Rat Runs of West Ealing
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Lots of drivers just mounting the pavement at Culmington Rd W13 to avoid the road closure. To me it reinforces the fact it's going to take a lot more than chicanes and aesthetics to reduce drivers on our roads
@deirdrecostigan
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8
85
The usual traffic nonsense in former LTN 21. It’s crazy that so many people feel the need to pick up children in a car from
@fieldingprimary
with a 0.4 mile catchment
#AirPollution
#Idling
#HighTraffic
@deirdrecostigan
@EugeneMinogue
@P_DriscollW5W13
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18
74
Midhurst Rd W13 - 2 men get out of different cars to aggressively shout & intimidate a woman for slowing them down for 40secs. Always time for a street row, even when in a desperate rush. Welcome to
@_petermason
’s Northfields. Where’s our consultation on this shite Peter?
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13
74
Amazing scenes on Leighton Rd W13 - big standoff. One of them got out and abandoned their car. Walked off round the block with her kid. Thanks for the ultimate unliveable neighbourhood
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
15
17
65
The mother of all standoffs just now on Leighton Rd W13 including the front drivers squaring up to each other and a moped on the pavement. It happens multiple times every day
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@BindaRai1
@BetterEaling
@EalingLivingSts
#RoadRage
#AirPollution
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15
64
Uxbridge Rd in West Ealing - Sick of this being talked about as cycling infrastructure, when it’s really just free car parking.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
#Ealing
#Idling
#Carnage
9
5
35
Big smash outside the pharmacy on Northfield Avenue
#Ealing
- the driver drove onto the pavement and hit an elderly man. How do you write off your car going under 20 mph?!
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
@ealingMPS
11
8
35
Hi
@fieldingprimary
parents, how do you feel about your kids walking into school by themselves?
@P_DriscollW5W13
@deirdrecostigan
6
6
30
Welcome to the
@fieldingprimary
school street (there is no school street here, of course), where kids learn all their best swear words on their way into school.
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
8
11
31
This demonstrates driver courtesy in
#Ealing
. This is what
@_petermason
and
@deirdrecostigan
pin all their active travel plans on (full of raised crossings & painted infrastructure). No one in any of the cars on the pavement and there's also a driver in cycle lane up ahead.
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5
29
Hey
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
just for the record, it’s getting increasingly dangerous around here in former LTN21 by the Leighton Rd width restriction
#DeathTrap
#DangerousStreets
#AirPollution
#Idling
#RoadRage
7
4
29
Another crash in ex LTN21 last night. Police was in attendance. A Prius with one side badly smashed and pushed into wall outside the house on the corner. Rat runners chance these streets and junctions all the time 😞
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
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10
31
Drivers are queueing to rat run through Elthorne Park Road W7.
@_petermason
Are you on the residents side or you want carry on with this?
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2
31
It’s going to take more than a straight front wheel to sort out this mess on Elthorne Park Road.
@deirdrecostigan
this is beyond FUN, residents want meaningful actions NOW!
@MayorofLondon
@activetraveleng
@_EalingNews
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3
31
The usual nonsense on Elthorne Park Rd this evening
#HighTraffic
#RoadRage
#Residential
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
8
6
30
A long queue of idling vehicles behind the garbage truck facing off a large delivery truck, while a driver mounts the pavement right next to me this morning. Thank you
@_petermason
&
@deirdrecostigan
for making Leighton Rd even more dangerous and polluted.
10
2
29
Another terrible day of traffic on Leighton Rd W13
#Ealing
. How many complaints have you received
@deirdrecostigan
and what are you going to do about it?
#AirPollution
#ResidentialStreet
#DangerousRoads
#Idling
#NoisePollution
@livingstreets
@MumsForLungs
@willnorman
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8
28
Leighton Rd W13. Rat-running motorists playing their usual game of vehicular hopscotch through the residential streets of Northfields. Residents asked for the traffic issue to be solved… do something that stops this nonsense
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
10
5
26
Another hour, another standoff, another moped on the pavement on Leighton Rd. The noise, the idling, the pollution, the tooting, the shouting… It’s all becoming so painfully repetitive to us residents
@deirdrecostigan
@BindaRai1
@PKnewstub
@kimnagpal
@EugeneMinogue
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5
26
Police out on Leighton Rd W13 actually breaking up a car stand off
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
@BindaRai1
13
6
26
Another stand off of ‘non-existent’ ratrunners on Midhurst Road W13 in ex LTN21 this morning. Glad
@RupaHuq
’s idling campaign has had a major impact.
#RatRuns
#AirPollution
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12
25
Hi
@clearabee
, there’s a dirty old metal box that’s been dumped and is blocking the Leighton Rd width restriction in
#Ealing
W13. Can you come & pick it up?
The mayhem continues
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@_petermason
@BindaRai1
13
8
25
Another
#standoff
on Leighton Road this afternoon which required reversing, and the inevitable honking because it always helps the situation. It gives an idea of what it’s like on a bike among these roaring, honking tanks.
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
0
3
24
The traffic on Elthorne Park Road since 6:00am.
@_petermason
and
@deirdrecostigan
who’ve swept this under the carpet and told us there isn’t a problem.
0
4
23
Another standoff on Leighton Td this evening. 2 motorbikes on the pavement this time
@deirdrecostigan
@BindaRai1
@BetterEaling
@EalingLivingSts
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@EugeneMinogue
2
7
23
The bollard on EPR/ Leighton
#Northfields
has been destroyed again. This is the third time this month.
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
do you want kids to walk to school around here - please bring back traffic calming measures here.
#AirPollution
#RoadSafety
2
5
23
Another nice little snarl up on Elthorne Park Road W7 causing congestion on the main road and providing
#airpollution
for all.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
15
9
22
Classic Seward Rd banter - a bump in the night! 2.40am to be precise.
“I was going for a night-time pee… a loud skidding heard from outside - big thudding crash. A big, stupid SUV flees the scene immediately; I went outside in under a min.”
Two cars damaged, one severely.
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2
21
A steady stream of traffic on Leighton and Elthorne Park Road this afternoon.
Talk of
#activetravel
is pointless when nothing changes here
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@jkblacker
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4
21
Will vote for
@SadiqKhan
but horrible to see him applauding 2 MPs who not only failed to support their party during LTNs but in the case of
@RupaHuq
actively campaigned against them.
@_petermason
and
@deirdrecostigan
don’t care about clean air or residents’ health and safety.
Here in Ealing - Labour MPs and a Labour council are delivering for local residents - from housing to clean air to investing in the local community.
Imagine what we could do with both a Labour Mayor in City Hall and a Labour Government too.
On 2 May -
#VoteLabour
🌹
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5
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Another collision in former LTN21
#Ealing
- this time at end of Hessell Road and Midhurst. Cars partially blocking road. Looks like one pulled out and hit the other van.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
@crisortunity
@willnorman
@guardian
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4
21
Leighton Road W13 - Residents & pedestrians are faced with abuse here daily. “Not only was this driver’s car blocking the buggy but he had a go at me for trying to cross… shocking and only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt…”
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
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6
19
It’s like a bomb site on Leighton Rd W13.
@_petermason
is washing his hands of it because he can’t see him ‘winning’ on the issue.
@deirdrecostigan
thanks, but residents won’t be greenwashed
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2
19
It’s about time the Leighton Rd width restriction was pulled up and replaced with something far more practical and wholesome - a parklet with through access for bikes perhaps. It might make walking along the pavement safer…
#pavementmounting
#idling
@deirdrecostigan
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5
19
Haslemere Avenue W13 motorway & dangerous ratrun. Thanks for nothing
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
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2
19
It’s so lovely being a pedestrian around former LTN21, that even drivers like to get out and have a walk & a shout. Congratulations to
@_petermason
&
@deirdrecostigan
for their unique take on encouraging
#activetravel
.
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2
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@deirdrecostigan
@EugeneMinogue
@BBCBreakfast
@playengland
@EalingCouncil
Weird to have a cllr for climate/parks/environment/active travel who doesn't seem to place any value on wildlife and doesn't take any action to calm traffic (which would of course give children more freedom to play).
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4
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A truck has got itself totally wedged in the Leighton Road/ EPR width restrictors. Burst a wheel and tyre too.
@EalingCouncil
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
IT IS NOT SAFE AROUND HERE!!!
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6
18
Traffic congestion on Leighton Road W13 this evening. Frustrated drivers and the revving of the white van as it sped off is just insane.
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@_petermason
0
3
18
Grim but nothing unusual - gridlock on Leighton Rd
#NoisePollution
#Idling
@EugeneMinogue
@P_DriscollW5W13
@deirdrecostigan
5
3
18
Welcome to our unliveable neighbourhood. Rat running into the sunset on Elthorne Park Road/ Leighton Road/ Midhurst Road/ Coldershaw Road in W7 and W13
#Ealing
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5
17
Leighton Road W13 - traffic and pollution mayhem guaranteed 24/7. When will you consult us as promised
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
?
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4
17
Northfields
#Ealing
- Main road residents are so thankful to
@_petermason
for removing LTNs here, allowing everyone their driving freedoms again, resolving the traffic issues, and no longer choking the lungs of poor children.
@deirdrecostigan
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3
17
1
1
17
Sent in by another angry resident: Crossing my kids over the Swyncombe Village Bypass to school. Maybe it’s time to build a pedestrian tunnel here
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
? When will you consult residents as promised to
@TfL
?
2
4
16
Lovely Saturday evening for the rat runners on Leighton Road W13. The air thick with nitrous oxide. Huge thanks to
@deirdrecostigan
@EalingCouncil
for organising this
#TrafficSewer
#AirPollution
1
3
16
7:00AM and already heavy traffic on small residential Elthorne Park Road. 2 years on and
@deirdrecostigan
&
@_petermason
did nothing…no traffic count and no consultation, another 2 years of pollution in our lungs
#AirPollution
#RatRuns
1
7
15
“Marches demand action over danger roads” The Gazette, 1980
The rat running on Leighton and Elthorne Park Road has been complained about for 40 years. And still…nothing
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
0
4
16
Speeding and just another standoff further down the street. Make Elthorne Park Road liveable & safe
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@_petermason
@EugeneMinogue
4
4
16
Familiar sight at school pick up time at Fielding W13 in ex
#LTN21
. Cars beeping, reversing blindly, others ramping up on pavements beside small toddlers and older school kids. It stank of diesel.
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@MumsForLungs
0
2
16
Highlights on Elthorne Park Rd W7 this evening include: pedestrian jumping out of the way of the moped on the pavement, driver of the van screaming out the window then opening door to threaten further
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
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4
16
@Twigletcycles
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
I hope you’re OK
@Twigletcycles
? Please report it to the police and write to your local councillors.
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
0
3
15
More
#pavementparking
and
#idling
on Elthorne Park Rd W7 this morning
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
It’s just the Wild West (Ealing) out there. Every day. With children being asked to dodge the cowboys.
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7
15
#Traffic
and life on Leighton Road W13 in 1973 “With the speed of traffic and the constant flow day and night, our front doors and windows rattle permanently. Even the telephone bell tinkles when a heavy vehicle passes.”
When will the council finally step in?
@P_DriscollW5W13
0
5
14
While we are sat waiting for the consultation
@_petermason
promised, here’s a live scene from the Elthorne Park Bypass
#RatRunning
#AirPollution
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
@ElthornePR
@P_DriscollW5W13
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2
15
This queue back to the Forester is so much better than the LTN queue back to the Forester. Every day it’s like this before the school run
#AirPollution
#EalingIsATrafficSewer
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@willnorman
@activetraveleng
@crisortunity
@BetterEaling
@EalingLivingSts
1
2
15
Should a residential street outside a primary school be so clogged with cars even when it’s raining? All this because one driver didn’t know how to reverse…
#HighTrafficNeighbourhood
@fieldingprimary
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
@_petermason
1
4
15
Danger on Leighton Rd W13 ⚠️ Drivers driving on the wrong side of the road 😐 Even rubbish collection isn’t peaceful here
#RoadDanger
#HighTrafficResidential
#Ealing
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
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3
15
ExLTN21 is a dangerous & polluted rat run
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
Residents would like to see the traffic counters back, and work together with traffic officers on solutions 4/4
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1
15
Mid morning car convoy on high traffic residential Elthorne Park Road W7.
@deirdrecostigan
this is a main walking route for
@ElthorneHighSch
children
#RatRunning
#AirPollution
2
1
15
@TheFox89688362
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@BindaRai1
@BetterEaling
@EalingLivingSts
This has nothing to do with the swyncombe closure. Residents have been asking for traffic calming on this street for decades. The difference being Hounslow actually listened to the residents, now it’s Ealing Council’s turn to step up & listen to residents of this street & others.
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0
14
The width restriction bollard on Leighton Road W13 was smashed out last week (for the fifth time this year) and
@EalingCouncil
simply removed it and tarmacked over the hole. Pics from yesterday’s crash on Leighton. We are worried about our safety
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
2
6
14
It looks like that 1980 protest got the width restrictions put in on EPR / Leighton Road. It's appropriate that we've reached the stage that the width restriction has been destroyed about three times last month. Time to march again?!
0
6
14
Narrow residential Elthorne Park Road W7
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
what’s the plan to stop this constant & dangerous rat running?
4
3
14
What’s cycling (with kids) like around Elthorne Park Road W7
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@deirdrecostigan
#roadsafety
#pollution
#ratrunning
#Ealing
0
2
14
Leighton bollard update:
@EalingCouncil
@P_DriscollW5W13
have given up. The rat run is now open to all 🚌 🚜 Thank you
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
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4
14
@deirdrecostigan
@tessatylertodd
@DannyBeales
Dear Deirdre, you have known that
#traffic
and
#airpollution
are a problem on EPR/Leighton Rd. Dozens, if not hundreds of complaints and requests for action have been submitted by residents. When will you act?
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4
14
Crash at the junction of Midhurst and Salisbury Rds. Not surprising given the volume of cars, their speed and cars rolling the junction. Thanks for your inactions and failing residents of former LTN21
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
1
5
14
Afternoon on a narrow residential street in former LTN21 - Elthorne Park Rd W7
#schoolholiday
#ratrun
#Ealing
@deirdrecostigan
what’s next?!
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3
13
Leighton Rd W13 - end of a 5 minute
#standoff
… driver at front refused to let
#ambulance
through. You can hear the guy at the mechanics astounded at the end there, empathising about who should have given way. Special thanks to
@deirdrecostigan
&
@_petermason
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1
12
Leighton Road W13 residents are seeing this a few times a day. What will you do about this
@deirdrecostigan
? These small residential streets are not designed for such heavy traffic. The issues are not going away, it’s only getting worse.
#RatRunning
#AirPollution
6
2
13
@_petermason
@GoSouthall
@EalingCouncil
@JasbirAnand2
How about the kids in Northfields? These small residential streets are used by hundreds of school children walking to
@ElthorneHighSch
every weekday.
Drivers driving on the wrong side of the road, mopeds on pavement, rat running 24/7 - welcome to Leighton Road W13
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
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6
12
4
2
13
1
1
13
This video perfectly illustrates the congestion caused on Boston Rd just by people wanting to turn into Elthorne Park Road. Drivers are also constantly overtaking queues at this junction. We don’t need your vanity project, we need actions before someone dies
@deirdrecostigan
2
1
13
EPR/ Leighton Rd early morning.
An absolute sewer of traffic.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
1
3
13
Daily standoffs and aggression on Elthorne Park Road W7. This residential street is used by hundreds of school children walking to
@ElthorneHighSch
every weekday.
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
@ElthorneP
#RoadRage
#Idling
#Pollution
2
4
13
If anyone fancies a laugh, this is all the stuff
@EalingCouncil
said they had done when they needed to justify their continuing
#ActiveTravel
funding after wasting money installing then ripping out LTNs.
@deirdrecostigan
&
@_petermason
delivered NOTHING. DM for the full letter.
4
7
13
Haslemere Avenue W7 is the new Swyncombe bypass
#RatRunning
#AirPollution
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
@P_DriscollW5W13
2
4
13
Midhurst tailback to Ridley W13 in ex LTN21. A usual site for residents sadly. It was 20 cars long
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
#RatRuns
#AirPollution
1
5
13
Welcome to our
#polluted
and
#unliveable
neighbourhood
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
Elthorne Park Road W7
6
3
13
Daily road rage on Elthorne Park Road W7
#ratrunning
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
0
2
10
More chaos, more danger to residents and vulnerable road users, more air pollution on Elthorne Park Rd
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@jkblacker
@ElthornePR
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
@P_DriscollW5W13
@EalingCouncil
@_EalingNews
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6
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@deirdrecostigan
@whyteshome
@TfL
@EalingCouncil
@London_Cycling
That’s great. The Lido junction needs fixing but it can’t be done without protecting LTN21 from extra diverted traffic. Some residential streets here are now becoming unliveable with high traffic and all the ‘joy’ that comes with.
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What’s cycling (with kids) like around Elthorne Park Road W7
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@deirdrecostigan
#roadsafety
#pollution
#ratrunning
#Ealing
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Welcome to residential Northfields. This person was seen speeding past
@fieldingprimary
, then caught on camera shortly after revving, skidding and drifting. Still, quicker than using Northfield Avenue with its speed cameras and annoying pedestrian crossings 😑
#Ealing
2
7
11
EPR and Leighton Roads are effectively a single lane road and the trouble is only increasing.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
time to listen to residents, collaborate on a solution and get it done ✅
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2
12
Residents call for end to rat running in Elthorne Park Road after another car crash
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
@ElthornePR
@P_DriscollW5W13
@ealingMPS
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4
12
Another cheery morning on Elthorne Park Road W7 - a resident was hit by a car that was in too much of a hurry to wait for a place to pass safely, as he cycled to the station. Reported to the police
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
#RatRuns
#AirPollution
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7
12
Drivers getting out of cars, arguing, 🏍️on pavement, dodgy reversing, and the ultimate traffic cavalcade once one side took the hard-earned win. The video highlights everything that’s wrong with Leighton. It’s 6pm on a Saturday. Why are so many people queuing up to drive through?
2
5
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45 years on, residents still don’t have an answer
@P_DriscollW5W13
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@jkblacker
“When will the council do something to stop the fast traffic?” News archive from 1978
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1
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Drivers driving on the wrong side of the road, mopeds on pavement, rat running 24/7 - welcome to Leighton Road W13
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
1
6
12
Elthorne Park Rd W7 - Ambulance progressing at 5km/h, glad it's not an emergency. Oh, wait.
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
@Iankingston73
@kimnagpal
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1
11
Shout out to
@_petermason
and
@deirdrecostigan
Chance to meet some friendly motorists on Leighton Road W13 right now. We need schemes that reduce the HUGE amount of traffic on these small residential streets.
#AirPollution
#Idling
#RatRuns
1
4
11
Tonight’s queue for Elthorne Park Road which is a narrow residential street. Why do you allow this
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
?
#AirPollution
#RatRun
3
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Elthorne Park Road W7 is currently gridlocked. Horns beeping and angry drivers shouting while hundreds of kids are trying to get to school safely
#RoadRage
#AirPollution
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@P_DriscollW5W13
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Another favourite Northfields ratrun, Haslemere Avenue W13
#HighTrafficNeighbourhood
#RatRun
#AirPollution
#Ealing
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
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Drivers are queueing on the pavement on Boston Rd to rat run though Elthorne Park Rd
@deirdrecostigan
@_petermason
@jkblacker
@P_DriscollW5W13
@kimnagpal
@Iankingston73
We had enough, someone’s going to die here!
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This just happened on Boston Road. Kids and commuters are on their way to school & work. What has to happen before you act?
@_petermason
@deirdrecostigan
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