Couldn't agree more about poor development. It's ironic that many of the desirable parts of London, Old South for example, have a simple grid system of roads that allows for good flow of traffic and good transit service. However it's the same NIMBY crowd that refuses to allow street to connect in a proper logical manner. London has many missing links that if connected would provide significant relief to the over congested roads. They would rather have crescents and cul-de-sacs to have their peace and quiet, yet the same ones how complain their roads are among the last to be plowed...
From what I've seen of BRT plans, the west route that would go through Oxford/Wonderland is the lowest priority. Not surprised, area is heavily car centric, car centric development, car centric roads. Hell the roads are just getting into the 20th century in that end of town.
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Originally Posted by HillStreetBlues
Talking about BRT: my sister recently moved to a place in a new development the closest intersection to which is Oxford and Wonderland. In most cities, an intersection of that importance would already have very good transit. In London’s case, however, she is two kilometers walking because the streets in the development are not logical and gridded, but rather cul-de-sacs and crescents. That type of street design makes trips longer, and impractical for pedestrians. She’ll probably never walk to Oxford and Wonderland to take BRT.
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