Editing London Borough of Barnet (section)

==Transport==

===Transport policy===
Former mayor of London [[Ken Livingstone]] said once said that Barnet's transport agenda is "recklessly anti-public transport, anti-pedestrian and anti-cycling" and that Barnet has become a "laboratory experiment for some very ill-thought out policies".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnettimes.co.uk/display.var.473450.0.humps_faceoff.php|title=Humps face-off|work=Times Series}}</ref> In 2004 cycle lanes were removed and [[Bikeability|cycle training]] funding cut by the controversial pro-motorist councillor [[Brian Coleman]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1050084.ece|title=Motorists' champion rips out humps and bus lanes|last=Webster|first=Ben|date=22 March 2004|access-date=2009-09-28|location=London|work=The Times}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Road===
The [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] is a major road in that forms much of the borough's western border. It is also the first Roman built road in England. It later took the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] name [[Watling Street]]. The Great North Road passes through the borough starting at East Finchley and crossing into Hertfordshire at [[Monken Hadley]]. It was a coaching route used by [[mail coaches]] between London, [[York]] and Edinburgh. The many inns on the road provided accommodation, stabling for the horses and replacement mounts.<ref>Norman W. Webster (1974)'' The Great North Road''</ref> A section of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]] was built to bypass this route through Mill Hill, eventually joining the Great North Road at [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]].

The [[Finchley Road]] was built as a turnpike in the 1830s linking the [[West End of London|West End]] to [[Finchley]]. The [[A41 road (Great Britain)|A41]] splits off from the Finchley Road just before it crosses the borough boundary, briefly merges with the A1 through Mill Hill, leaving the borough at Edgware.

The [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] (or A406) is part of a north orbital route for London; it crosses the borough east–west linking all the other major routes. Junctions one, two and four of the [[M1 motorway]] are in the borough. [[London Gateway services]] is at the site of the abandoned third junction. The [[List of bus routes in London|bus routes]] in the borough are managed by [[Transport for London]].

===Rail===
[[File:BarnetLU.png|right|thumb|London Underground services in Barnet]]
The borough is served by the northernmost sections of the [[London Underground]]'s [[Northern line]], including all three of the line's northern termini (Edgware, High Barnet, and Mill Hill East). The surface sections of the High Barnet and Edgware branches are entirely in the borough. The High Barnet branch surfaces just before [[East Finchley tube station|East Finchley station]]. At [[Finchley Central tube station|Finchley Central station]] there is a single-station spur to [[Mill Hill East tube station|Mill Hill East station]]. The rest of the line continues north through [[West Finchley tube station|West Finchley]], [[Woodside Park tube station|Woodside Park]] and [[Totteridge and Whetstone tube station|Totteridge and Whetstone]] stations to the terminus at [[High Barnet tube station|High Barnet station]].

The Edgware branch emerges at [[Golders Green tube station|Golders Green station]]; the line continues on a series of viaducts through [[Brent Cross tube station|Brent Cross station]] to [[Hendon Central tube station|Hendon Central station]]. Here it goes through a tunnel before continuing above ground through [[Colindale tube station|Colindale]] and [[Burnt Oak tube station|Burnt Oak]] stations to the terminus at [[Edgware tube station|Edgware station]]. The [[Piccadilly line]], although in the Borough of Enfield, is very close to the border, with buses in Barnet connecting people to the stations.

There are two [[National Rail]] routes in Barnet. The [[Midland Main Line]] passes through the western edge of the borough, and is served by [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]] at (from north to south): [[Mill Hill Broadway railway station|Mill Hill Broadway]], [[Hendon railway station|Hendon]] and [[Cricklewood railway station|Cricklewood]]. The [[East Coast Main Line]] crosses the north-eastern corner of the borough, and is served by the [[Great Northern Route]] at [[New Barnet railway station|New Barnet]], [[Oakleigh Park railway station|Oakleigh Park]] and [[New Southgate railway station|New Southgate]] (which straddles the border with the [[London Borough of Enfield]]).

There was a railway line joining the two sides of the borough, part of the [[Edgware, Highgate and London Railway]] which was going to be part of the Underground's Northern line "Northern Heights" expansion, but steam passenger services beyond Mill Hill East ended in 1939, and the completion of the electrification of this railway was eventually abandoned in the 1950s, primarily because the full extension would have breached the [[Town and Country Planning Act 1947]] ([[10 & 11 Geo. 6]]. c. 51).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} What track was laid, was removed in the 1960s, with a small part of the trackbed used for the [[M1 motorway]] extension in the 1970s.

===Travel to work===
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents aged 16–74 used to travel to work were (expressed as percentages of all residents aged 16–74):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Method of transport !! Percentage
|-
| not in employment || 33.9%
|-
| driving a car or van || 24.1%
|-
| underground, metro, light rail, tram || 17.3%
|-
| bus, minibus or coach || 7.9%
|-
| work mainly at or from home || 4.9%
|-
| on foot || 4.1%
|-
| train || 3.9%
|-
| passenger in a car or van || 1.4%
|-
| bicycle || 0.9%
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16-74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode.</ref>