Motor traffic other than buses to be banned from London's Bank junction

This would be a great idea. I never though I'd see the City of London bite the bullet and close the lot, I knew they were looking at closing Cornhill.

Currently on weekdays it;s gridlocked with cars/taxis/buses driving into the middle of the junction then getting stuck and blocking vehicles from other dirctions. There is a hugh amount of pedestrian traffic as well, currently squeezed onto narrow pavements.

<blockquote>One area of concern may be the potential for conflict between pedestrians and cyclists, something the City of London Corporation has previously cited as particular concern when blocking plans for proposed Quietways.</blockquote>

If they are still having buses run through the junction, that would reduce the potential conflict as people would recongise it's not a pedestrianised zone.

Now they just need to sort out the five road junction at the top of London Bridge.

London needs to be taken back from cars.  That specific part of London sees a huge flow of pedestrians and at certain times of the day there simply isn't enough footpath for them.

Personally I would completely pedestrianise (with cyclists allowed via shared use) the whole junction, along with the length of Cheapside.  Having a pedestrianised road all the way to St Pauls Cathedral would be wonderful and would probably be extremely popular with tourists (as well as the retail units).

Is this the junction where Clarkson lost his chain when Top Gear did one of their cycling through london specials?

Looks like some lovely architecture around there, not that I bet many people get the time to enjoy it.

Very welcome move, and not before time.

About time but the buses are a huge part of the problem particularly the tourist ones, they run reds block the cycle lane and generally ignore all the rules.

Hmmm, I kind of like the idea but would be really interested to see where/how they are going to re-route that junction, it'll turn Gracechurch street, and Canon st into car parks! Also, can cars please use it at weekends? It's my quickest route sarf of the river and is never busy at weekends.

About time to do something significant here. Today's experience was typical, with multiple lanes 'getting stuck' when crossing (i.e. not waiting until clear on other side, like highway code says) and still moving about 30 seconds after my lights turned green... Mostly black cabs, has to be said.

That photo readlly doesn't do it justice - here's a link to Google StreetView, rotate round to see the junction in it's glory (likewise, look at the map). I can't begin to imagine how treacherous it must get during rush hour. https://goo.gl/US4gVy

LTDA threatens a judicial review in 3...2...1....

The cabbies must be doing their nuts... 

Wow, and wow.

They'll need to design it well to keep pedestrian and cyclist conflict to a minimum - if it looks like a fully pedestrianised area then you can bet that no-one walking will be looking where they're going! it'll need to be very clear where cyclists can go.

Coupled with the new major segregated routes east/west and north/south and the daylight car ban on Tottenham Court Road, it seems like we're beginning to see real change in facilities for making London quieter, less polluted and generally more people-friendly.

It'll take a long time before motorised traffic is really minimised but the momentum is currently in the right direction it seems...

Well this is properly awesome.