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There's an ongoing effort to suppress the social injustice of LTNs.
To counter this, just look at LTNs in Enfield.
Starting point: 2021 census (disdadvantage, ethnicity, car ownership) & TfL crashmap data.
Guess where have Enfield Council deemed priority areas for LTNs? (1)
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We did it! LTN scheme reversed in Chingford after creating mayhem for businesses & residents 🎉
Credit to new Green administration for listening on this, even they get it.
Time to face up to the fact that many of Labour’s London LTNs do not work!
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This needs sorting. Because at the moment it effectively means that if people vote in a London borough for a new administration with different policies they could be stuck with the old TfL-approved policies.
The principle here is
concerning. It means that if TfL helped fund a bike lane or LTN a future elected council would face financial penalties if it tried to remove it. TfL punishing Croydon with £2m funding freeze and issues warning to other boroughs mylondon.news/news/transport…
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The principle here is
concerning. It means that if TfL helped fund a bike lane or LTN a future elected council would face financial penalties if it tried to remove it. TfL punishing Croydon with £2m funding freeze and issues warning to other boroughs mylondon.news/news/transport…
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Lifelong cyclist Edward Lucas writes in the Times about floating bus stops: "It is sickening to watch. Pedestrians (not only blind — also old, frail or just timid) wait nervously and cross hurriedly. Most make it; some are sent flying. A plot twist in this horrid thriller is that some cyclists who do stop get hit from behind by their heedless fellow travellers."
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The data used to show LTNs are good is not what all it seems.
Misleading disinformation pushed out into public to gaslight people into believing LTNs work …
My council lied to residents and blocked them when questions were asked …
The council mislead residents. Provided this false data to cycling lobby as evidence LTNs work.
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This is very good from Ediz
The data used to show LTNs are good is not what all it seems.
Misleading disinformation pushed out into public to gaslight people into believing LTNs work …
My council lied to residents and blocked them when questions were asked …
The council mislead residents. Provided this false data to cycling lobby as evidence LTNs work.
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Believe it or not this is a bus stop with a cycle lane running through it. The speed of the pedal cyclist riding past was reckless. Shouting will not help when you do not know which way to move. @LordPeterHendy @simonlightwood @LilianGreenwood @LordBlunkett @danielmgmoylan
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The usually very reliable Emma Duncan is wrong to claim in today's times that LTNs have no impact on traffic levels on surrounding roads. The evidence is clear and consistent and shows otherwise.
The Government Survey (1): “The available evidence indicates that LTNs are effective in reducing traffic volumes within internal roads. However, results for boundary roads are mixed, with some seeing increases in traffic volumes”.
The Centre for London Study (2): “Overall the evidence shows big reductions in car traffic inside LTNs, but a more mixed picture for boundary roads – some seeing increases in traffic and others seeing decreases. How much traffic is displaced onto nearby roads can vary hugely – not only from scheme to scheme but from street to street. In some cases boundary roads have seen big increases in traffic.”
The report Possible commissioned Rachel Aldred to do (3): “Of the 412 internal road count sites, 303 (73.5%) saw any decline in motor traffic, compared to 109 (26.5%) which saw any increase. For the 175 boundary road count sites, 83 (47.4%) saw any decline in motor traffic, against 92 (52.6%) which saw an increase”.
A trawl through the studies commissioned by local councils which put in LTNs consistently reveals a similar picture: a decrease in traffic within LTNs but an increase on many boundary roads.
(1) assets.publishing.service.go…
(2) centreforlondon.org/wpconten…
(3) wearepossible.org/our-report…
thetimes.com/comment/columni…
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There's no deny it. Increasing traffic mileage & congestion on community main roads is counterproductive in terms of air quality and public health. Now that TfL funded research confirms LTNs do NOT reduce car use, the social & environmental injustices can no longer be tolerated.
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LTNs work to make councils hundreds of £millions in motorist fines.
LTNs work for consulting 'charities' paid tens of £millions.
LTNs work for councillors with properties inside LTNs.
LTNs work for those seeking to bring in road pricing.
LTNs work if you can ignore the injustice.
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An idyllic summer scene in the OR Tambo park in N22….but what’s this @mikehakata? You told us this traffic would evaporate - instead this is a mile long queue from BG Tube station. And it’s too dangerous to cycle in the road, I know because I’ve tried @perayahmet @BBvoice4all
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letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/bowe… @bowesltn loving your support @bowesltn and wishes can come true as in your words from The Green Mar-20
"Is not not ideal" kudos bruh! @BBvoice4all @ediz1975 @Margaret1Brady
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As you’re clearly lying Mark, I thought I’d remind you of the wording if the actual petition 1683 residents signed & not the fantasy one you’re spewing on here.
A significant number of your WRAG group signed the petition too I believe, no? Tell me I’m wrong: I double dare you.
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The National Audit Office found that, despite a staggering £3.3 BILLION spent on #ActiveTravel between 2016 and 2021, levels of walking and cycling actually declined. newsfromcrystalpalace.wordpr…
We need inclusive AT schemes, not more cycle superhighways, LTNs and floating bus. 🙏🏾
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I post this merely to indicate what kind of a character @OpenChiswickW4 is. That is a truly appalling tweet. Does anybody know for sure who is running the account?
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1. Do "cycle networks keep cyclists safe on busy roads"? Are there more/fewer accidents on busy roads with cycle networks?
2. Are 'bus stop bypasses an important part of cycle networks'? Are there more/fewer injuries to cyclists at bus stops since bus stop bypasses were imposed?
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A copy of the Times letters page can be found here: archive.is/yRFSZ
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Haringey perform a greater illusion than Dynamo, Blaine and Siegfried and Roy combined. 300 plus HGVs disappeared. Just like that.
ALT This metric covers light goods vehicles (LGVs) such as vans commonly used for deliveries and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) which are larger than a two-axle van. 6.37 Overall, volumes of goods vehicles decreased considerably on internal roads and increased slightly on boundary roads, as follows: Internal roads - LGVs decreased by 877 vehicles per day (-58%) - HGVs decreased by 361 vehicles per day (-52%) Boundary roads - LGVs increased by 1,680 vehicles per day (+21%) - HGVs increased by 2 vehicles per day (0%) 6.38 It is noted that the increases on boundary roads reflect national trends, whereby the number of deliveries resulting from the surge in online shopping has increased. 6.39 Where there has been an increase in the proportional number of LGVs (such as 2% for boundary roads) there has been an overall decrease in the total number of vehicles in this road. There has been no change in HGVs on boundary roads.
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@misstahlee Salam, please find the unroll here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1… Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖
