A40(M) Westway
The best known and most notorious of London’s motorways, the Westway had a greater impact than any other because it's the one that got built.
Routes
A40(M)
Western Avenue Extension
The Western Avenue Extension - opened as A40(M) and known as the Westway - was much hated when it opened, but there's no sign of that in the official book published to mark its opening.
What's new
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
The forever bottleneck, part 1
The M4 into London was one of the UK's earliest and most ambitious motorway projects. It was bold, pioneering... and almost instantly regretted.
Hello, here's my ridiculous side project
An introduction to what I write, and why I write it, and where my strange new road sign simulator fits in to all this.
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Major incidents
What happens when there's a big accident on a trunk route? Who picks up the pieces, and why does it take so long?
