Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

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[Lee]

However, the police have stated that they won't enforce the lower limit, wherever introduced.

'The Police' is not a national organisation, and different constabularies will have different priorities.

Indeed. It just goes to show that even for an organisation that "Cant Stand Losing", the clear "Message In A Bottle" is that efforts to improve "Every Breath You Take" even in a world where the mantra is "Dont Stand So Close To Me" need not be akin to "Walking On The Moon".

Now all I have to do is to persuade "Roxanne" that she doesnt have to put out the red light...

[grahame]

From The Guardian Wed 3 Aug 2022 07.00 BST

Opinion

Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them
George Monbiot


Some drivers are so enraged they’ve resorted to violence in my home town of Oxford. What has brought on this new barbarism?

It reminds me of the school board controversies in the United States. A small group of furious men, whipped up by the media and opportunist politicians, are seeking to turn quiet, practical attempts to protect local people into full-blown culture wars. The further from reality their beliefs diverge, the readier they are to resort to vandalism and violence.

But this isn’t the US, and it’s not about textbooks. It’s playing out in the streets of Oxford. The angry men have resorted so far to arson, angle grinders and physical attacks on local people. What is the frightful cause of these reactions? The council’s efforts to ensure that through-traffic stays on main roads.

There could scarcely be a more reasonable policy. Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs^▸ (Low Traffic Neighbourhood)) seek to stop residential streets being used as escape valves for overloaded arterial roads

[CyclingSid]

Not only Oxford. Not helped by some of the media encouraging a them versus us attitude.

[ChrisB]

Some shops & eateries (the best samosas in the County & possibly the south!, for example) have lost so much trade that they are closing….

[Red Squirrel]

Some shops & eateries (the best samosas in the County & possibly the south!, for example) have lost so much trade that they are closing….

Do you think this is a result of LTN^▸ (Low Traffic Neighbourhood)’s, or were they in trouble before?

[ChrisB]

The Samosa shop has been trading for over 40 years and was very profitable. I don't know about the others.

[Bmblbzzz]

I feel compelled to speak in support of Jeevan's, who definitely have the best samosas south of Birmingham and north of Baghdad, and are not closing. In fact I think I might get some today... on Stapleton Road in Bristol.

[froome]

I feel compelled to speak in support of Jeevan's, who definitely have the best samosas south of Birmingham and north of Baghdad, and are not closing. In fact I think I might get some today... on Stapleton Road in Bristol.

I have long suspected that quite a bit of usage of Stapleton Road station is from people travelling to St Marks Road and Stapleton Road for the shops and take-aways. I certainly know of people who travel a very long way to do so.

[Bmblbzzz]

St Marks Road is a big draw, certainly. And I think Jeevans used to be situated almost adjacent to the station, on the corner of Berwick Road and Stapleton Road.