Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, or LTNs, reduce traffic in residential streets, and improve access for pedestrians and cyclists with dedicated lanes, wider pavements and planters blocking off vehicle access.
Speed limits of 20mph are designed to reduce the severity of injuries suffered in accidents.
So why exactly are there still Tories that have not been tarred and feathered and run out of the cities by the common people?
There doesn’t seem to be even a single one among them worth having around.
Here in Cambridge, the “Sustainable Travel Zone” was just torpedoed, killed largely by a curiously well funded “grassroots” campaign. The biggest public condemnation came from the Conservative minority on council.
In the end, it died because too many from the Labour/Libdem (mostly Libdem) majority flip-flopped on it out of fear of losing the next election to Conservatives.
This is what we get when we elect opportunistic cowards.
Because these policies are what common people want. Surprise!
Except polling shows that low traffic measures are actually popular.
Cool story, but people keep voting Tories in time after time. Ping me when that changes.
We’ll have to wait for the next election for that, but again the polling shows that they aren’t very popular at the moment.
Polling was showing that Brexit will never happen. Polling was showing Labour will win to guide us through Brexit. Yeah, I’m a bit sceptical based on historic data we have.
Me again, look at this clown fest! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/02/rishi-sunak-commons-majority-in-peril-as-60-tories-join-liz-truss-group
Our next PM will be Truss again! Ahaha! Fuck me…