Helen CzerskiThe evidence that cars don’t work as primary mass transport in cities is everywhere: traffic jams, air pollution, accident rates, the shocking fraction of city space taken up by parking spaces, safety barriers/bollards etc. This 100 year experiment should be declared over, and we should put proper effort into the systems that HAVE been shown to work and scale: walking, cycling, e-cargo bikes, cheap/accessible/reliable public transport. This “argument” about LTNs is just lazy delay. #LTN #cities
James Evans@helenczerski In Dulwich, south London, there’s been a lot of anger about the LTNs, but from my perspective (as someone who doesn’t own a car) they’ve made the roads quieter, safer, cleaner and nicer to use.
The initial designs were a bit restrictive, but changes to allow emergency access seem to have fixed those concerns. Overall, LTNs seem to deliver, and the only “argument” should be about how to extend their impact and ensure car-free travel is safe, cheap, and timely.
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