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As far as I can tell, there are two key points to note from the flurry of pro-LTN news stories in the past few days
(1) Concerns relating to the socially unjust impact of individual LTNs remain entirely unaddressed. /.1
(1) Concerns relating to the socially unjust impact of individual LTNs remain entirely unaddressed. /.1
(2) Despite their ‘folksy’ underdog pretentions, pro-LTN campaigners have a raft of powerful support (national media, political, celebrity academia) that they can harness whenever needed. /.2
LTN campaigners increasingly dismiss social justice concerns relating to LTNs as a ‘myth’. Such claims are now founded upon the latest report from Prof Rachel Aldred, “LTNs for all?”, which has been widely and wildly misrepresented from the moment it was released. /.3
It took less than 5 minutes for the erroneous “35% of car journeys in London are under 2km” stat to surface. It’s a mistake (or a deliberate distortion) of data in this document – the true figure is just over one-fifth. (1/13)
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That data should be used alongside this, which confirms that a significant proportion of short journeys cannot be realistically travelled by other means. So really we’re talking about something in the region of one in ten that could “mode shift.”. (2/13)
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This figure is in line with claims for possible traffic evaporation. Constant referrals to far higher figures are seriously misleading; whether deliberate or remiss it raises serious questions about the credibility of those responsible. (3/13)
