Rodney Place crossing

We carried out a traffic and urban realm study to improve pedestrian accessibility and connectivity between Elephant Park and Victory Community Park in Southwark.

We undertook traffic counts and mapped traffic displacement to assess several options for the link between the parks including one-ways, improving pedestrian priority with a raised crossing point and a road closure. Options were assessed against their impacts on safety, different road users including pedestrians, cyclists, motor vehicles, buses and access to neighbouring developments. We ranked the options in terms of which would best provide a safe and attractive pedestrian link between the parks and support the aims of LB Southwark’s Movement Plan to reduce traffic and improve people’s experience of the street whilst having limited impact on local surrounding roads.