TfL bus team confirm LTNs cause “serious” delays but TfL also claimed LTNs only marginally increase traffic on boundary roads. 😵‍💫
In the first 3 months the new LTN has generated £320,000 in fines for the council who insist the 18-month trial must continue.
thetimes.co.uk/article/buses-…

LTN academics say traffic congestion caused by Streatham Wells LTN is not significant when combined with traffic data from the empty lanes on the other side of the road.
They ask Londoners to ignore what they see and instead rely on the ‘evidence’ they produce in support of LTNs.

Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ That's a lot of vans & buses stuck in LTN manufactured congestion but council reports will show zero vehicles because council traffic counters do not record vehicles travelling at less than 10kmph.😵‍💫
Based on the 'evidence' this LTN will be made permanent. facebook.com/reel/935666258…

Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ Rachel Aldred research, funded by Possible, found across LTN boundary roads there was very little aggregate change (+0.7% mean average compared to background trends).

It’s clear, even a small increase to traffic on already congested Red Routes can result in total gridlock. 👇🏾

Little Ninja UK Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ Dr Kat Alcock Jane Alaszewski Katharina Herrmann Lorna Blane Evan Driscoll Cowley LTN’s #OneOX4 Croxted Clean Air too Alex Xara Simon Calvert Rebekah Kelly What I understand of the 0.7% makes it an almost useless headline figure. The range of impacts across the LTNs is enormous showing local circumstances have a big impact. Yet still
cited by our local MP. x.com/daveinlond72/s…

Southern Villan Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ Dr Kat Alcock Jane Alaszewski Katharina Herrmann Lorna Blane Evan Driscoll Cowley LTN’s #OneOX4 Croxted Clean Air too Alex Xara Simon Calvert Rebekah Kelly Is the 40 buses gridlock in Streatham due to the “modest increase of just 1.3% on boundary roads” as per Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP’s letter (below), or are the claims true that LTNs relocate thousands of vehicles from high car ownership roads onto poorer sacrificial roads and Red Routes?

Little Ninja UK Southern Villan Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ Dr Kat Alcock Jane Alaszewski Katharina Herrmann Lorna Blane Evan Driscoll Cowley LTN’s #OneOX4 Croxted Clean Air too Alex Xara Simon Calvert Rebekah Kelly Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP London Labour Scott 💚 London Liberal Democrats Times Politics Charlotte Gill Matt Albrow boundsandbowesvoice SEAN PAUL DAY Victoria Derbyshire Channel 4 Dispatches Who defines boundary roads? Have some unaffected nearby roads been included to flatter the overall average?

Each carriageway recorded seperately, or both together? If traffic build up is on one lane only, that's problematic.

Then there's the underreporting of slow traffic.

Reconnecting Oxford Southern Villan Save Our Buses55 (SOB) Jeff Smith on Air Pollution (BreatheLife2030.org) Michele Ragusa Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Paul Lomax Clair Shimano Steve Ann Jones Ediz The Fox ◼ Dr Kat Alcock Jane Alaszewski Katharina Herrmann Lorna Blane Evan Driscoll Cowley LTN’s #OneOX4 Croxted Clean Air too Alex Xara Simon Calvert Rebekah Kelly Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP London Labour Scott 💚 London Liberal Democrats Times Politics Charlotte Gill Matt Albrow boundsandbowesvoice SEAN PAUL DAY Victoria Derbyshire Channel 4 Dispatches 'boundary roads' are defined by those wishing to show only 'a modest increase' on surrounding roads and claim traffic evaporation has occurred.
If academics wanted to produce unbiased research they'd monitor all Community Main Roads & Red Routes receiving LTN displaced traffic.