"John Rowland" wrote in message ...
"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
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Well, if you believe this site:
http://www.func-junc.co.uk/

Some other thoughts...most of the east-west roads in the map area are
currently one-way, because they are rather narrow and permanently packed
with parked cars on both sides. Your man doesn't address this at all.

Priory Road, the narrow straight north-south road about a third from the
east (right) edge of the map, is currently divided into alternating
northbound-only, southbound-only and two way sections, to prevent anyone
from using the length of it as an alternative to West End Lane (the wide
wiggly north-south road in the middle). His plan seems to turn Priory Road
into a perfectly straight 2-way narrow rat run with no side roads and a
succession of humped-back bridges. This would be terribly dangerous / Cool,
I wanna go / Delete as appropriate.

Would the shallow underpasses that he describes each have to have their own
pumping stations? Wouldn't that in itself be a major expense?

He says his underpasses would be higher than the level of the sewers,
if that is true then drainage without pumping might be possible. If
it is not possible then the pumping/drainage costs would be much the
same as a conventional underpass, although less digging and building
would still make the whole job cheaper.

I've not read all the text on his site, let alone the book, but it
seems to me that his proposals would only be physically feasible in a
completely "new build" town or city - an architects daydream! I don't
see how you could ever 'convert' London to this idea. He's right to
say that shallow underpasses and low bridges are cheaper than
deep/high ones but to say they are "100th of the cost" seems absurd.
His plan also appears to show a couple of houses knocked down to make
room for the bike-sheds. At London property prices?

He also says that his plans depend upon "political certainty that
there will be no restrictions" - this could only occur in a
totalitarian dictatorship.