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Post by fretslider on Oct 24, 2020 7:07:13 GMT -5
During the lockdown councils were busy blocking roads and narrowing others as part of their Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes.
The inevitable result was emergency vehicles couldn't get to where they were needed in reasonable time. My council, Wandsworth, says it has given up on them, but it hasn't actually removed anything.
Wandsworth Council is to suspend its Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) trials following a high level review.
The LTN trials were introduced last month as part of the Council's response to the pandemic, to make residential streets more bike and pedestrian friendly.
The trials were also intended to combat climate change by encouraging people to use more sustainable forms of transport and tackling air quality.
However an initial review of the trials has identified concerns with emergency access and traffic flows. And this has been compounded by additional changes that Transport for London (TfL) is making to red route roads in the borough.
www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/18715152.low-traffic-neighbourhood-trials-suspended/
Cue the howls of anguish... from bent expenses fiddler Rosena Allin Khan Labour MP for Tooting.
But the best so far has to be Camden's idea of a safe bus stop...
A cycle lane which runs right through the middle of a bus stop has been blasted as 'crazy' by commuters who are forced to dodge speeding cyclists as they get on and off the vehicle.
The elderly and young parents with buggies are among those who face the risk of being knocked down as they attempt to cross the newly built cycle lane.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8871889/Council-blasted-installing-crazy-cycle-lane-runs-right-bus-stop.html
These changes were all made never consulting the people. Big mistake.
