Congestion Collection

Welford on Avon / Glos
In Welford-on Avon, Warwickshire, traffic congestion is minimal and parking is a doddle

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, showing a view along Henrietta Street from the corner of Bedford Street during the morning of 26 March 1959

Oxford Street Congestion
Buses and cabs fill Oxford Street, London, as far as the eye can see : only one of the buses is an open-top kind

Traffic at Oxford (Regent) Circus, Central London
Cabs, carriages, buses and pedestrians at Oxford (then Regent) Circus, at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street, Central London, during the season

Traffic congestion on a London street

Plans for the Thames tunnel (now known as the Dartford tunnel) connecting Kent and Essex. To stop congestion which was getting greater in central London Date: 1925

The blockade of London Bridge, 1859. The congested and overcrowded state of the streets of London, particularly those in the City. Date: 1859

Solving Londons traffic problems, roundabouts 1924
Diagram showing how to help traffic flow in Oxford Street, by a circular route, what we call today a roundabout. 1924

A Sohere suggestion for meeting increasing congestion
Illustration suggesting the need for specially constructed motor-ways to help ease increasing traffic congestion in 1924. The drawing accompanies an article by R. P

First white line painted on a London road
The first white line painted on a road in London, in an attempt to solve traffic congestion. 1924

Cartoon, Wanted - A Traffic Authority 1923
Policeman trying to control the traffic on a congested London road. 1923

Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 2 -- dismay on the faces of the market stall sellers as a horse and cart trample all over the baskets of veg. 1883

Congestion of the Lung by H. M. Bateman
An open space as imagined by the cartoonist H. M. Bateman with hundreds of men playing football. Date: 1912

Poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours, WW2
Wartime poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours -- how to avoid congestion on the London Underground. Designed by Misha Black and David Langdon. 1942

Cartoon, Metropolitan Prize Puzzles No. 1 -- traffic at Marble Arch, Central London, before the introduction of the Congestion Charge. Date: 1883

ENGLAND / LONDON / OXFORD ST
Congestion in Oxford Street. Date: 1931

Traffic at Oxford (Regent) Circus, Central London
Traffic at Oxford (then Regent) Circus, at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street, Central London, during the season. Date: 1875

Traffic congestion on Oxford Street, central London, England. Date: 1987

London by Lester Ralph
Superb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Pauls Cathedral wearing a police officers helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled

Stop that traffic congestion by Fitz
A suggested design to ease traffic congestion. 1929

Map to the nightlife of London, 1965
A handdrawn pullout map of Soho, Leicester Square and the West End as far as Hyde Park, showing theatres, cinemas and restaurants in Central London

Traffic congestion on London Bridge in bad weather
Traffic congestion on London Bridge in wet and windy weather. Date: 1876

Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
View of Walnut Street (north from Tenth Street), Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on a busy day. Date: 1922

London Traffic Jam
Buses and cars in a south London traffic jam, in the days before the Bus Lane and the Congestion Charge were introduced. Date: circa 1980

The Bressey Traffic Report, 1938: future predictions
Traffic improvements in London in the style of some already carried out in American cities: 1. A parking deck in Trafalgar Square. 2. A depressed road crossing at Hyde Park. 3

Chicago Congestion
A busy day on Dearborn and Randolph Streets, Chicago... Not always so bad as this. It took nine policemen seven minutes to untangle the knot. Date: 1916

Shropshire Union Canal
Narrow boats and motor cruisers causing congestion on the Shropshire Union Canal at Barbridge, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Charing X Road Jam
Traffic congestion on Charing Cross Road, central London. Date: late 1960s

Marble Arch Traffic Jam
Traffic congestion at the Marble Arch roundabout, central London. Date: late 1960s

Busy communication trench, Mesopotamia, WW1
A busy communication trench in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during an action, with walking wounded and stretcher cases, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

London Bridge / Late 19C
London Bridge with heavy traffic Date: late 19th century

New York Traffic congestion
Illustration of congestion in New York city, showing carnage on the streets especially at rush hours. It is a state that it was felt London was rapidly approaching

Ludgate Circus
Traffic jammed across Ludgate Circus, in front of the famous bridge, which was built in 1866 and dismantled in 1989

Paris Traffic Hell
Cars and buses fight for space in traffic chaos at Place de l Opera, Paris

Street / Waterloo Bridge
Heavy traffic congestion across Waterloo Bridge, mainly caused by roadworks

Congestion at Bank
Congested London streets - the scene outside the Bank of England

Aldgate Congestion
A " traffic block" in Aldgate High street, east London. Note the predominance of horse- drawn over motorised vehicles; Aldgate tube station and the Three Nuns Hotel on the left

Waterloo Br Congested
Heavy traffic congestion across Waterloo Bridge, mainly caused by roadworks

Social / Waterloo Bridge
Buses and cars caught up in the chaos of roadworks on Waterloo Bridge

Westminster / 1929
Early traffic congestion at Westminster

Road Traffic Control
Traffic control from the air : the observer tells the police by radio-telephone the state of traffic, which can then be halted or diverted in case of accident or congestion

Park Lane Congestion
A drover driving sheep and cattle along Londons Park Lane adds to the confusion of pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles of every kind

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