White Hart Lane Level Crossing app
Story 218: Thank you St Michael and All Angels
This popped up in the street WhatsApp group.
A simple web app that uses real-time train data to estimate when the White Hart Lane level crossing is closed
That’s it.
Welcome to Barnes2050, a place-based futures project asking: how do we make sure Barnes - the place and its people - is thriving and climate-ready by 2050?
Notes and thoughts
Simple, elegant and useful.
And courtesy of a local group,
Provided for the community by Saint Michael and All Angels.
Barnes2050 has featured the level crossing before. Research in autumn 2025 revealed the profile of drivers who leave their engines running while waiting for the barriers to reopen. (TLDR; Seldom cars or local) This app might encourage a few more people to switch off while they wait.
There is a bigger lesson here too.
One of the forces likely to shape Barnes between now and 2050 is the growing role to be played by data in managing shared space. Barnes2050 has argued that this will affect far more than roads and bus lanes. Better decisions increasingly depend on accurate, timely information being available to everyone.
The White Hart Lane level crossing app is a small but powerful example of what that future could look like: local people using public data to solve everyday problems.
More please.
If you find the app useful, consider making a small donation as a way of saying thank you
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