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Hi Phil,
As someone who lives in a village north of Ipswich and likes to cycle down to the shotley peninsular and back I’m faced with two options. Either skirt west of Ipswich or directly through the middle. Over the years the middle option has become easier and easier with the continual improvements seen in Ipswich. This particular one in conjunction with the Upper Brook street closure has created a very viable north south route directly through the town centre. I have also followed NCN 1 into town and ended up at the docks, where the segregation measures seem to work well and connect directly with the bridge street scheme.
Regarding the ‘dismounting’ Issue. Yes that is the case and a small price to pay. In an ideal world (such as in the Netherland) Pedestrians and cyclists would be given priority over motorised vehicles when it comes to crossings, junctions, entrance ways, etc. We as a country are a long way off from that ideal, although the new Dutch style roundabout in Cambridge does give a glimmer of hope. Re air pollution, I think the pandemic has reduced car use in Ipswich to some degree, it would be interesting to see some stats on both vehicle movements and air pollution, both pre pandemic and now.
regards ...Chris
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FYI
Below is is a very recent long "thread" on a local "Nextdoor social site" about the potential road closures etc in this area.
Interesting cross section of views, please forward to Leo etc if you feel it is relevant
Steve Willett
Hi Nick. Thanks for all the work you have done. Devonshire Road is a FREE car park for people who work at the University. The last time I checked the university charges its folks £2.50 a day to park. And as Back Hamlet is resident parking only, they park on Devonshire Road. The road is on the rat run route for sure. And now you have people parking on the bottom end of Devonshire Road making it dangerous to drive uphill if there is a car already coming down hill. Maybe the solution is double yellow lines on the steep bit of Devonshire Road. And resident parking only for residents.(edited)21hOur original aim was to implement residents parking for the whole area, we were supported by several local councillors and the mayor but they just out technical obstacles in our way, but my aim is still to replicate the Cambridge model in making the whole town resident parking.21 hrs agoHi Nick, I would be happy to assist. Please let me know how I can help21 hrs agoThat's kind of you Paul I'll let you know when we need to start an 'email your councillor' campaign21 hrs agoHAVE YOUR SAY ON CLOSURE OF CAVENDISH ST https://nextdoor.co.uk/p/sZXPzHyKR4n6?utm_content=d&utm_source=share&extras=MTc1OTIxOTEzNjA4MzQ%3D&init_source=copy_link_share The university parking issue is a problem as it is round Suffolk One in south Ipswich. The solution is not residents parking but to limit parking to a maximum of 1 hour between 10.30 and 12 unless the vehicle is registered to an address in the Street - and make sure it is enforced daily during the week. The CEO’s can access that data easily from DVLA. I concur with the double yellow lines on the bottom of Devonshire Road. Residents parking zones are a very inefficient NIMBY approach to the problem. Comparing Ipswich to Cambridge is a misnomer as the Orwell is a major traffic impediment which the Cam is not. The council needs to work towards (a) Improving traffic flows- queuing traffic causes all the pollution (b) Making all parking in town centre etc free. (c) Removing all the blocked roads - all they are doing is pushing the problem around and slowing the traffic and increasing journey length still further causing more pollution. No one will use a rat run out of choice only out of necessity!! At times it takes 40 mins to travel from one side of town to another. d) A scrappage scheme set at £5-7000 to get people to shift to electric e) free on road charging points for all houses on the Victorian Streets in the town(edited)9hAl Dwell Excellent ideas and solution's. Better than unfeasible resident only schemes.16 hrs agoWhat about us who live at the top of Cavendish street and drive down it to go to work? Which way are you now expecting us to go?17 hrs agoI take your point but I think we all have to compromise for the greater good? There will be less traffic and crazy parking15 hrs agoThe single thing which would most reduce congestion in SE Central Ipswich would be for the road crossings at the University to be as originally approved and not the current lights outside the Hold. The planning approved scheme was shelved because of cost14 hrs agoIn recent months most people going into town have been doing it to CROSS the town centre. In the last few weeks as the town centre has ‘picked’ up in the day- not rush hour- Spring Rd regularly has traffic queuing up to the viaduct, Grove Lane has traffic up to Back Hamlet and the docks is one long traffic jam. People need to be able to move and if it is easier to drive from Kesgrave to Woodbridge than Ipswich that is what will happen - traffic restrictions are killing the town centre and its businesses14 hrs agoWhy did we ever abandon the proposed Northern Bypass. Taking traffic away from some of the more congested arterial routes could have improved traffic flows north of the river.6 hrs agoWho’s running the highways Stevie wonder??? Worst thing ever was to shut off back hamlet now all these roads on Colchester road are blocked off, my opinion is you’re just making all these roads worst and moving “rat runs” to other roads !!14 hrs agoI hope there aren't any 'stevie wonders' in this group as they might be ever so slightly offended14 hrs agoSo adopt a policy for public sector bodies in the town that their staff must use public transport and live in the town boundaries as a condition of employment. There is a big fuss at the hospital over parking - doctors on 100+K ( same applies for lecturers etc at Uni) living in pretty Suffolk villages get parking spaces. Ancillary staff on minimum wages working longer shifts have to use public transport. LOCAL SERVICES for LOCAL PEOPLE - OUT OF TOWNERs should PAY or STAY AWAY. If the council/ hospital/ Uni /schools and hopefully from the private sector the solicitors firms and insurance companies adopted that as a policy it would have a DRAMATIC effect on the town traffic shops and house values not to mention the urban social mix! Ipswich’s problem is the wealth it generates goes out of the town to the villages/Kesgrave leaving an inner city type ghetto being filled by a council with open housing policy(edited)9hWell that's the idea behind residents parking, it's for residents and if implemented you also lose the attendant traffic. The other big issue commercial vehicles brought home by employees, companies are reducing parking at work and staff have to take vehicles home, in Devonshire road we have a long wheel Base DPD van every night and a selection of mobile traffic signal vehicles. This would all be stopped by residents parking. We would have to pay to cover the admin costs of running the system but imagine the peace and tranquility it would bring us...14 hrs agoDo we not already have something similar embedded into our Planning laws - or we used to but not sure now the Tory party wants to reduce / remove local decisions. All new buildings with staffing over a given number have to provide employee parking and / or a transport plan. Having worked at both Grafton and Endeavour Houses I know this to be the case. Not too sure how a body like Suffolk Council which has offices here in Ipswich and requires many of its employees to visit all over Suffolk could make living in another public bodies geographical boundaries a condition of employment. I am also convinced that hospital and university contracts of employment will not specify how they travel to work. In fact many shift workers at these sites may not have access to public transport because it does not run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week unlike their shift patterns. Of course your approach makes the big assumption that we have an adequate and integrated public transport system in place that is affordable to its customers and council tax payers ( as they would no doubt have to subside some services ) If you are instead implying here that better paid staff have access to privileged parking spaces and lower staff do not then this is probably a fundamental truism but also probably based upon a risk assessment of enabling key strategic staff a more immediate and direct access to the workplace as and when required. As this post is about traffic congestion I am failing to see how the issues of types and values of housing stock in an urban or rural setting are relevant.6 hrs agoSo where does the workman’s work vehicle go? In the real world for a lot of people work from home requires their vehicle to come with them. The towns parking zones don’t work for households that need 2-3 vehicles. Every parking space needs to be used effectively. As I live in a side road off Spring and Woodbridge Road should the residents of those roads not park in MY street outside MY house - do I have more right to park there than a ‘neighbour’ who lives 400m away who puts his car there so the main road is easily traversed by ambulances from the hospital? Parking permits simply move the problem and are an administrative cash monster that promulgate a self serving bureaucracy - traffic needs radical solutions not musical chairs(edited)10hAll this is just causing congestion. Forcing everyone having to go one route, it’s not practical. Closing Leopold Road etc. is forcing all the traffic along Colchester Road which is already a highly polluted area. The queues along there now are terrible. Surely roads were made to be used, the more routes people can use mean less congestion and less pollution.7 hrs agoI get this, I also think roads were meant to be shared and have over time become dominated by cars. Do you think it is necessary or possible to reduce car use?24 mins agoI lived in Hackney during the pandemic and I saw the area change from rat runs to a people friendly area in just a year. Their plan is to actively reduce driving in the area as it has become unsustainable (more parking = more cars) and to increase tree canopy to reduce temperatures. Obviously this wound a lot of people up but it’s bold and possible.37 mins ago