Local People who believe in community, equality and clean air for all
Hackney, London
Joined June 2021
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Hackney Together retweeted
Lambeth Council's own report has found the West Dulwich LTN resulted in “no significant traffic reduction” but increased congestion on boundary roads.
The courts found that the Council had acted illegally when installing it & ordered its removal.
telegraph.co.uk/gift/fe78242…
Hackney Together retweeted
@HSscorecard deem Sutton as ‘unhealthy’ as it isn’t covered with LTNs/cycle lanes
Yet Sutton has 2nd highest healthy life expectancy in London!
Health inequalities anyone? @SocEnvJustice @andrewellson
data.londonsport.org/dataset…
yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news…
Hackney Together retweeted
A number of you have asked about this study, not released and buried by TfL because it was going to reveal that LTNs do not reduce car use. Credit to Times journalist Andrew Ellson for his digging.
Hackney Together retweeted
This excellent video explains the serious flaws of the LTNs and their monitoring by Lambeth Council.
It’s probably relevant to most, if not all LTN supporting boroughs and councils.
The vid is a touch long, but worth watching in its entirety.
youtube.com/watch?v=kjRBMMce…
Hackney Together retweeted
FYI @willnorman A major disbenefit of LTNs is that many people have to live, work, use buses, wheel, cycle or scoot on busier roads taking traffic from LTN streets. @SocEnvJustice
Hackney Together retweeted
Even Aldred & Goodman, the pro-LTN researchers who did nearly all the studies, failed to show any convincing links between LTNs and a fall in overall car use. So, no overall cut in noise, pollution or emissions. Our Election Briefing below. Our full set: socialenvironmentaljustice.c…
Hackney Together retweeted
London poll puts Greens on 28%, Labour 24%, Cons 21%, Lib Dems 13%, Reform 11%. Green support likely to be highest in Inner London, places like Hackney, Lambeth, Islington. Time for the Greens to say if they can give hope to residents hurting due to LTNs. standard.co.uk/news/politics…
Hackney Together retweeted
If anyone posts anecdotes sir, it’s you.
More importantly, those roads where LTNs funnel all motorised traffic to have a higher percentage of social housing and low income families than the roads benefitting.
Instead of supporting unfairness, pls open your eyes to injustice.
Hackney Together retweeted
Funnel all car (through) traffic to zone 3.
Bob lives in zone 2 (in an LTN).
NIMBYism at its worst.
🤦♂️
Hackney Together retweeted
Latest SEJ newsletter out. Also includes the latest on floating bus stops, the crisis of buses in London and backing for cabbies to continue to be able to use Bank junction in the City of London. irp.cdn-website.com/630197fe…
Hackney Together retweeted
Residents on roads outside LTNs have been saying this for over 5 yrs now, without much official recognition.
The fact LTNs increase congestion (and thus pollution) is finally getting publicised.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl…
Hackney Together retweeted
Maybe your memory isn’t that great.
But this is not about (you) driving.
It’s about residents suffering unprecedented traffic and pollution on the roads they live on as a result of LTNs.
Hackney Together retweeted
Instead, LTNs are causing even more polution and unprecedented congestion on 19th century residential roads outside the LTNs, just so those living in already much better off streets can have even quieter roads.
Time to face reality, Alan.
Hackney Together retweeted
And later today (Saturday) still very long cues continuesly from 1pm with no let up now at 4pm.
A real risk for Graham Rd residents is that Council might restrict traffic on Navarino & Greenwood Rd, resulting in even more traffic on Graham Rd.
😢
Hackney Together retweeted
It is.
But (residential!) Graham Road seems to be the worst victim of bad traffic management.
Most areas around LDN appear quiet as is usual in Januari. Hackney Central is suffering unprecedented volumes of traffic on the sacrificed roads.
Even on weekends.
See today at 1pm 👇
Hackney Together retweeted
I lived on this road for over 30 yrs. Busy Rd but liveable.
Having congestion in front of my home was extremely rare.
Since the LTN wave 5 yrs ago (and parking spaces removed) it’s unliveable, and getting worse.
Council said LTNs would reduce driving. They don’t.
Hackney Together retweeted
Yes, probably.
But this highly affluent inner London enclave (De Beauvoir in Hackney) is like this thanks to counterproductive schemes like LTNs that funnel all motor traffic and its pollution to other residential, but worse off roads.
Hardly fair, is it?
70% of Hackney’s roads is closed to motor traffic by LTNs.
As a result, even during the summer holiday residential Graham Rd (A1207) is congested most of the day, every day.
@mayorofhackney & @hackneycouncil ignore its residents.
We don’t matter to them 😢
👇23/8/24 at 12pm
Hackney Together retweeted
And like yesterday, today (Sunday) congestion persisted until well in the evening, totalling at least 7 hours of long cues of highly polluting idling motor vehicle traffic on our residential road.
Surely @hackneycouncil, you have a duty of care?
Hackney Together retweeted
Today, Sunday, the misery on Hackney’s residential Graham Rd continues, with cues starting at around 12 noon, getting even worse as the day progresses.
Congestion often stretching the entire road.
It’s now 3pm.
Check the timestamps.👇
Hackney Together retweeted
Dear Meg
Please have a look at this thread. It’s about unprecedented congestion on roads like Graham Rd thanks to Hackney’s policies.
It shows congestion from 11am to 7pm.
Do you agree this is untenable and extremely harmful to the residents?
So, even on Saturdays the new normal is long cues of congestion from around 11am to 7pm.
That’s 8 hours of seriously polluting idling motor traffic on a residential road, thanks to @hackneycouncil’s dreadful traffic policy favouring some residents at the detriment of others.😡
