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Labour candidates committed to making our streets healthier, safer & greener have done extremely well this election.
@AndyBurnhamGM won with a 67% share of the vote, up from his 2017 victory. THREAD
@AndyBurnhamGM won with a 67% share of the vote, up from his 2017 victory. THREAD
In London @SadiqKhan has decisively won his second term.
Sadiqâs confidence & ambition around active travel has grown throughout his first term. ULEZ expansion, healthy streets & protected bike lanes now cornerstones of @LondonLabourâs committement to the city. /2
Sadiqâs confidence & ambition around active travel has grown throughout his first term. ULEZ expansion, healthy streets & protected bike lanes now cornerstones of @LondonLabourâs committement to the city. /2
Councils like @IslingtonBC have been pushing forward with @IslingtonLabourâs ambitious #PeopleFriendlyStreets programmes.
Rolling out low traffic neighbourhoods to create space for walking & cycling for the young and old. /3
Rolling out low traffic neighbourhoods to create space for walking & cycling for the young and old. /3
Anti-LTN campaigners have been given huge coverage on LBC, TalkRadio and the BBC as well as local papers, The Mail, Telegraph, Times, Economist and Spectator.
Anti-LTN candidates came last in each seat they stood inâŠ. receiving between 2% & 7% of the vote. 4/
Anti-LTN candidates came last in each seat they stood inâŠ. receiving between 2% & 7% of the vote. 4/
Hackneyâs ambitious programme for healthier, greener streets also got resounding support with by-election candidates.
Mayor @PhilipGlanville clear about the imperative to rebalance streets and ensure they work for all. 5/
Mayor @PhilipGlanville clear about the imperative to rebalance streets and ensure they work for all. 5/
At the London Assembly level it was great to see @anne_clarke & @Semakaleng newly elected to the @CityHallLabour. They understand the need to make our streets safer for all. 6/
Interesting, London results saw the Conservative vote significantly down in areas where councils like @wandbc & @RBKC have blocked @TFL active travel schemes.
It is NOT posssible to win in a city like London without an ambitious plan for Active Travel. 7/
It is NOT posssible to win in a city like London without an ambitious plan for Active Travel. 7/
Oxford City Council, who have been implementing LTNâs in Cowley under @CllrTomHayes âs leadership saw local councillors in Cowley & Cowley Marsh elected by very large margins. 8/
In Liverpool @Joanne4Mayor and @MetroMayorSteveâs have an outstanding mandate to deliver greener, healthier & safer streets for the city & build on the pop-up lanes created during Covid.
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Labour in Wales also now have now a renewed mandate to build on the work of Lee Waters @Amanwy (also re-elected this week) to ensure walking and cycling everyday in Wales increases and we fulfill the potential of the 2013 Active Travel Act (Wales). 10/
Labour councillors & mayors have made the policy links between short jouneys & public health, successful local shops, access to jobs & a safer, greener recovery.
âActive travel for the many, not just the braveâ is the right
thing to do.
There are plenty of votes in it too.
âActive travel for the many, not just the braveâ is the right
thing to do.
There are plenty of votes in it too.
