I have to drive through Catford to get to Eltham in rush hour on a fairly regular basis and have now tried most of the available options.

The traffic into Catford along the south circular is bad and is getting worse but I wonder how much difference a Catford only solution is going to make.

Once you have made it beyond the railway stations if you decide to continue East along the south circular the traffic is usually pretty bad until you reach the dual carriageway just before the junction with the A20.

So unless you can improve the A205 all the way to the Lee then there must be a risk that improvements at Catford are only going to funnel cars into the bottleneck more quickly.

If London continues to grow as projected I think the only realistic solution will be road pricing. We already carry trackers in our pocket (mobile phones) so linking them to car charging and number plate recognition must be fairly easy.

Of course I want to drive for free but driving but what's the point if it is quicker to walk?