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Pedestrianise Park Lane
By reinstating two-way traffic on the historic route East Carriage Drive - current northbound -
all motor traffic can be removed from the Mayfair side of Park Lane:
creating major pedestrian and cycle-friendly public space that also has potential for outdoor hospitality in a tree-lined west-facing environment overlooking Hyde Park.
It would become part of a Scenic Route from Trafalgar and Parliament Squares all the way to Marble Arch and Oxford Street via The Mall, St James's Park, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, Constitution Hill, Hyde Park Corner, and a pedestrianised Park Lane.
Suggested by Liam Hennessy
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Community Member 4 years agoGreat idea!, thanks Liam!!
Show full commentI'd also pedestrianise most of Soho TBH ... It would be such an awesome area, if after coming out of a bar we weren't squeezed onto a narrow pavement, with most of the space given to crawling traffic and parked...
Great idea!, thanks Liam!!
Show less of commentI'd also pedestrianise most of Soho TBH ... It would be such an awesome area, if after coming out of a bar we weren't squeezed onto a narrow pavement, with most of the space given to crawling traffic and parked cars.
Exemptions obvs allowed for delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, Soho residents etc.
Liam Hennessy
Community Member 4 years agoCheers for that.
Show full commentI agree about your suggestion for Soho. Even without full pedestrianisation, they could have widened pavements - reducing traffic to a
maximum of one lane - and removed parked cars close to junctions to add even wider...
Cheers for that.
Show less of commentI agree about your suggestion for Soho. Even without full pedestrianisation, they could have widened pavements - reducing traffic to a
maximum of one lane - and removed parked cars close to junctions to add even wider pavements where people could sit out, for example.
Decades ago plans for some pedestrianisation were dropped because of objections.
But they could have made some of the above significant improvements for pedestrians, in one area at least, as a trail.
The lack of imagination - and lack of professionalism - with planning urban space in London is fairly shocking IMO.
London deserves far better.
gmg57
Community Member 4 years agoI would have thought the massive Hyde Park right beside Park Lane provided more than adequate provision for pedestrians! I speak as a pedestrian.
Show full commentI would have thought the massive Hyde Park right beside Park Lane provided more than adequate provision for pedestrians! I speak as a pedestrian.
Show less of commentLiam Hennessy
Community Member 4 years agoThe idea is to greatly improve the experience for pedestrians who want to walk along Park Lane, more than for people who want to go for a walk in the park. The experience for pedestrians who walk alongside Mayfair on Park Lane at present is...
Show full commentThe idea is to greatly improve the experience for pedestrians who want to walk along Park Lane, more than for people who want to go for a walk in the park. The experience for pedestrians who walk alongside Mayfair on Park Lane at present is particularly bad:
Show less of commentnarrow footpath beside four lanes of traffic. It can be vastly better - hence the proposal.
I try to walk in the parks - especially the Royal Parks including Hyde Park - several times per week, whenever possible.
This proposal is about walking alongside Mayfair, more than in Hyde Park, but the intention is to greatly improve the connection between Mayfair and Hyde Park by simplifying the access and increasing the number of pedestrian crossings from three to seven (at least).