Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?
Re: Low Traffic Neighbourhoods?
Total lunacy from Tower Hamlets who are now consulting under the 'Liveable Streets' banner on 'Reopening Our Roads'
https://talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/LSBethnalGreen
Note this is not just the removal of temporary experimental schemes but an already built 'permanent' public realm scheme on Old Bethnal Green Road that cost a bit under £3m.
https://talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/LSBethnalGreen
Note this is not just the removal of temporary experimental schemes but an already built 'permanent' public realm scheme on Old Bethnal Green Road that cost a bit under £3m.
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Unfortunately they got elected.
A different worry is what happens to AT once Johnson is gone?
A different worry is what happens to AT once Johnson is gone?
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It seems at least one London Borough is enforcing these schemes
Lambeth: £22m in low-traffic fines an abuse of power, say campaigners
Lambeth: £22m in low-traffic fines an abuse of power, say campaigners
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62016690OneLambeth criticised Lambeth Council, who issued 183,192 fixed penalty notices in 12 months.
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"Councillors vote to keep LTNs in Cowley forever":Jdsk wrote: ↑25 Jun 2022, 6:31pmCurrent consultation in east Oxford:ratherbeintobago wrote: ↑25 Jun 2022, 12:50pmAnyone know what the current state of the Oxford horror show is?
https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/eas ... -ltns-2022
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20289 ... y-forever/
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Not knowing the area, is Cowley the same as East Oxford?
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Not in this sense... same Council, different areas, different schemes.
But Cowley is on the eastern edge of the city of Oxford.
Jonathan
But Cowley is on the eastern edge of the city of Oxford.
Jonathan
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Cowley is an older scheme that had got to the end of the trial period.
What is being referred to as the 'east Oxford' ltns are much newer and only in the early stages of trials.
What is being referred to as the 'east Oxford' ltns are much newer and only in the early stages of trials.
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Monbiot on LTNs, and particularly Oxford's LTNs:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nce-oxford
Jonathan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nce-oxford
Jonathan
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Criticism of Jeremy Vine by the BBC:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/ ... s-says-bbc
includes:
"The BBC has warned staff against expressing support for low-traffic neighbourhoods, after ruling that Jeremy Vine breached impartiality rules by backing safe cycling measures near his London home."
Jonathan
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/ ... s-says-bbc
includes:
"The BBC has warned staff against expressing support for low-traffic neighbourhoods, after ruling that Jeremy Vine breached impartiality rules by backing safe cycling measures near his London home."
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Thanks for the last postings. Interesting that the BBC has taken a vow of silence rather than supporting low traffic neighbourhoods. Perhaps Sir David Attenborough will also be found to have breached impartiality over global warming?
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Jeremy Vine warned of BBC's impartiality rule:- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/ ... s-says-bbc
Jeremy Vine warned of BBC's impartiality rule:- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/ ... s-says-bbc
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Very interesting 3 part programme on last night's TV.
The programme showed how the BBC is always under subtle and not so subtle government influence. Always denied of course.
The programme showed how the BBC is always under subtle and not so subtle government influence. Always denied of course.
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The BBC view of impartiality seems to be balancing every positive with a negative, regardless of facts or value. "The new malaria vaccine on trial in Kenya has proved highly effective, promising an end to this disease which kills over a million children every year. However, some people are saying that being infected with malaria is a highly important cultural experience."
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Is that actually a quotation, or a parody?
Whichever, I agree that the BBC does sometimes fall to false equivalence, I think under pressure from lobbyists who don’t like some facts and some scientific consensus, so wish to see them ‘balanced’ with their pet irrelevant or nonsensical stuff.
Whichever, I agree that the BBC does sometimes fall to false equivalence, I think under pressure from lobbyists who don’t like some facts and some scientific consensus, so wish to see them ‘balanced’ with their pet irrelevant or nonsensical stuff.
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That'll be about right and possibly why some of it's political journalists are jumping ship.francovendee wrote: ↑31 Aug 2022, 8:13am Very interesting 3 part programme on last night's TV.
The programme showed how the BBC is always under subtle and not so subtle government influence. Always denied of course.
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