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1/ You'll have recently come across claims that '#LowTrafficNeighbourhoods cause congestion', so I thought it might be useful to show that the real cause of traffic jams on London's roads is the vast increase in the number of car journeys in recent years, in almost every borough. 
2/ So, let's get started
Between 2008 and 2019, the number of miles driven on Barking and Dagenham's roads increased by 150,000,000.
One hundred and fifty million miles.
Between 2008 and 2019, the number of miles driven on Barking and Dagenham's roads increased by 150,000,000.
One hundred and fifty million miles.
3/ Between 2009 and 2019, the number of miles driven on Barnet's roads increased by 280,000,000.
Two hundred and eighty million miles.
Two hundred and eighty million miles.
❗️@NorfolkCC & @NorwichCC are consulting on proposed changes to #Norwich streets. We urge all our supporters to respond - the deadline's tomorrow! Here's most of our response - feel free to steal any of our points (long thread!) norfolk.citizenspace.com/consultation/h… 1/n
"🖊 We strongly support the proposed changes to St Benedict’s Street, Exchange Street, and to the timings of various crossing points. 2/n
However - although we are aware that more changes are still to be announced - we are V. disappointed by the lack of ambition compared to what other UK Transport Authorities are doing & compared to what Transport Sec @grantshapps & @transportgovuk have called for. 3/n
