Safe Streets Under Attack in Dying Days of Desperate Government Safe streets in England are under attack once again by the unprincipled opportunists running the UK government. They are seeking to undermine Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and 20mph zones in
Sunak’s Anti-LTN Report Finds LTNs Popular A report commissioned by Mr Sunak to show that Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are unpopular and ineffective has reached the opposite conclusion. The report was ordered in July 2023 and was due to be published
Oxfordshire’s Local Transport and Connectivity Plan With local authorities including York and North Yorkshire preparing new Local Transport Plans (LTPs), it’s useful to look at the work already done by another council which has made a good job of it.
20mph Recommended for Beech Grove but no Traffic Calming Highways officers from North Yorkshire Council (NYC) are recommending that Beech Grove be made 20mph, but with no traffic calming. The principal problem on Beech Grove is not high vehicle speeds,
Design Options for the Oatlands Area This post follows on from Oatlands Consultation Shows Most Respondents Unhappy and Want Change. That first post reported the results of traffic surveys and a Commonplace consultation. Now I will look at the designs
Oatlands Consultation Shows Most Respondents Unhappy and Want Change The results of the Oatlands consultation held in October/November 2022 show that most respondents are unhappy with the way the area is dominated by motor vehicles, and want change. The consultation
Lee Waters on Streets Ahead Podcast Wales’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change appeared on the Streets Ahead podcast earlier this year, and chatted with hosts Adam Tranter, Laura Laker and Ned Boulting about roads and active travel. The episode aired
Laughable Tory “Plan for Drivers” The Tories have published a laughable “Plan for Drivers” as a government policy paper. Foreword The Foreword is full of gaslighting and Doublespeak such as ‘the easy political choice is to vilify the private car…’
Irresponsible Sunak Wants More Dangerous Streets Irresponsible Prime Minister Sunak wants English streets to be more dangerous, reports the BBC. Apparently Sunak is against traffic-calming schemes and 20mph zones. He says he wants to end a fictional “war on motorists”.
Results of Autumn 2022 Oatlands Consultation Still not Published The results of an Autumn 2022 consultation on active travel measures on Oatlands Drive and the Saints residential area still have not been published. The consultation was part of the so-called