Category Archives: Road Safety in Kings Cross

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

Posted on October 19, 2011 by William Perrin

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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Cyclists in the City

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Excellent article about TfL's shortcomings on road safety in King's Cross from the safe cycling blogger this morning.

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BBC London features Kings Cross road safety campaign

Posted on October 18, 2011 by William Perrin

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

Posted on October 17, 2011 by William Perrin

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 →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Kings Cross Station Refurbishment, Road Safety in Kings Cross | 7 Comments

Kings Cross dangerous roads – update

Posted on October 16, 2011 by William Perrin

The huge support for my post suggesting TfL should answer corporate manslaughter charges was moving.  Our case is that TfL did not act promptly on a report it commissioned condeming the Kings Cross road junctions – the junctions are still … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 14, 2011 by William Perrin

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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Call for KX to be managed as a community – not just a strategic transport hub

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

King’s Cross Community Projects (KCCP: a local charitable trust) has just released the first ever analysis of the recently published Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) from the Government’s Department for Communities and Local Government for King’s Cross finding that it … Continue reading →

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King’s Cross remains a blind spot

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

King's Cross Development Forum (KXDF) has called for King's Cross to be treated as a discrete area within LB Camden's Transport strategy. The infamous King's Cross gyratory system falls across two London Boroughs – Camden and Islington – with Transport for London … Continue reading →

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