Holland Park Roundabout
Update 04 March 2024
This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. We are analysing your feedback and will report back shortly.
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We want to hear your views on this project and how this may impact you.
You have until 3 March 2024 to give us your feedback.
Proposals
We propose to provide a new high-quality Cycleway and improvements for pedestrians. The changes would make streets in the area safer and more pleasant by enabling people to walk and cycle more and drive less.
Please watch the video below to see a fly through of the changes we are proposing:
The changes we would like to make include:
- New two-way protected cycle lane – From the eastern side of Shepherd’s Bush Green and along the southern side of Holland Park Roundabout connecting to Holland Park Avenue. There will be separate low level cycle signals at junctions, new cycle crossings and better connections to other local cycle routes
- New section of priority bus lane - This is on the southside of Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Improvement to the existing toucan crossing - This crossing outside Shepherd’s Bush station across Uxbridge Road and Shepherd’s Bush Green will be, widened, and realigned making it easier to cross
- Sustainable drainage and Greening – We will add more trees and planting where space allows
Why?
We held a consultation about our plans to make it easier to walk and cycle between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout in May 2019. A copy of our Consultation Report is available to download. As a result of the feedback we received to the 2019 consultation, we have updated the proposals. We’d like to know your thoughts about the effects our proposals might have.
Holland Park Roundabout is a high priority location for safety improvements, as part of the Mayor’s Safer Junction Programme.
Our monitoring shows that there have been a significant number of collisions at the roundabout: in the three-year period up to May 2023 there have been 54 collisions in total, in which 59 people were hurt including 14 cyclists and pedestrians, six of them seriously
We’ll continue to work closely with London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) to support their long term-vision to transform Shepherd's Bush Green and Uxbridge Road.
How it impacts you
Improvements for cyclists and pedestrians
- A new two-way protected cycle lane from the eastern side of Shepherd’s Bush Green and along the southern side of Holland Park Roundabout connecting to Holland Park Avenue, with separate low level cycle signals at junctions, new cycle crossings and better connections to local cycle routes
- Between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout the two-way protected cycle lane will be in the middle of the road within the central traffic islands. At junctions, cyclists will get their own green traffic signals whilst general traffic is held on a red traffic signal
- The new signal-controlled cycle crossings will allow cyclists to safely cross between the new two-way cycle track on Holland Park Roundabout and Uxbridge Road, Holland Park Avenue, and Holland Road. The locations of the new crossings are marked on the maps we have also published
- The existing toucan crossing outside Shepherd’s Bush station across Uxbridge Road and Shepherd’s Bush Green will be, widened, and realigned making it easier to cross
CGI showing proposed changes to the east side of Holland Park Roundabout
- We will widen the footway in front of the W12 shopping centre to give more space for pedestrians at the toucan crossing
- The existing shared use crossing island on Holland Park Avenue will be widened to give cyclists and pedestrians more space
- We have reviewed cycle parking along the Cycleway and have proposed to increase this where possible. Again, we have marked on the maps we have published where we have proposed additional cycle parking
- The changes will connect into Cycleway 34 to the west across Shepherd’s Bush Green to Wood Lane, and to Cycleway 39 to Kensington High Street. On Holland Park Avenue, cyclists can rejoin the carriageway in Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea after the crossing. We are also working with London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBHF) on a proposed Cycleway between Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith making cycling journeys to neighbouring areas easier
- Other changes to allow us to make these improvements include removing the offside ‘flare’ lane on the southern arm of Holland Park Roundabout, and reducing the westbound approach to the roundabout on Holland Park Avenue from three to two traffic lanes
- To provide the protected two-way cycle lane between Shepherd’s Bush Green and Holland Park Roundabout and a priority bus lane for buses turning right from Ariel Way, we will remove one westbound traffic lane on Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Introduce a new 45 metres section of priority bus lane on the westbound side of Shepherd’s Bush Green
- Sustainable drainage and greening – we will add more trees and planting where space allows to provide more shade and reduce local flooding. We have indicated on the maps where the new trees and other planting will be provided
CGI showing proposed changes at Shepherd's Bush GreenYou can find out more about how it may impact traffic and local shops in our Frequently Asked Questions.
Equalities Impact Assessment
Our Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) identifies:
- The affects these proposals could have on people
- How we propose to minimise any negative impacts
After we’ve considered all comments, the EqIA will be reviewed and may be updated.
We use the EqIA to help us decide if, and how, we should proceed with these proposals.
More Information
We have provided more information to help you respond:
We have also provided CGI visualisations showing what the changes would look like on the street and Frequently Asked Questions about the proposed changes.
We will be holding two drop-in events:
- Wednesday 7 February at W12 Shopping centre, - Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12 8PP (15:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday 17 February at Shepherd's Bush Library - 6 Wood Lane, London W12 7BF (10:00 – 12:00)
This will give you an opportunity to get further information about the proposals and provide your thoughts and feedback, to allow us to consider your views.
If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch and we can respond to your queries directly.
Accessible Information
We want to make sure everyone is able to take part in our consultations. To help make it accessible to everyone we have provided:
You can translate the information on this page into another language by using the ‘Select language’ button at the bottom of the page
Connecting with London's deaf community on our consultations
To further enhance how we consult with London's deaf community we offer:
- A British Sign Language (BSL) video of our proposals and survey
- A British Sign Language (BSL) consultation conversation service for this consultation. This service will allow the TfL consultation lead to have a two-way BSL translated discussion on any aspect of this consultation with a BSL speaker. To request a BSL consultation conversation please contact us at haveyoursay@tfl.gov.uk and we will be in contact to arrange this at a convenient time
Tell us your views
You can reply by completing our survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete or if you are short on time, you can submit a quick response.
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The closing date for comments is 3 March 2024.
Questions?
You can use our question tool during the consultation period. We will respond your questions as soon as we can.
Or you can ask your question in person at our two drop-in events:
- Wednesday 7 February at W12 Shopping centre, - Shepherd's Bush Green, London W12 8PP (15:00 – 19:00)
- Saturday 17 February at Shepherd's Bush Library - 6 Wood Lane, London W12 7BF (10:00 – 12:00)
This will give you an opportunity to get further information about the proposals and provide your thoughts and feedback, to allow us to consider your views.
If you are unable to make this date and time and would like to discuss the proposals further with us, please get in touch and we can respond to your queries directly.
Next Steps
Update 04 March 2024
This consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who responded. We are analysing your feedback and will report back shortly.-update ends-
These proposals are subject to the outcome of our consultation. Once consultation ends on 3 March 2024, we will spend time considering all the responses we receive and will prepare a consultation report.
The report will be available to everyone that takes part in the consultation and a copy will be published on our website.
Not keen on the widening of the islands and reducing traffic lanes, despite the fact that cycling it’s encouraged, not everyone can reach the work destination by it or public transportation. Given the very early morning starts and location outside of London i have to use a car. I know that these roundabouts are directly connected to the A40 and other major routes, if gridlock it’s created because of your new proposed alteration, it won’t help anyone, not to mention air pollution. Could be a permanent traffic jam and the air quality will be impacted. Is this being considered? An example gone bad it’s King Street in Hammersmith, where traffic it’s reduced to a single lane after the double cycle lane was implemented, it’s now a permanent traffic jam in which even emergency vehicles cannot pass, everyone it’s stuck behind a bus all the way to Chiswick. Call that a result…
This proposal is so much needed. It will help to improve air quality, reduce pollution through reducing numbers of cars, improve the quality of public transport, so encouraging more to use this instead of cars, and as a regular cyclist in my 60s I dearly hope that it will encourage more cyclists to brave this very dangerous junction and help to increase the numbers cycling with all the associated health and environmental advantages. I really hope this can link with a dedicated cycle way further east along Holland Park avenue which is long overdue. The scheme seems well thought through and I look forward to using it. Many thanks for the opportunity to comment on the scheme.
I support the proposals; they will improve quality of life for those who live and work in the area. I feel we should be pushing at an open door in terms of bus times, cyclist and pedestrian safety, and I welcome TFL's commitment to making improvements despite the loud and unpleasant opposition.
Great plan, long overdue. Please move forward with this proposal!
These proposals look great. We urgently need to humanise London's roads and make them safer for cycling and walking. These proposals will do just that, without any significant downsides for motor traffic. I very strongly support the proposed scheme.
Looks good, this is a very dangerous area to cycle. Any cycling improvements are welcome.
Disaster. Am a cyclist but we need to keep traffic flowing and this will merely make it even worse than it currently is in terms of backlogs, jams etc.
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I really like the suggested changes! The Holland Park roundabout is currently a big concern when I cycle in the area, so it's great to see the proposed two-way cycle lane making cycling journeys safer and faster across the roundabout. Also, the new space for cyclists, pedestrians and priority bus lanes will help reduce the number of car journeys into central London.
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t his scheme would make life more difficult for pedestrians and would slow even further the traffic from uxbridge rd all the way up holland prk ave. which is one of the main west/east routes into central london. it would b etter to improve the cycle route by using the currently closed underpass system. i understand the need to reduce traffic but until the public transport works better you need to find an interim way. i am 74, cannot ride a bike, do use both bus and tube and only use my car very occasionally. I am frequetnly terrified by the behaviour of cyclists who take no account of traffic lights.
I can't believe that in 2024 there are still councils dragging their heels on stopping cyclist being killed by poor design. Why are we making a political issue about hard facts? Without cycle lanes, young people die. This upgrade needed to happen 10 years ago. Get started now.
I am very supportive of the scheme. I travel in the area every day and the safe and segregated cycling provision is very limited and a deterrent to many to cycle. Please proceed asap and extend the length of Holland Park and indeed High Street Kensington, the other dangerous route in this borough. No doubt you will have opposition from people who wish to drive everywhere but this group should not be able to reduce the safety and options for other road users. Congestion in the area is due to too many vehicles and therefore schemes to encourage other modes of transport, such as cycling which is much more efficient, should be encouraged and accelerated.
It’s a big no for me and my Familly ,this roundabout is always congested and very vital to get around area ,you will just kill it more ,there cycled lanes there that always not in use anyways .just don’t just no no no
I am a regular cyclist around the roundabout and I strongly support the proposals. They will make cycling and walking safer and make public transport faster so will encourage more active transport and improve health and environmental outcomes. This is a really important initiative and I wholeheartedly support it.
This roundabout is one of the very few ways to get in and out of Central London and adding a cycle lane would be absolutely catastrophic to the level of traffic and journey times. Absolute madness to even consider it.
Although personally this is outside my normal cycling area I ride other cycling infrastructure in London very frequently. Existing infra like CS9 and the Hammersmith gyratory scheme has been transformative, and well used. Let's hope the provision on roads into and out of the scheme will be upgraded to make it worthwhile
I'm not against the project as long as the flow of traffic is not interrupted (An increasing problem on the Holland Park side). I also believe it needs to be extended to the first set of lights after the roundabout on the Holland Park side - the intersection at Holland Park Avenue and Addison Road. I have petitioned a few times with RBKC on this matter but got nowhere as it's a 'TFL' matter. The lights at this intersection (North to South) HAVE NO timed/electronic pedestrian crossing signals. There is a school nearby. Its atrocious that students crossing are constantly playing cat and mouse with cars coming from three directions (Cars often running red lights). I have images and videos showing the chaos of it. It's a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt. It's appalling that there is such a lack of consideration for pedestrians, most especially students in an immediate school area. As pedestrians are given consideration on the Shepherd's Bush side, equal consideration is due on the Holland Park side.
I am in favour of more and better bicycling facilites.
This is an excellent scheme, well done! However, it could be better. As others have asked; could you consider constructing raised cycle paths. This would keep cyclists and pedestrians safe. Other cities have the ambition to do this: London should too.