:excerptstartPatrick Sisson Mar 6, 2020Would you pay money to make traffic worse? The U.S. has been doing that for decades. More roads, more expenses, more congestion: a new report argues America’s transit policy gridlock is costing us billions of dollarsIt’s a great time to be a road builder in the United States, and a terrible time […]
Cycle buddies; permeability; York Way junctions; Haverstock Hill campaign; O2 centre development; Greening of road closures
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Some people assume that building more roads would help us get around quicker. But decades of evidence shows that it actually makes traffic and congestion much worse. The government should learn this lesson before it’s too late.
A lot of us have spent more time than we’d like stuck in traffic. The thought of new or wider roads might come to mind as a solution. But building more roads won’t help us get around quicker, and instead of cutting congestion, it increases traffic. Here’s how:
:excerptstart Active travel campaigner Sarah Berry weighs up the evidence around low traffic neighbourhoods and local crime figures, with a focus on women’s safety and sense of security. Ms Huq raised the issue of women’s safety on the UK’s streets, which in the light of the recent kidnap and murder of South London woman Sarah Everard, is
Full screen map [Use sliders at top right of map to vary transparencies of the layers] The above map overlays the existing LTNs in all London boroughs (taken from this map as at 18 March 2021) over TFL’s Overview diagram taken from their Streetspace funding and guidance report, Appendix Six (b) Strategic Neighbourhoods
:excerptstartHackney, 19 March 2021An initial analysis of traffic counts around Hackney’s London Fields low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) shows early signs of traffic reduction, with traffic down both in the neighbourhood itself and on boundary main roads. Traffic inside London Fields LTN was down by an average of 44%, with traffic on boundary roads around the LTN also down by 21%, showing
:excerptstart18/03/21 One of the staples of the modern media click bait outrage manufactured culture war is the one where a video is shown ostensibly of a “cyclist” doing something “wrong”; often pivoting to a “who was in the wrong” debate It must have some positive effect for the organs that spout this claptrap – and by positive, I
Letter to Priti Patel from 62 parliamentarians argues right to protest is enshrined in human rights law
Allowing the police to criminalise people for protesting is “not acceptable and is arguably not lawful”, more than 60 MPs and peers have told the home secretary.
In a letter coordinated by Liberty and Big Brother Watch, 62 parliamentarians said the right to protest was enshrined in human rights law, amid growing scrutiny of police tactics after officers forcibly dispersed demonstrators at a vigil for Sarah Everard last week.
:excerptstart16 th March 2021 [LONDON] Following the removal in December of the protected cycle lane on High Street Kensington after only seven weeks, today volunteer group Better Streets for Kensington and Chelsea (Better Streets) has given the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) a plan for the council to solve their self-inflicted legal problems, start delivering on national policy, show their commitment to being
:excerptstartStudy links fall in street crime and low traffic neighbourho Introducing low traffic neighbourhoods in Waltham Forest has led to an overall reduction of street crime, particularly violent and sexual offences, according to a study by academics Anna Goodman and Rachel Aldred.The research shows there was a 10% fall in street crime over one year, which compares “favourably” with
