The fact remains that the North Circular and Green Lanes are major roads and therefore should bear the brunt of traffic. When the road works are complete then hopefully things will be better for everyone.

I think the roads on your side of Green Lanes (Arcadian, Woodside, Berkshire etc) naturally disperse the traffic better than Bowes Park did before the changes. The no right turn at Whittington has cut traffic and dispersed the rest into more appropriate roads. The pain is the queue to the A406 down Bounds Green road but we will just have to wait until the roadworks are complete.

EIMB said: "the A406 is a perfect place for queuing and belching out fumes, certainly better than residential areas!"

 

You should, perhaps, be aware that there is a plan to erect considerable new housing on the 406 near Wilmer Way, making it more of a residential area than it already is!

 

http://stopthea406flats.weebly.com/

 

I am not so hopeful, it seems that the 'new'  A406 in parts may have less capacity that the old one.

The wise transport planners have taken out the bus lay-bys and relocated the bus stops, so now when a bus stops or breaks down or and a passenger incident the A406 is reduced to a single lane.  Why anyone thought we need 20 foot wide pavements rather than a by lane or parking lay-by is beyond me.  All the more fun for when the Olympics takes out another lane!