Ellmore Street, Canonbury

3 degrees Celsius

A child (5 yr old) is being cycled to childcare.

This is a street that makes walking & cycling possible for the many. Well done Islington.
It was only a couple of years ago that children had to cycle on the pavement chased off the road by 4x4s & the sheer volume of local traffic.

A better London is not only possible, its being built.
I have spent many, many hours listening to those who want to preserve a car-dominated status quo in our cities.

When you dig down deeply & try to understand where people are coming from, there is a core belief that cities can't change for the better.

They can.

They are.
Same street a week earlier.

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thetimes.co.uk/article/low-tr…
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The jams on the specific road cited have been around for a decade.
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x: LTNs or road pricing?
me: We need both.
x But isn’t road pricing fairer?
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x: How are LTNs different?
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me: An LTN works as a time-tax on 🚘 trips. It specifically impacts short 🚘 journeys making them proportionally longer.
x: So if you are doing a long trip, the time added is negligible but if you are doing a short trip, it’s more significant
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