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Where to aim a traffic rant ?

I'm sure it wont achieve anything - but can anyone point me to where I should address a rant about the traffic management at the north end of putney bridge.  The 22 bus yesterday took almost an hour to travel from parsons green to putney pier.  Either the lights need re phasing to let more traffic flow from New Kings road or the buses that park up and block the first lane of traffic need to be moved / possibly both.  So far the only step I've heard tfl take is to halve the number of buses on the route at rush hour ?

Nick Parker ● 2589d6 Comments

Hello Nick,Well, you could send your rant to Fulham and Hammersmith Council, to Wandsworth Council and to TFL.  Post it on their social media sites?The timing of the traffic lights from Fulham High Street, Putney Bridge, Putney High Street and Putney Hill has been appalling for a very loooooooooooooooooooong time!  Perhaps cc Justine Greening?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2589d

As an after thought, you could also cc your message to the prospective candidates for the LibDems, Labour and Green parties - I am sure they would be pleased to help too.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2589d

A Twitter rant to all the suggestions Ivonne  has made  might also see you taken seriously.  Twitter can be useful in that respect.

Lucille Grant ● 2589d

Hi NickThank goodness someone else has noticed!! I work right by Majestic Wines on the NKR (and ironically a tenant of TFL)The traffic jam out here is constant, all day and night ever since the bridge closed. H&F also proceeded to make some of the side streets here one way meaning all of the traffic spills out at the junction of Hurlingham Road & NKRWhen i get out of work at 10-11pm there is still a traffic jam here yet there is NO TRAFFIC on Putney Bridge or the High StreetI have rang TFL and i have emailed, and after waiting weeks i get a reply saying thanks for my comments. Initially they said they were going to be looking into the rephasing of the traffic lights in Sep and clearly that has not happened. This is all a bit strange because ultimately the bridge was always going to be closed for repairs but its like there was no preperation for it. TFL seem to be ignoring everyone including H&F (i have spoken to them and phasing can only be done by TFL) and they are not responding to the local MP for this area Greg Hands. I really dont know what can be done, i think i will email Caroline Pidgeon as she is the GLA member who deals with TFL maybe she can do something? I suggest you do the same.....5 months later and no adjusments to traffic lights, what a joke!

Emarisa Battoia ● 2589d

I agree.  This has happened to me recently.  I walked to Parsons Green from Putney and caught the 22 bus back.  It was quicker to walk than travel by bus.

Martine Guy ● 2589d

I don't know if it will work but I wonder what will happen if you try:  www.fixmystreet.com      They used to have a sister site called www.fixmytransport.com which would have been absolutely ace but no longer exists unfortunately which was brilliant in finding whether there were other people with the same traffic challenges and alerting the authorities to them.  When you have a street problem and log it on www.fixmystreet.com they work out where to send it.

Philippa Bond ● 2589d