surrounding local centres,
orange pentagon indicates major cycle hub/cycle park/cycle cafe on Shepherds Bush Green
*green lines indicate cycle routes,
*blue lines indicate cycle 'superhighways utilizing train routes through the borough

Though I have located other local centers further south in the borough I am not sure if we should go that far. Your views?
I have been thinking it over a lot and do not agree with Wendy that the local centers themselves need to have a unique selling point in themselves as the point is merely to connect them to She Bu Triangle. Again, your views would be helpful.

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