Category Archives: Bad Gyrations KX Campaign

All the information we’ve ever published about our campaign to get the King’s Cross gyratory removed to make our neighbourhood safer and make way for decent quality public realm

Danger map

Thanks so much to everyone for contributing your experiences of being a road user on the infamous King’s Cross gyratory system. We have started documenting each issue you have raised in a new google map (bear with us, it’s a slow process!). We aim … Continue reading

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Road Safety – political reaction update – Lib Dem questions to Mayor

I wrote on Saturday about the bits of political reaction I had picked up so far on the Kings Cross road safety issue, including work from Islington Labour and the Greens.  The Lib Dems have got in touch with some … Continue reading

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Road safety – Political reaction

There’s been a strong cross party reaction to the tragic death of a young cyclist on the dangerous roads of Kings Cross.  We try not to get into divisive party politics here on this site (our readers tell us they … Continue reading

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‘Bad Gyrations’ – tell us your story to help sort out deadly Kings Cross streets

The roads that make up TfL's Kings Cross gyratory system are a disgrace.  The vast high speed roundabout of one way roads is proven to be deadly.  Plainly unfit for a decade or more,  condemnded in TfL's own report three … Continue reading

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BBC London features Kings Cross road safety campaign

Resident Sophie Talbot braved the Kings Cross gyratory on her bike for a BBC London news piece today on London's deadly road junctions with some hair raising bike cam footage.  Tom Edwards the transport correspondent does a good job summing … Continue reading

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Kings Cross dangerous roads – letter to police investigating fatality

The police road traffic unit based in Wembley are investigating the fatal accident at the junction of York Way and the Euston Road that I wrote about on Friday.  In yesterday's update I said I would find and write to … Continue reading

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Kings Cross cyclist and pedestrian deaths and injuries – corporate manslaughter by TfL?

Local residents have long campaigned for improvement of the dangerous junctions at the York Way, Pentonville, Grays Inn Road intersection.  In February 2008 a number of us took part in a walkabout with TfL-commissioned contractors TRL limited and Living Streets … Continue reading

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Clean air in London

Modern air pollution isn't as visible as the old pea-soupers, but it is just as insidious.  In areas like Kings Cross with insane road traffic levels, constrcution trafffic, long taxi ranks, bus stands and plenty of diesel trains air pollution … Continue reading

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