A Sunday deadline…

• TRANSPORT for London produced some interesting data (https://content.tfl.gov.uk/impacts-of-ltns-in-london.pdf), based on facts not fears, about LTN, low traffic neighbourhood, implementations across London since 2020.

Here are some highlights to calm the nerves of people unnecessarily frightened by the nonsense being peddled about the current plans for Barnsbury/ Laycock and what these will mean in practice.

These London-wide studies show that:

— 74 per cent of streets within London’s LTNs have reduced traffic, meaning cleaner air, quieter streets;

— there is a 50 per cent reduction in road casualties within LTNs, that has to be good news to reach vision zero by 2041;

— there is no increase in traffic on boundary roads, people are using cars less, just what the climate emergency needs;

— there’s no change to emergency service response times inside LTNs implemented since 2020; and

— 58 per cent of responders in a representative poll of Londoners supported LTNs, they see the benefits of LTNs and want more.

Why should Barnsbury/ Laycock be any different?

Have a look at https://www.barnsburylaycock.uk/phase-1-plans-are-out/ to see a detailed map of the proposal.

Deadline for responses is Sunday and the council needs to hear from anyone living or going through this, the largest LN, liveable neighbourhood in Islington.

See https://www.islington.gov.uk/roads/people-friendly-streets/ liveable-neighbourhoods/ barnsbury-laycock

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