City Road bus improvements
Our survey was open from Monday 10 March to Sunday 6 April 2025
About the proposed improvements
We are aiming to improve bus reliability and reduce bus journey times for buses travelling northbound on City Road (south) towards Old Street station by adding a new northbound bus lane on Finsbury Pavement, Finsbury Square and City Road between Ropemaker Street and the existing bus lane to the north of the junction of Epworth Street. The scheme also consists of converting two existing zebra crossings by Finsbury Square and Epworth Street into signalised crossings. These proposals aim to support people to use public transport and contribute to a greener and healthier Islington.
Our proposals include:
A new northbound section of bus lane between Epworth Street and Ropemaker Street – connecting into the existing northbound bus lane near Epworth Street, operating Monday to Saturday 7am-7pm.
Removing a short section of southbound bus lane between Epworth Street and Worship Street in order to make space for the northbound bus lane.
Converting existing pedestrian zebra crossings by Finsbury Square and Epworth Street into signalised ‘push button’ crossings.
Reducing the length of the existing taxi rank on the western side of Finsbury Pavement.
Changing the operational hours to some of the existing pay by phone parking bays on the western side of City Road (south).
Changing single yellow lines to double yellow lines.
Plans of the proposals are described below and you can also download plans from the Documents links on the right of this page.
Overview of proposed bus lane, taxi rank, parking and crossing changes
Details of our plans
Overview of proposed bus lane, taxi rank, parking and crossing changesCity Road (south) between Epworth Street and Finsbury Square
Download a PDF of this design drawing.
Our proposals here include:
- New northbound section of bus lane between Epworth Street and Ropemaker Street – connecting into the existing northbound bus lane near Epworth Street, operating Monday to Saturday 7am-7pm.
- Removing a short section of southbound bus lane between Epworth Street and Worship Street in order to make space for the northbound bus lane.
- Converting the existing pedestrian zebra crossings by Finsbury Square and Epworth Street into signalised ‘push button’ crossings.
- Changing the operational hours to some of the existing pay by phone parking bays on the western side of City Road (south), outside numbers 20-24:
- Monday-Saturday 12am-7am; 10am-4pm; 7pm-12am
- Sunday 12am-6pm
- No waiting and loading Monday-Saturday 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm.
Opposite Worship Street outside numbers 14-18, on the western side of City Road (south) the existing single yellow line parking restrictions with single blips to be replaced with double yellow lines, with no loading permitted Monday-Saturday 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm.
Finsbury Square and Finsbury Pavement
Our proposals here include:
- New northbound section of bus lane on Finsbury Square and Finsbury Pavement, operating Monday to Saturday 7am-7pm.
- Reducing the length of the existing taxi rank on the western side of Finsbury Pavement from 20m (4 car spaces) to 12m (2 car spaces) and relocation of the taxi rank approximately 9 metres north of its current location. Operating hours to be changed to:
- Monday-Saturday 12am-7am, 10am-4pm and 7pm-12am
- Sunday at any time
- No waiting and no loading Monday-Saturday 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm.
- Removed section of taxi rank to be replaced with double yellow lines and double blips (no waiting and no loading at any time).
We want to hear from you
Please submit any feedback on these proposals by 6 April 2025 by completing the survey below. Once the survey closes, feedback will be reviewed and used to inform a decision on how to take the project forward.
If you have any queries or would like a paper copy of the full proposals or survey, please email: cityroadbus@islington.gov.uk or write to us at: 1 Cottage Road, Islington, N7 8TY.
