The client identified 4 key requirements
The studies confirm the need to improve the balance between people and traffic
What will happen to people and traffic
St Martin's Place and Northumberland Avenue
Horse Guards Parade and Route to River
Raleigh Gardens and Whitehall's hidden spaces
Broad Sanctuary and Residential Areas
Environmental gain/traffic pain
Trafalgar Square area
- Orange Street cut at Whitcomb Street. Direction of one-way reversed to become eastbound, to the east of Whitcomb Street.
- Pall Mall East: two way for buses only
- Duncannon Street: closed to all traffic except cyclists; essential access from the Strand
- Trafalgar Square:
north side - closed to all traffic
south side - two way traffic
west side - two way for buses only - Trafalgar Square east side and St Martin's Place: two way for buses and cyclists only
- Southbound link from Pall Mall East to Cockspur Street (west of Canada House) for buses and cycles only, to allow terminating buses to turn
- Cockspur Street: two way general traffic
- Spring Gardens becomes two-way for all traffic
- The Mall: no left turn to Cockspur Street
- Northumberland Avenue: no right turn to Trafalgar Square
- No left turn into Northumberland Avenue from the Strand (except cycles)
- The Strand (south of Duncannon Street): one bus lane and one general traffic lane in each direction and bus stops relocated from Duncannon Street
- More pedestrian crossings from south of Square
- Northumberland Avenue: widened pavements