Richard J. wrote:


Who says, apart from Google Maps? The sign implies that cycles and
horse-drawn traffic are allowed to enter from North Street. At the
other end (Church Street), there are no one-way signs, but the double
yellow line on Church Street goes straight across the entrance to New
Road, implying that New Road isn't a public carriageway at all. Yet
there are Restricted Zone signs that prohibit parking except for the
disabled. I'm not surprised that drivers avoid it.

Quite - it's an oddity and one-off, not the model for urban street
design across London. Not that this has stopped a wave of guff about it:

http://www.placesmatter.co.uk/new-road

It's not hard to have a revolution in street design if you effectively
ban cars by stealth. Not that that's a bad thing, but eventually the
drivers will twig.

Tom