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17 TfL pedestrian crossings in Islington unfit for blind and partially sighted Londoners

Research by London Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon has discovered that 17 pedestrian crossings in Islington looked after by Transport for London – and 347 across London in total – are unfit for blind and partially sighted Londoners.

There is a despite it now being 16 years since the Department of Transport set down a national accessibility standard to ensure every pedestrian crossing has either an audible sound and/or a rotating cone (under the box where the ‘Wait’ sign and push button are located) to assist blind and partially sighted people.

Caroline Pidgeon commented:

“It is a total disgrace that London has so many pedestrian crossings which are inaccessible for blind and partially sighted people. It says everything about the low priority given to pedestrians by the Mayor of London that such basic safety standards are still not being met at so many pedestrian crossings across the capital.”

Here is the full list of the 17 Islington crossings:

03/002 L.B. Islington GOSWELL ROAD – SPENCER STREET – MORELAND STREET
03/016 L.B. Islington A5203 CALEDONIAN ROAD – COPENHAGEN STREET
03/022 L.B. Islington A503 CAMDEN ROAD – A5203 HILLMARTON ROAD
03/028 L.B. Islington UPPER STREET – ISLINGTON PARK STREET – CANONBURY LANE
03/032 L.B. Islington A201 FARRINGDON ROAD – A5201 CLERKENWELL ROAD – TURNMILL STREET
03/033 L.B. Islington A5201 OLD STREET – CENTRAL STREET – GOLDEN LANE
03/035 L.B. Islington A5201 CLERKENWELL ROAD – A1 GOSWELL ROAD – A5201 OLD STREET
03/040 L.B. Islington ST JOHN STREET – MYDDLETON STREET – SPENCER STREET
03/046 L.B. Islington HOLLOWAY ROAD – TOLLINGTON ROAD – CAMDEN ROAD
03/065 L.B. Islington HOLLOWAY ROAD – TUFNELL PARK ROAD
03/067 L.B. Islington PARKHURST ROAD BY WILLIAMSON STREET BY CHAMBERS ROAD
03/087 L.B. Islington ARCHWAY ROAD – TOLLHOUSE WAY
03/091 L.B. Islington A1 HOLLOWAY ROAD – MADRAS PLACE – FIELDWAY CRESCENT
03/096 L.B. Islington ST JOHN STREET – OWEN STREET – CHADWELL STREET
03/102 L.B. Islington A1 TOLLHOUSE WAY – HIGHGATE HILL
03/105 L.B. Islington A1 HOLLOWAY ROADDAVENANT ROAD
03/107 L.B. Islington TOLLINGTON ROAD – HERTSLET ROAD

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