This is the start of a new cycling Quietway route from Finsbury Park to Clerkenwell. The whole block of roads is closed to through-traffic (filtered permeability at one end lets through bikes but not cars or trucks).
It benefits residents (less noise, pollution and danger, better street environment, less damage to vehicles, more front-of-house social activity leading to better neighbourly relations).
It benefits people on bikes and walking (no bikes on pavements. I can let my kids run ahead as the road danger is low).
When the route crosses from Hackney into Islington, it reaches Gillespie Rd which suffers from heavy rat-running through traffic. See video here. [ Ссылка ]
The key to improving these bike and walking Quietway routes is to improve neighbourhoods by blocking through-traffic.
