Pinch point in HH not resolved. Danger at Tulse Hill not resolved. Main rd issues made worse by LTNs Priorities for safer roads must start where issues =most acute. Not where privilege prevails AND ⬆️ car ownership. Slowing #3, creating congestion NOT good. Croxted Clean Air too

Woah!

If Lambeth Council (((Rezina))) 🌹🐝 were serious about 'reducing road danger for those most at risk' there wld be urgent action on main rds (most ppl killed or seriously injured) & at junctions (danger for cyclists). Anything else is tinkering at the margins. Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR

Ignoring residents' legitimate concerns, poor consultation, boosting LTN scheme benefits while soft-pedaling the downsides. It's all too familiar to anyone who saw how Southwark Council behaved. Croxted Clean Air too Margy Newens 🌹 CllrCatherineRose James McAsh jamesmcash.bsky.social ReopenDulwichVillage claire hitchcock Clean Air For All Dulwich

I sometimes wonder if Southwark has a commercial bone in its body.

Remember @southwarklabour 2022 manifesto commitment #36? "We will work with TfL to reduce traffic on main roads & make bus journeys quicker & more reliable, exploring the potential for rapid bus transit." None of that happened. Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Croxted Clean Air too Clean Air For All Dulwich

Same as it ever was: those with the most social (and actual) capital, who are most responsible for pollution, accrue the benefits, while those with the least accrue the harms. @uklabour Social Environmental Justice Impact on Urban Health @cleanairfund Choked Up

Watching this with interest. If it passes, local and national government will finally have to focus on main roads - where, esp in London, transport pollution and pollution from housing development is highest. Choked Up @cleanairfund Impact on Urban Health Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA

.Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan we sincerely ask you to withdraw from Streatham Hill Scheme and re-design it please. These floating bus stops are not safe or accessible for blind people.

There is much to say about this disgraceful tweet from Better Streets West Dulwich. First off it is the crassest form of gaslighting to dismiss the harm main road residents experience because it doesn’t show up on a Zoopla chart. claire hitchcock Little Ninja UK Paul Lomax Croxted Clean Air too

Creating oases of tranquillity for a select few is a form of spatial exclusion. The idea that fairness can be assessed by checking who won or lost in the property market reduces civic life to a financial game, ignoring issues of dignity, access & shared space. Croxted Clean Air too

If main rd house prices don’t fall, it's likely due to macro forces (e.g. Ldn's housing shortage) masking localised detriments. The fact that boundary homes might hold value while absorbing disproportionate harms is an argument for unfairness, not against it. Croxted Clean Air too

Boundary rd homes suffer increased congestion, pollution & noise - classic negative externalities. They erode quality of life. Lack of a price drop doesn’t mean harm isn’t occurring. Housing markets are imperfect & sticky, esp in Ldn where supply is constrained. Croxted Clean Air too

Rising house prices don't signify urban planning success, but increased demand in a context of scarcity. LTNs create micro-enclaves of desirability at the direct expense of other areas. Classic externalisation: improving 1 area by exporting a negative impact to its periphery.

Saying LTNs are fair as boundary rds don’t lose value is a simplistic economic fig leaf for deeper inequality. It ignores the economic reality of displaced externalities, the philosophical need for distributive fairness & the political importance of shared benefit & transparency.

What ‘additional measures’ have you called for? We can share ours and we have been granted none despite terrible congestion - NO road crossings and regular crashes.

For some reason Laura Parsons (no idea who she is) has blocked me, but this is a useful community post she's made:

Southwark's justification for LTNs was that they would tackle obesity and air pollution. Then proceeded to track neither - despite this being a metric that the community asked for. Rosamund Adoo-KD CBE FBSA Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR

Killing the bus - the most affordable, accessible, safe & reliable transport service (not to mention the mode of transport for low income, BAME, disabled & women users) - is the least progressive thing Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan could do. Shame on The Labour Party

Despite this collision on a busy residential road, this group wants to push more vehicular traffic onto the A205. Madness. Visit Camberwell #AnalyseTrafficOrigin With #ANPR Croxted Clean Air too Clean Air For All Dulwich