Traffic Survey

Posted by Richard Riddle on September 9, 2015 at 2:36pm in Traffic, roads, public transport

In July Haringey Council placed some tube strips between Outram and Clyde Rd on Albert Road.

The strips counted vehicle volume, speed and class on that particular section of Albert Road (and did not include vehicles that used Harcourt and Clyde Rd to access Albert Road)

I have the results of the count if anyone in Albert Rd - or any other road - is interested.

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- Richard Riddle > Albert March 5, 2016 at 6:11pm
  
  Thanks for volunteering. I will keep you up to date with the scheme. The Police say we should be able to start the scheme in April - but still no confirmation they have the speed guns. There will only be 2 speed guns for the whole of Haringey!!
Grant Gahagan February 25, 2016 at 10:47am

Just to bump this thread... Just picked up on Twitter a commitment by Haringey Police Borough Commander to enforce speed limits in Alexandra: https://twitter.com/MPSHaringey/status/699947466230210560
- Tim Fletcher > Grant Gahagan March 30, 2016 at 12:57pm
  
  There was a tweet yesterday showing: Traffic Operation targeting speeding motorists along Palace Gates Road N22 - with a picture.
  
  https://twitter.com/MPSAllyPally/status/714849726814949376
Susie Holden September 9, 2015 at 8:21pm

I'm interested - could you just give us a sense of what the findings were?
- Richard Riddle > Susie Holden September 10, 2015 at 12:28pm
  
  Hi Susie,
  
  The survey confirmed pretty much what residents know: the majority of traffic is travelling in one direction - towards the junction with Durnsford, there are a large number of class 3 and 4 vehicles using this narrow section of Albert Rd (i.e two and three axle trucks. A four axle truck also used Albert Rd during the survey)
  
  The majority (up to 69% on some days) of traffic is going above 20mph. I had to work this out myself as Haringey didn’t mention this in their reply.
  
  There were vehicles recorded travelling at 50 mph and 45 mph. This despite Haringey saying the speed bumps are effective in a 20mph zone.
  
  There are at least 1500 vehicles per day using Albert Rd as a through route - though the survey did not count vehicles accessing Albert Road via Clyde Rd and Harcourt Rd so the true figure is much higher. Nonetheless Haringey presented the survey as proof that there is no issue with traffic volume and speed on Albert Road. It did take a FOI request to get the full survey as they would not let me see it initially. I am currently analysing the data to get the full picture as Haringey have sent data without any interpretation.
  
  I would be very interested to know traffic counts for Clyde Rd and Harcourt Rd. If any residents living on those roads would also like to know, please contact Haringey and ask for a survey. We can then begin to plot a true picture of what is happening on our streets regarding traffic.
  
  I can also forward the data – once analysed – to anyone who wants it.
- Albert > Richard Riddle October 19, 2015 at 1:31pm
  
  thank you Richard - this is impressive if depressing news - the strip looked damaged after only a short time so am glad the results back up what we all see. That number of vehicles is nevertheless astonishingly high ! How they see this as not problematic is impossible to understand, and I wonder how they think the bumps that literally cannot be touched by tyres can do anything!
- Richard Riddle > Albert October 20, 2015 at 9:26am
  
  Hi Adam - The majority of traffic is going above the speed limit in both directions on every day of the survey.
  Westbound on the 10^th of July, 63.49% vehicles were going above the speed limit, 11^th July - 59.03% were going above the speed limit, 12^th July - 63.21%, 13^th July – 63.25%, 14^th July – 67.93%, 15^th July – 60.62%, 16^th July – 62.49%.
  
  Vehicles were recorded at reaching speeds of 50mph
  
  Haringey have repeatedly told me that the speeds bumps are 'approved' and 'sufficient'
  
  According to the classification included by the contractor, 805 Class 4, 5, 6 vehicles used Albert Road as a rat run over the 7 days. These included class 6 vehicles - four axle trucks. These are all restricted vehicles.There are a lot of lorries and large vans rat running up Albert Rd.

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