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A while ago, @HaveringCyclist complained to @LBofHavering about bringing cycle lanes within LTN1/20 guidance after 750mm wide lanes were put back on White Hart Lane. They were told that the

The "One" groups keep telling me that the main roads need to be tackled first, but when the main roads are tackled, they maintain their noisy opposition. The point of

Councils tend to record stuff and I thought it might be worth having a look to see what records there are pertaining to these traffic islands. It turns out there

This table is taken from the work the Transport Research Laboratory did for Transport for London on floating bus stops.https://trl.co.uk/sites/default/files/PPR854%20-%20Bus%20Stop%20Bypasses%20-%20Analysis%20of%20Pedestrian%20and%20Cyclist

Ok then, opponents to LTNs. How will you reduce traffic on main roads. References to data or reports would be useful. What sort of capital costs are involved And what

The study was in 1998 with a follow up review piece in 2002 https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/disappearing_traffic_cairns.pdfThe study looked at dozens of sites across several countries. More recently, the Waltham Forest experien

Seeing criticism of this, but from an emergency planning point of view, planning the "recovery phase" is definitely something which has to be considered during a crisis - it's a