Issues that have been raised by the consultation on the LTN and proposals that have been made to address them.
Author Archives: robbiegriffiths
Congestion in the Fresh Air Suburb
Congestion = Pollution. Supporters & opponents of the LTN agree.
Planters into chicanes
Whatever might be in store for the LTN, one thing for sure is that the planters will become redundant. Here’s a proposal to make use of them that requires the least effort or transport costs. Some members of our community clearly like their planters, so this proposal offers continuity for them to care for andContinue reading “Planters into chicanes”
It wasn’t a vote
Some of our local representatives seem to have been caught up in the meme that the opponents of the LTN ‘won the vote’. If they had been paying attention, rather than getting caught up in OOR hysteria, they should have spotted that it was a consultation. So looking beyond the simplicity of the numbers let’sContinue reading “It wasn’t a vote”
Why restrictions need to be kept at the bus gate
Supporters of the LTN broadly support the proposals in the officers’ report to the Traffic Management Advisory Committee, though some would prefer that the LTN was preserved in its current format with planters. However, almost unanimously, we believe that permitting local residents to drive through the bus gate undermines some of the objectives of theContinue reading “Why restrictions need to be kept at the bus gate”
Claims made by the Open Our Roads campaign – Myth & Reality
The Open Our Roads campaign can only support its ludicrous demands to open roads which are, in fact, already open, by resorting to claims for which they can produce no evidence. Here we take a look at a few of them.
Letter to TMAC councillors
Traffic Management Advisory Committee 12 January 2021 Dear Committee Members This email is on behalf of Shape Better Streets, a resident campaign for traffic reduction and active travel in the LTN area you will be discussing next week. We broadly support the proposals in the officer paper.
Evaporating traffic
We look for a mysterious form of disappearing traffic, as it has apparently occurred without intervention, nobody has spotted it nor divined where it might have gone.
Protected: Devastating debunking of LTN raison d’être
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
New TfL data shows significant increase in walking and cycling since the pandemic started
Evidence that the Streetspace programme is working is confirmed by today’s release of traffic data by TfL.
LTN: proof it’s needed; proof it’s working
Shape Better Streets has delivered a 37 page submission to Croydon Council’s Consultation on the Crystal Palace and South Norwood Low Traffic Neighbourhood Scheme.
Active Travel Briefing for LB Bromley Council meeting, 7 December 2020
Bromley Living Streets and Bromley Cyclists representations to councillors in advance of Council meeting.
Cypress School Pupil Survey
Pupils from Cypress School recently took part in a survey on how they got to school. This took place after the Walk to Schools week and no doubt the safer streets within the LTN must have had an impact. An amazing 272 pupils took part; a large and significant survey.
Healthy Streets for All
Just before Covid struck a group of local residents held a meeting to determine how to make Norwood’s streets safer, quieter and cleaner.
Active travel in the LTN – July & November 2020
The evidence shows there is a considerable amount of cycling and masses of walking within the LTN.
Submission by Bromley Cyclists (London Cycling Campaign)
Submission to Croydon Council’s Consultation on the Crystal Palace LTN
How the traffic came and took over our neighbourhood
Aided and abetted by satnav, the cars came and stole our neighbourhood.
LTN causes traffic chaos
It’s become quite fashionable to post images of congestion caused, not by too many cars, but by the LTN. This page will present date/time stamped photos of local streets at times when one might expect greatest congestion to occur: commuting, school runs, Saturday shopping. Now this isn’t to say that there is no congestion, justContinue reading “LTN causes traffic chaos”
Motorists pay for roads. Cyclists don’t.
Analysing some anti-cyclist memes.
Shape Better Streets
Consultation: This is YOUR chance to share YOUR views on what should happen next.
A vision for LTNs
Lets’ see what life offers when we get out of our metal boxes. What can we in Croydon learn from the Walworth & Dulwich experience?
Transition to what?
Decision Time: Back to Normal or Fast Track to the Future
It’s not democratic!
We hear this a lot about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. So let’s examine this issue. Though most people in Croydon North didn’t vote for this government, we have to concede it won the election. So it must be quite hard to argue that one of the governments’ key projects it has delivered is not democratic.
Satellite Navigation: benefit or bane?
Satellite navigation has been a major step forward not just for motorists, but mariners and walkers too. But are there downsides to this technology and what can we do about it?
Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking
The Department for Transport has recently published a document that “sets out a vision for a travel revolution in England’s streets, towns and communities”.
Walk to school
I wrote this article two years ago, but think it is really relevant today. I have spent the last five years promoting active travel (walking, cycling and scooting) to families in Southwark where I teach. I have learned a great deal in my role as a Healthy Schools Champion, not least about why we doContinue reading “Walk to school”
View from Cypress School
A contribution from Jolyon Roberts, Executive Head of Pegasus Academy Trust which runs Cypress Primary School.
Impact of Crystal Palace LTN on adjacent streets in Bromley
Volunteer evidence-gathering In stages between May and August 2020, Croydon Council has implemented a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in parts of South Norwood and Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood wards. The boundaries of the LTN are: Church Road, South Norwood Hill, South Norwood High Street, the Crystal Palace-Norwood Junction railway line, and the boundary withContinue reading “Impact of Crystal Palace LTN on adjacent streets in Bromley”
When are Main Roads, not Main Roads?
Where philosophy meets cartography Musings by Robbie Griffiths The glorious thing about defending the concept of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood, is that it forces supporters to consider ever more aspects of human life in the city. So it was inevitable that philosophy should raise its head at some stage. So we have to thank HelenContinue reading “When are Main Roads, not Main Roads?”
Tests for a successful Low Traffic Neighbourhood around Auckland, Hamlet and Lancaster Roads
By Angus Hewlett We’re publishing these key tests as discussions around an amended design to the Crystal Palace LTN begin to emerge. Other suggestions for key requirements are welcome – please leave them in the comments section below. Any scheme that can meet these tests while minimising disruption for residents and essential services is oneContinue reading “Tests for a successful Low Traffic Neighbourhood around Auckland, Hamlet and Lancaster Roads”
