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A1000 Cycle Lane engagement and consultation - Phase 2

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Have your say on the future of the experimental A1000 Cycle Lane 

Background

In late 2020, the council installed an experimental ‘pop-up’ cycle lane on the A1000, running in both directions, from just south of North Finchley Town Centre to the borough boundary with Haringey. This was a Government and Transport for London (TfL) funded response to help provide alternative travel measures for Local Authorities during the Covid-19 impacts on public transport.

In addition to the Covid-19 response, the A1000 Cycle Lane in Barnet has contributed to our other strategies such as The Long-Term Transport Strategy that sets out

Have your say on the future of the experimental A1000 Cycle Lane 

Background

In late 2020, the council installed an experimental ‘pop-up’ cycle lane on the A1000, running in both directions, from just south of North Finchley Town Centre to the borough boundary with Haringey. This was a Government and Transport for London (TfL) funded response to help provide alternative travel measures for Local Authorities during the Covid-19 impacts on public transport.

In addition to the Covid-19 response, the A1000 Cycle Lane in Barnet has contributed to our other strategies such as The Long-Term Transport Strategy that sets out our direction for change to offer greater choices for travel and encourage more active lifestyles to help increase the health and well-being of Barnet’s residents and improve air quality.

The Long-Term Transport Strategy also links to other important agendas we are working towards, for example the recent announcement of a Climate Emergency in Barnet and updating our Air Quality Strategy Action Plan 2017 - 2022, both of which we will be seeking your views on.

As part of the installation of the experimental A1000 Cycle Lane we have been continually gathering residents' feedback.


Next steps - we want your input to help us decide on the future of the A1000 Cycle Lane 

We now need to decide if the experimental A1000 Cycle Lane should be made permanent, altered or removed.

Central Government has also recommended that all experimental Covid-19 related transport schemes have thorough consultations prior to making a final decision and that these consultation activities are conducted by an independent provider to ensure impartiality. As such, the council has commissioned Steer, an independent transport consultancy to lead on the next stages of engagement on our behalf.


To help inform the final options for the A1000 Cycle Lane Steer recently held a series of workshops with residents, businesses and local community groups. The findings from the workshops have informed our final options for the A1000 Cycle Lane which we are now seeking your views on.


How to have your say on the final options

You can have your say on the final options for the A1000 Cycle Lane by completing our online questionnaire.

If you would like an alternative format of the questionnaire, please email Steer: barnet@steergroup.com or telephone 020 7910 5000.


What happens after Phase 2 of the engagement closes?

Following the Phase 2 consultation the Environment and Climate Change Committee will make a final decision on the future of the Cycle Lane in January 2023.

Consultation has concluded

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    We asked

    At the end of 2022, following the conclusion of Phase 1 of the A1000 Cycle Lane Engagement, which consisted of a series of informal face to face engagement workshops, we set up Phase 2, a formal consultation.

    Phase 2 consisted of an online questionnaire that asked you, and the wider community, your views on the options of removing, or keeping and improving the A1000 Cycle Lane between Tally Ho Corner and the boundary with LB Haringey. The suggested improvements for the A1000 Cycle Lane that were put forward during Phase 1 of the workshops were also used to help inform the online consultation.

    Phase 2 also asked you for information on the usage of the Cycle Lane; your views on the scheme as it currently was and how it could look in the future, if it was kept; and demographic questions to understand how opinions on the lane may vary between different groups.

    The final question asked for your views on the future of the A1000 Cycle Lane which simply asked for a choice of response between:

    1. ‘I want the A1000 Cycle Lane to be made permanent but the design to be amended’ or,
    2. ‘I want the A1000 Cycle Lane to be removed’.


    You said

    We received a total of 747 responses to the online consultation. There was a mix of opinions expressed in the responses. These reflected such factors as your preferred or usual mode of travel, how close you live or worked to the A1000, whether you were a resident or business owner.

    A high-level summary of the findings is provided below:

    • those whose preferred mode of travel is walking or cycling were more in favour of keeping and improving the Cycle Lane, as were those not directly impacted by the current infrastructure and that is understandable
    • the questions also reflected the views of people with protected characteristics. As with mode and location, we shall cover the diversity of responses below
    • there were a broad range of views and comments on how you use the A1000 and its cycle lane and what improvements you would like if it remained
    • in terms of whether the cycle should be made permanent or removed, the majority of respondents wanted the A1000 Cycle Lane made permanent:


    • a majority of 62% wanted to see the A1000 Cycle Lane made permanent but the design to be enhanced - that is, bring it in line with design standards for a permanent piece of cycling infrastructure
    • a minority of 33% wanted to see the Cycle Lane removed and 5% of respondents provided no response to this question.

    You can read more information in the full consultation findings report.

    We did

    Following conclusion and review of the online consultation we carried out the following:

    • a report was presented to the Environment and Climate Change Committee on 25 January 2023, recommending retention of the Cycle Lane and to improve it so that it meets standards for a permanent piece of infrastructure. This recommendation was agreed
    • with regard to the experimental measures on the A1000 Cycle Lane that were introduced and became operational in March 2022, the mandatory objection period has now expired. We would like to thank everyone who presented their views. The council has considered all the comments and assessments regarding these experimental measures. Reflecting these, and also the findings from the subsequent face-to-face engagement and online consultation, the experimental measures were formally made permanent on the 22 June 2023
    • we are now preparing to undertake investigations and design studies to improve the Cycle Lane to a standard in common with relevant national standards.

    In developing the design, we will ensure that the views of both those who provided feedback for the experimental measures and contributed to the face-to-face engagement and online consultation are taken into account. Where it is possible to address specific concerns, we will do so. Our aspiration is to address the A1000 as a transport corridor, a destination and a place to live that works for all people and modes of transport, but that acknowledges the needs of sustainable transport as a current and increasing future necessity.