Streatham High Road Consultation Report 2018
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Proposed changes to parking and loadingProposed bays changes northbound to parking on Streatham and Highloading Road bays between northbound Becmead on StreathamAvenue andRoad Drewstead between BecmeadRoad Avenue Consultationand Drewstead Report Road FebruaryConsultation 2018 Report February 2018 1 Contents Executive summary ..................................................................................................... 3 1. About the proposals ............................................................................................ 5 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Detailed description ........................................................................................ 5 2. About the consultation ........................................................................................ 7 2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Potential outcomes ......................................................................................... 7 2.3 Who we consulted .......................................................................................... 7 2.4 Dates and duration ......................................................................................... 8 2.5 What we asked ............................................................................................... 8 2.6 Methods of responding ................................................................................... 8 2.7 Consultation materials and publicity ............................................................... 8 2.8 Equalities assessment of the consultation ..................................................... 9 2.9 Analysis of consultation responses ................................................................ 9 3. About the respondents ...................................................................................... 10 3.1 Number of respondents ................................................................................ 10 3.2 How respondents heard about the consultation ........................................... 10 3.3 Methods of responding ................................................................................. 10 3.4 Postcodes of respondents ............................................................................ 11 3.5 Interest in the scheme .................................................................................. 11 4. Summary of consultation responses ................................................................. 12 4.1 Summary of responses ................................................................................ 12 4.2 Summary of stakeholder responses ............................................................. 13 4.4 Comments on the consultation ..................................................................... 15 5. Next steps ......................................................................................................... 16 Appendix A: Detailed analysis of comments ............................................................. 17 Appendix B: Consultation drawing ............................................................................ 19 Appendix C: Survey questions .................................................................................. 20 Appendix D: Notification letter and emails ................................................................. 22 Appendix E: List of stakeholders ............................................................................... 27 2 Executive summary Between 1 February and 14 March 2017, we consulted on proposals to extend northbound bus lanes in Streatham High Road between Becmead Avenue and Drewstead Road as part of our London-wide Bus Priority Programme. For the consultation report and our responses to the issues raised during consultation, visit consultations.tfl.gov.uk/streatham-high-road. Between 15 November and 13 December 2017 we consulted on updated proposals to change the parking and loading restrictions on three bays on Streatham High Road, between Becmead Avenue and Drewstead Road. The proposals consulted on included: • Changing the hours of operation of an existing loading and disabled parking bay outside 148 Streatham High Road (Bay 1) • Changing the hours of operation of an existing loading and disabled parking bay outside 60 Streatham High Road (Bay 2) and reducing the length of the bay • Changing the operation of an existing parking bay outside 34-36 Streatham High Road (Bay 3) and reducing the length of the bay These proposals followed a review of the previous consultation responses and surveys of the usage of these parking and loading bay surveys. They were proposed in order to reduce the likelihood of stationary vehicles blocking buses, whilst still providing loading for local businesses and visitors. We received 33 responses to the consultation, with 12 respondents (36%) opposed to one or more aspects of the proposals and nine respondents (27%) supportive of the proposals in general. In addition, 12 respondents (36%) made no comments in support or opposition of the proposals, or commented on other aspects of traffic in the general area. The main themes raised during the consultation are highlighted below, with a fuller summary of the results in Chapter Four and detailed analysis of comments in Appendix A: Detailed analysis of comments Summary of most frequently made comments • General support for the proposals to remove stationary vehicles from bus lanes • Opposition from local businesses to the proposed change of Bay 3 from parking to disabled parking and loading only 3 • Concern from local businesses that the change to hours of Bay 2 from 10:00- 16:00 to 10:00-13:00 Monday to Saturday would negatively impact their delivery schedules • Concern from local businesses to the reduced length of Bay 2 would negatively impact on their ability to receive deliveries • General opposition to a loss of parking in the area and requests for the local road to have business or resident permits introduced • Calls from local residents and businesses for more to be done to enforce parking and loading bays hour of operation in the area Next steps Following careful consideration of the consultation responses from local businesses we are no longer proposing to amend the hours of operation of bays 2 and 3. The hours of operation of bay 1 will still be amended, but following responses from local businesses will be changed to 10:00-16:00 Monday to Saturday instead of 10:00- 13:00 as originally proposed. The hours of operation for loading for all bays will therefore be 10:00-16:00. We will proceed with the proposals to reduce the length of Bays 2 and 3. We plan to implement the changes to the bus lanes and the loading and parking bay signage in spring 2018. 4 1. About the proposals 1.1 Introduction The A23 in Streatham is an important bus corridor, with around 90 buses per hour in the peak period, carrying tens of thousands of people daily. Our proposed changes to parking, loading and disabled parking bays on Streatham High Road would reduce the likelihood of stationary vehicles blocking buses while providing loading for local businesses and visitors. The proposals would complement the bus lane extension we consulted on in early 2017. We will continue to monitor and review the A23 through Streatham to identify opportunities to improve conditions for walking, cycling and bus travel. 1.2 Detailed description You can view detailed description of the proposals, including an annotated diagram, at https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/streatham-high-rd/. 1.2.1 Diagram of proposed changes The consultation diagram is reproduced in Appendix B. 1.2.2 Summary of proposed changes The following text was used to describe the proposals: We would like your feedback on proposed changes to parking and loading bays northbound on Streatham High Road between Becmead Avenue and Drewstead Road. The proposed changes differ from the proposals we consulted on in February 2017, and follow a review of consultation responses and further parking and loading surveys. The A23 Streatham High Road is an important bus corridor, with around 90 buses per hour in the peak period, carrying tens of thousands of people daily. We are proposing changes to loading and disabled parking to reduce the likelihood of stationary vehicles blocking buses while still providing parking and loading for local businesses and visitors. What we are proposing: 5 • Changing the hours of operation of an existing loading and disabled parking bay outside 148 Streatham High Road We are no longer proposing to inset the bay into the footway, as was consulted on previously. Instead, we are proposing a change of hours of operation for the bay to ‘No stopping 7am-7pm except 10am-1pm’ • Changing the hours of operation of an existing loading and disabled parking bay outside 60 Streatham High Road We are proposing a change of hours of operation to ‘No stopping 7am-7pm except 10am-1pm’ and to reduce the length of the bay from 42.6 metres to 30 metres, to better match the current demand on the bay • Changing the hours of operation of an existing parking bay outside 34-36 Streatham High Road We are proposing to change a parking bay to a loading and disabled parking only bay, and a change of hours of operation to ‘No stopping 7am-7pm except 10am-1pm.’ We are also proposing to reduce the length of the bay from 54.6 metres