Greg Hennessy wrote:
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:52:24 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:

Your proposed route is a straight line which would require the demolition of
swathes of Willesden;

This is a bad thing ?

South of the A407 (All Souls Avenue etc) is actually quite nice.
Chapter Road etc wouldn't really be missed (in my opinion). Park Avenue
north of the Jubilee Line is still a fairly new development. After that
we hit the disused railway and just take our road along it.

My own preference would be to tunnel parts of this road. 2 lanes in the
tunnel in each direction may suffice. (It's enough on the North
Circular at Edmonton). Certainly it doesn't need to be an actual
"motorway" with a hard shoulder.

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Greg Hennessy wrote:
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:52:24 +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:

Your proposed route is a straight line which
would require the demolition of swathes of Willesden;

This is a bad thing ?

Most of Willesden is very expensive and posh. If you're thinking of
Willesden Junction, that is actually in Harlesden.

After that we hit the disused railway
and just take our road along it.

That railway isn't disused.

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Most of Willesden is very expensive and posh. If you're thinking of
Willesden Junction, that is actually in Harlesden.

There is no postcode for Harlesden and NW10 is officially "Willesden"
though it covers also Harlesden, Park Royal and Brent Park / Neasden.
And parts of Willesden Green are in NW2 which is Cricklewood.

So it's difficult to draw a boundary and say "that is Willesden" unless
you use the NW10 postcode area.

Postcodes are alphabetical between NW2 and NW10. I don't know how
Golders Green gets to be NW11 though or what else it might stand for,
so a separate postcode for Harlesden would have to be NW3½ (to fall
between Hampstead and Hendon).

After that we hit the disused railway
and just take our road along it.

That railway isn't disused.

Don't know what it's used for, but if it's just for freight they might
be better placed in lorries on a road. Clearly there are no passenger
trains along that line (and if there were would there be enough
passengers? After all, where does it link to? Hendon Thameslink?)

Earl Purple wrote:
After that we hit the disused railway
and just take our road along it.

That railway isn't disused.


Don't know what it's used for, but if it's just for freight they might
be better placed in lorries on a road.

I think I'm having a transport planning embolism.


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Dave Arquati
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Dave Arquati wrote:

Earl Purple wrote:
Don't know what it's used for, but if it's just for freight they might
be better placed in lorries on a road.

I think I'm having a transport planning embolism.

There isn't a world shortage of food. There is starvation in the world
because of insufficient distribution.

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

Earl Purple wrote:
After that we hit the disused railway
and just take our road along it.

That railway isn't disused.


Don't know what it's used for, but if it's just for freight they might
be better placed in lorries on a road.

I think I'm having a transport planning embolism.

ZEPPELINS.

tom

--
Tech - No Babble

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

Earl Purple wrote:

After that we hit the disused railway
and just take our road along it.


That railway isn't disused.



Don't know what it's used for, but if it's just for freight they might
be better placed in lorries on a road.


I think I'm having a transport planning embolism.


ZEPPELINS.

Gah!

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London