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Slight Tangent: I've got a feeling that private vehicles in Zone 1 (and 2...) benefit a tiny percentage of the population, and should be the next target for red

by sails 7y ago

Slight Tangent: I've got a feeling that private vehicles in Zone 1 (and 2...) benefit a tiny percentage of the population, and should be the next target for reducing inner city congestion (implementation perhaps tricky). Is this concept something you've come across in your work/field? If not, any ideas for what is next? I hope to see: 1. Car free days over weekends in high streets. 2. Entire high streets converted to pedestrian, bus & bike only. 3. A move to a more bike/bus friendly city, see Utrecht [1] [1] Utrecht: Planning for People & Bikes, Not for Cars https://vimeo.com/344373585 https://vimeo.com/344373585

iicc 7y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/30/kensington-chelsea-council-under-new-pressure-cycling-scheme-veto https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/30/kensington-c... >One of the UK’s wealthiest councils is facing renewed pressure over its decision to block a flagship safer cycling scheme after it emerged the authority could not say what proportion of the people who wrote in expressing views on the plan actually opposed it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44405730 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44405730 >Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street in central London have been "taken off the table for good", Westminster City Council has confirmed.
simplesleeper 7y ago
1. Has no support from central london residents and 2. Sadiq Khan has already tried to Pedestrianise Oxford Street, but was blocked by parliament. 3. There are cycle lanes and cycle highways and there is a lot of development in the cycle space - and will no doubt be continued. Bus lanes and schemes to improve buses are constantly being tried, but their uptake is low, meaning that it is difficult to increase the service, as they are not very profitable
- genmon 7y ago
  Small correction: the pedestrianisation of Oxford St (led by Khan and the GLA) was blocked by Westminster Council, not Parliament https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khans-plan-to-make-oxford-street-trafficfree-is-halted-by-council-a3825131.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khans-plan-to-m...

by sails 7y ago

iicc 7y ago

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/30/kensington-chelsea-council-under-new-pressure-cycling-scheme-veto https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/30/kensington-c... >One of the UK’s wealthiest councils is facing renewed pressure over its decision to block a flagship safer cycling scheme after it emerged the authority could not say what proportion of the people who wrote in expressing views on the plan actually opposed it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44405730 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44405730 >Plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street in central London have been "taken off the table for good", Westminster City Council has confirmed.

simplesleeper 7y ago

1. Has no support from central london residents and 2. Sadiq Khan has already tried to Pedestrianise Oxford Street, but was blocked by parliament. 3. There are cycle lanes and cycle highways and there is a lot of development in the cycle space - and will no doubt be continued. Bus lanes and schemes to improve buses are constantly being tried, but their uptake is low, meaning that it is difficult to increase the service, as they are not very profitable

genmon 7y ago
Small correction: the pedestrianisation of Oxford St (led by Khan and the GLA) was blocked by Westminster Council, not Parliament https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khans-plan-to-make-oxford-street-trafficfree-is-halted-by-council-a3825131.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khans-plan-to-m...