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Highbury LTN made permanent. Traffic down 76% on internal roads and down 4% overall on boundary roads. Cycling up 52% on internal roads and up 6% on boundary roads. Great progress but still more to do to reduce traffic on Blackstock north and Seven Sisters, in particular.
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New study finds that residents in Lambeth cut daily driving by 1.3km compared to elsewhere after their area became an LTN. This contradicts claims that LTNs do not affect residents' travel behaviour.
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This is for all the people who say, “But I’ve never seen kids playing football in an LTN. It never happens!”
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LTN opponents keep claiming to be the majority. (“Everyone I know agrees with me!”) Surveys keep showing otherwise: three times as many Londoners support as oppose LTNs.
Do Londoners support or oppose the introduction of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London? (10-12 June)
Support: 58%
Oppose: 17%
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"Nobody uses the cycle lanes."
"Most cyclists don't stop at red lights."
Meanwhile, in London:
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New study shows LTN residents change behaviour - they walk and cycle more, drive less. Also, LTNs provide high VFM when comparing health economic benefits from physical activity to costs of scheme implementation. Positive news!
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"I love driving my car. It is my passion... Mr Khan needs to realise that people love their cars and will do anything to drive them daily." Doesn't she know that the official line is, "Nobody drives in London for fun"?
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Yet another report showing that London's LTNs are effective in reducing traffic within schemes, without generally increasing traffic on surrounding roads. Either there's a massive conspiracy by the all-powerful evil cyclists who control the world or maybe... LTNs work.
New academic analysis of 46 London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (587 locations) shows:
👍Substantial falls in motor traffic within LTN schemes 👍Little avg change in motor traffic on LTN boundary roads
LTNs can play an important part in reducing traffic💚
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A few hundred gathered in Trafalgar Square last weekend to protest against clean air and the ULEZ. Tens of thousands marched today for Earth Day
#TheBigOne
. Encouraging.
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Good news: St Mary’s LTN has been made permanent. Traffic fell on roads within the LTN (by 41%) and on surrounding boundary roads (by 12%) following implementation.
We may have topped the
@HSscorecard
for a third successive year, but we’re not stopping there!
Today, we can announce that we’ve made the St Mary’s Church LTN permanent. Find out more 🌿⬇️ (1/4)
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Great to see these positive results from the Islington St Mary's LTN trial. Traffic down 41% overall within scheme and down 12% overall on boundary roads. Have your say in the consultation here:
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And yet...
Hackney: traffic down 56% inside LTNs, and down 5% on boundary roads.
Islington: traffic down 64% inside LTNs, and down 3% on boundary roads.
And to think that LTN advocates believe that one their strongest arguments for LTNs is that people within LTNs will drive less. Car ownership is rising in many LTNs. And even their own reports show modal shift is 'limited'.
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Susan's promise: "As mayor I'll give Councils the freedom to scrap unwanted LTNs."
No need to vote for Susan on this basis as this is a freedom that Councils have already. The Mayor has no power either to implement or to remove LTNs on local authority roads.
LTNs (low traffic neighbourhoods) are blocking ambulances from getting to where they need to be.
I am listening to Londoners and will do all I can to help councils remove unwanted LTNs. Tell me if there's an LTN you want removed 👇
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Spreading the word: LTNs work.
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@petemorristwit
I notice most of the anti-London posts are from non-Londoners. It’s one of the world’s great cities but, hey, maybe great cities are not for you. London has become safer, cleaner, more vibrant and generally better over the last 40 years. 😀 It’s no cheaper, though!
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Hey,
@TfL
- any chance of a yellow box junction to stop this "madness" happening - again - on Holloway Road?
Light-jumpers in conflict with the cycle crossing at Holloway Road again. This seems to happen every day.
@IslingtonBC
, can we have an enforcement camera? Or yellow box? Or both?
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Susan says she’s going to encourage councils to get rid of Londoners.
I met Lorraine from Streatham, who told me how LTNs are causing chaos in her local community. I am listening to Londoners and will encourage councils to get rid of them.
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If lots of people really do like cheese and onion crisps, how come we’ve never seen a pro-cheese and onion crisps rally?
@jonburkeUK
If indeed majority of Londoners support ULEZ, how come we've never seen a pro-ULEZ rally? How many people attended the mayor's photo op on the day of the ULEZ expansion?
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Apparently the reduction of RTA fatalities in Finland is proof that LTNs in London harm children.
Or something.
It's hard to tell what's being claimed when it comes to Ediz.
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Shocking news from Paris: 15 minute cities are quite good, actually, and people like them.
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@maryfield21
@jhoffman___
@VictorMeldrew18
Immigration is what the UK is built upon: Romans, Irish, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Flemings, Normans, Huguenots, South Asians, Africans, Germans, Russian Jews, West Indians, Indians, Pakistanis, Poles, Hungarians, etc. We’re all their mongrel descendants and we’re all British.
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Reducing the amount of on-street parking in Islington would help to discourage people from driving and the space could be used to make the streets greener and healthier - win/win!
Two thirds of Islington households don't have cars, so people are asking for parking spaces to be transformed into green spaces for the community. More trees and greenery, less grey please,
@IslingtonBC
!
#CloudesleySquare
🌳💚🌳
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"LTNs are neither sexist, ageist, ableist nor anti-motorist...limiting motorist access to a few roads results in lovelier neighbourhoods," writes
@carltonreid
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Same junction, same problem - today. Can something be done to fix this dangerous crossing
@TfL
?
Drivers jumping the red light eastbound at
#HighburyCorner
onto St Paul's Road and driving straight across the pedestrian crossing at Hen & Chickens, while green man is showing. I see this almost every day.
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@LittleNinjaUK
But if, rather than just polling people opposed to LTNs, we look at polls based on representative samples, the results seem to be quite different.
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“Everywhere you go the traffic is just bumper to bumper! The answer must be to put an end to traffic reduction measures!” Er, sorry, what?
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The other Stray Cats - David Essex, Paul Nicholas, Peter Duncan and Keith Moon. Dave Edmunds is in there somewhere too.
@TalkingPicsTV
10.00pm tonight. Oh yes.
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@Councillorsuzie
in London we're much more likely to be injured by a driver than by someone with a knife. And yet you complain of a 'war on motorists'. It doesn't seem like you care about 'making our streets safe' from drivers.
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This is what the British public say. Even Tory voters are in favour.
"He is not listening to the British public, and the public in outer London"
Rishi Sunak accuses London Mayor Sadiq Khan of raising "costs on working families" with new ULEZ plans
#PMQs
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I think it's generally a useful principle to assume that if
@LozzaFox
is for it, one should be against it. And vice versa.
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@roadcc
Seems like they want mandatory hi-viz for pedestrians as well. Anything to shift the responsibility from inattentive drivers.
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Drivers jumping the red light eastbound at
#HighburyCorner
onto St Paul's Road and driving straight across the pedestrian crossing at Hen & Chickens, while green man is showing. I see this almost every day.
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How dare they claim there were conspiracy theorists at the ULEZ protest!
'Who do they think they are?! How dare they.'
Neil Oliver says the BBC is 'nothing more than a mouthpiece of the state' after the broadcaster has been slammed for claiming an anti-ULEZ protest featured 'conspiracy theorists' and 'far-right groups'.
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@SocEnvJustice
Residents exempt. Black cabs exempt. Minicabs exempt. Uber has been offered an exemption but declined it. Any car can still access anywhere in the LTN, free of charge. But people are somehow being 'forced' to walk the streets alone?
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Some very positive results from the St Mary's LTN trial. Traffic down 41% overall within scheme and down 12% overall on boundary roads. But cut-through traffic on Canonbury Lane is a problem that still needs fixing.
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Interesting take: low turn out for anti-ULEZ demo and high turn out for Earth Day is because anti-clean air campaigners are too busy with their 'hectic lives' to attend demos.
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@Togetherdec
@CamdenCouncil
@transportgovuk
@Mark_J_Harper
This is not an LTN; it’s a School Street. Residents and the disabled are exempt from restrictions.
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Don't assume that
#Highbury
LTNs will be made permanent. There are still some people trying to get them removed. Take a look at what they have achieved. If you want them to stay, let your councillors know.
@CarolineRussell
@greenbenali
@GreenasErnestas
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DfT review of LTNs ordered by Sunak finds schemes are effective and popular.
“LTNs are effective in achieving outcomes of reducing traffic volumes within their zones while adverse impacts on boundary roads appear to be limited.”
Exclusive: review of LTNs ordered by Rishi Sunak last year in a seeming attempt to block new ones has actually concluded they are generally popular and effective - so officials discussed burying it.
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@WayneGB888
Leaving Scotland and Wales aside, I think you may find that the people of the Republic of Ireland don't like being told their country belongs to you.
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@DanielKorski
“Protect drivers”? Drivers are killing and injuring over 26,000 people in London each year. Are you sure that drivers are the ones who need protection?
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Lovely demonstration of propeller-centric streets and - even better - it’s powered by cargo bike!
Do you want your street to be designed for people, or for their cars?
What better way to Illustrate these options than in a beautiful cargobike installation.
(by
@JAJA_Architects
)
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Interestng to see from the responses to this that LTNs continue to be 'prison camps' while at the same time being a way for residents to increase property value.
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@HowardCCox
Yeah, because saving lives and protecting the most vulnerable is ‘stupid’. London: Crashes drop by 25% after 20mph limit introduced
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@Jo_Earlsfield
Such a shame that they abandoned the in-street dining and brought back traffic. There was a chance there to make Soho once again a world-leading centre of street culture and good times. What a missed opportunity.
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One day left to respond to the Mildmay Liveable Neighbourhood proposals. If you'd like to see less traffic and safer streets in Islington, please take 5 minutes to fill in the survey and support.
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@CamillaTominey
That’s what the Tories thought in the recent local elections, when being anti-LTN was about the only policy they had. How did that go? Not well.
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Wouldn't it be brilliant if the Barnsbury & Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood could embrace something as visionary and transformative as these ideas by
@ZHA_News
for pedestrianising Upper Street?
@BarnsburySt
@IslingtonBC
@WalkIslington
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@TottenhamConse1
Offensive analogy and factually inaccurate. Most adults in Haringey don't have household access to a car. Drivers are a minority. Pedestrians, who aren't "cut off" from anywhere, are the majority.
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@Just_lookin_23
He accuses me of harming kids in London, based on collision data from Finland (!) I call out the disinformation and you reckon *I* am insulting *him*? 🤪
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“Where do people like LTNs?” Let us count the places…
@Cedders68
@JohnJohnStewart
Where do people like LTNs?
Almost all the consultations in London show the reverse of what you describe.
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This library request seems to have been dug out of a secret subterranean store. Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson. Another fine
@BacklistedPod
recommendation.
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@BobFromAccounts
@Councillorsuzie
The Standard witheringly pointing out that Susan either doesn’t know what she’s talking about or is just deliberately making shit up.
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@RichardWellings
I have shocking news for you. It’s not just the government, local authorities and health services who want to reduce traffic. It’s people in general.
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@JoannaBiddolph
She should probably take a look at the evidence in the government’s own recent LTN review.
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@BBCLondonNews
No. "Only a matter of time before somebody gets killed"? Wait until you hear about cars.
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@jackanorycabbie
@UkPolitoons
@cousinsmaterial
@MayorofLondon
@Councillorsuzie
If it's impossible for drivers to access this street, how did these cars get there?
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@Ianbarnes2001
@CountBinface
Hall's silence on the price of croissants has spoken volumes about her understanding of the real issues facing hardworking Londoners.
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@NickBuckleyMBE
I don't wish to sicken you further but after his defeat in the third English Civil War, the future King Charles II hid in a tree then ran away to France. I don't remember this personally; it happened in 1651.
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@CharlotteCGill
If only there were some way for the police to be able to get to places quickly.
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Interesting to see the hatred & contradictions in the responses.
This never happened! / This always happened before LTNs!
Those aren’t kids! / Why RU filming kids?!
Looks like a slum! / Those houses are worth millions!
Streets are for cars! / Streets are jammed with traffic!
🤪
This is for all the people who say, “But I’ve never seen kids playing football in an LTN. It never happens!”
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@carlafrancome
A hard core on FB groups in Islington is still complaining bitterly 18 months in. But that’s deceptive. Schemes here aren’t perfect; there are still problems to fix, but sparse attendance at protests & resounding defeat of anti-LTN candidates in elections suggest broad support.
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@theJeremyVine
This is the same David Giles who was on an Islington community group on FB, urging people in Islington to object to Ealing LTNs. And then lied about it. Not a nice man.
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How about something for this location on Roman Way like the parklet on Woodlea Road, off Stoke Newington Church St,
@IslingtonBC
?
There's plenty of car parking on Roman Way N1, but precious little greenery. This little stretch looks like a great potential spot for pavement widening and greening up the grey.
#LiveableNeighbourhoods
💚🌳💚
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Inspirational and remarkable -
@reversediorama
at tonight’s launch of Industry of Magic and Light. And I say that as a former member of Aberdeen’s fifth best garage band of the early 1980s.
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Surprisingly, SEJ's response to the new
@transportgovuk
review of LTNs neglects to mention the many positives identified in the report. Here are some they could have highlighted.
SEJ has sent its response to the LTN Review to the Department for Transport. Key points below. Full response on our website:
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@alanvibe
Heavy traffic at Highbury Corner predates LTNs. Take a look at this news video from 1985: “No-one denies there is a traffic problem in Islington.” The problem was and is too many vehicles on the road. Free our streets together for people, not cars.
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@Conservatives
I've read this a few times and I can't work out if it's a parody. How can you be 'stopping' things that haven't started in the first place?
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@alexklaushofer
Here's some information that may help to reassure them: LTNs have actually been associated with a reduction in street crime.
Crime map shows busy roads are worst for crime in Islington.
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@Councillorsuzie
Will you be campaigning for the removal of these gates, so that war-ravaged motorists can drive into Dunboyne Road?
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@GBNEWS
‘Bus gates, ULEZ, same thing,’ says Gary. No, they’re not. Unsurprising that none of his passengers has felt the inclination to get into a debate with him on the topic.
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@AndrewBoff
Did you not actually read the article? The ranking is due to the cost of living crisis.
Why would anyone trust the Tories when you can’t even be honest about something that we can fact-check in seconds?
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@KAWAZAKI_KID1
Apparnetly it's the most resilient area in the capital outside of zone one for retail and dining businesses.
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@Ianbarnes2001
This is not a lone cycle rack amongst dozens of car parking spaces. It is the end of civilisation as we know it.
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@alexklaushofer
@IslingtonBC
@islingtongztte
I also had dinner with friends in Islington. We are delighted at the results of the LTNs.
Roads in LTNs: traffic down 64%, cyling up 49%.
Boundary roads: traffic down 3%, cycling up 19%.
@IslingtonBC
is listening and making positive changes. 😁👍
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@ShimanoSteve
@CTMAJA
@carlafrancome
Here's the evidence from my area: Islington. Traffic on boundary roads - with a few exceptions - generally at pre-LTN levels or lower. Still issues to fix on some roads but this suggests our LTNs are generally effective in reducing traffic. No evidence yet of emissions reduction.
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@PhilWalkable
Cute but seems more expensive, more hassle and less practical than an e-bike for urban use (43 mile range). Bike can go through 'no motor vehicles' filters and park anywhere for free. This can't.
Perhaps useful for the elderly or disabled.
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