> Does anyone know where I could find maps/plans of the new traffic
> routes around Aldgate? I saw a notice last night saying that traffic
> will be taking new routes round there from this weekend with a 1am
> implementation time. I don't know if this will be the full monty
> though.
>
> http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/8195.aspx
>
> From what I gather Braham Street is to be closed to traffic more or
> less and two way traffic is to be introduced on Whitechapel High
> Street in front of Aldgate East station. I'm intrigued to see what
> effect this has on traffic.

> Does anyone know where I could find maps/plans of the new traffic
> routes around Aldgate? I saw a notice last night saying that traffic
> will be taking new routes round there from this weekend with a 1am
> implementation time. I don't know if this will be the full monty
> though.

> mudchute@googlemail.com wrote:
>

>> Does anyone know where I could find maps/plans of the new traffic
>> routes around Aldgate? I saw a notice last night saying that traffic
>> will be taking new routes round there from this weekend with a 1am
>> implementation time. I don't know if this will be the full monty
>> though.

>
> This is the best one that I've found. The ones in the Aldgate Masterplan
> are a bit "Micky Mouse" and look like they were drawn by kids with too
> many crayons!
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23485861-details/Drivers+face+'racetrack'...

>
> This is the best one that I've found. The ones in the Aldgate
> Masterplan are a bit "Micky Mouse" and look like they were drawn by
> kids with too many crayons!
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23485861-details/Drivers+face+'racetrack'...

> Jack Taylor wrote:
>

>> This is the best one that I've found. The ones in the Aldgate
>> Masterplan are a bit "Micky Mouse" and look like they were drawn by
>> kids with too many crayons!

>

>>http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23485861-details/Drive...

>
> It looks like a terrible idea. Far better would have been to pedestrianise
> Whitechapel High St and use Braham St as the two-way bypass.

>
> Went through there Sunday night on the bus at about 11pm and traffic
> was moving pretty freely along the new routes shown on the link above.
> However, this morning the traffic reports said that traffic was a
> nightmare and the A11 was queuing back to Bow Road and the A13 back to
> Limehouse. I wonder if this will get any better as drivers get used to
> the layout or whether the powers that be have created a monster. I can
> understand the benefits of removing the Shoreditch one way system as
> through routes there are now more direct but not many routes are
> shortened in the case of Aldgate. In fact, by my understanding, if
> you're coming from Tower Hill to the A13 you now have to go all the
> way past Aldgate bus station!

> mudch...@googlemail.com wrote:
>

>> Went through there Sunday night on the bus at about 11pm and traffic
>> was moving pretty freely along the new routes shown on the link above.
>> However, this morning the traffic reports said that traffic was a
>> nightmare and the A11 was queuing back to Bow Road and the A13 back to
>> Limehouse. I wonder if this will get any better as drivers get used to
>> the layout or whether the powers that be have created a monster. I can
>> understand the benefits of removing the Shoreditch one way system as
>> through routes there are now more direct but not many routes are
>> shortened in the case of Aldgate. In fact, by my understanding, if
>> you're coming from Tower...

>
> Went through there Sunday night on the bus at about 11pm and traffic
> was moving pretty freely along the new routes shown on the link above.
> However, this morning the traffic reports said that traffic was a
> nightmare and the A11 was queuing back to Bow Road and the A13 back to
> Limehouse. I wonder if this will get any better as drivers get used to
> the layout or whether the powers that be have created a monster.