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Wider pavements, review of level changes outside the station and resurfacing of foot ways. Removal of the slip road to Woodgrange Road from Forest Lane. This will become a signalized T-junction with better facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, and a new public space where the clock and trough will be relocated. Improvements to public spaces, including new trees, seating areas and better lighting and a new introduction of a 20 mph speed limit.
At peak times 12 Elizabeth line trains an hour will run between Shenfield and central London, calling at all stations. An additional four trains an hour will run between Gidea Park and Liverpool Street main line station, westward in the morning peak and eastward in the evening peak.
The local bus network in London is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Over 8000 scheduled buses operate on over 700 different routes. Over the year this network carries over 1.8 billion passenger journeys. Buses in Forest Gate are easily accessible no matter the location
In addition to the ‘Cycle Superhighway’ programme, we are working with Transport for London on the Quietways Programme.
The programme aims to create and improve cycling routes across London by linking low-traffic streets, green spaces, and housing areas to provide safer, and more attractive conditions for cycling.
In July 2015 we consulted on Quietway 6, our first proposal for the programme. And in February 2016 we asked for your opinions on our revised proposal, which we developed using your comments.
The blue lane. The blue lane is what you concentrate on as you ride the cycle superhighways: the one or sometimes two metre thick painted channel between the pavement and traffic, between safety and danger. Sometimes the blue lane is segregated from the road; more often, you’re just part of the road, but with your own space clearly designated.
There are seven current cycle superhighways, helpfully numbered CS1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The network stretches from Tottenham in the north to Colliers Wood in the south, and Stratford in the east to Lancaster Gate in the south. The missing CS4, heading from London Bridge towards Woolwich, is supposed to go into consultation this year; there are also plans for CS9 from Hounslow to Olympia, and a CS11 heading north west from the West End, through Regent’s Park. (What was planned as CS10 may end up as a western extension of CS3.) The point of the new routes is to make cycling safer, faster, and more appealing in the capital.
