> John Rowland wrote:

>> unrealpoli...@gmail.com wrote:

>

>>>>>>> Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, plans to replicate Paris
>>>>>>> Plage, the beach created on a highway alongside the Seine each
>>>>>>> August, on the four-lane Victoria Embankment beside the Thames.

>

>>> It's been quite a decent place to go for a while. There's always stuff
>>> going on between Tower Bridge and County Hall, particularly in summer.
>>> And the Royal Festival Hall redevelopment has done wonders for one of
>>> the area's most unsightly buildings.

>

>> Okay, but is it full up? Are there so many people sunbathing there that the
>> North Bank needs to be pedestrianised too?

>
> What does that mean John? Transport schemes aren't only based upon
> when something's "full up". Improving the quality of the local
> environment is also a laudable aim. I grant you that the needs of
> other road users must also be considered, but having filled other
> pedestrian locations isn't the prerequisite for opening a new one.