Pretty sure the majority of londoners have no idea what an LTN is and stats are easily games with non-specific questions which a positive answer is assumed 'oh yes they must be for LTNs'
What happens when you look at stats of people who are consulted? Ppl who live in or around an LTN area and know what they are??:
More that 25,000 residents have been surveyed by councils
www.telegraph.co.uk
Dominic Penna
29 May 2021 • 7:00pm
An estimated 5,000 residents took to the streets of Ealing last month in protest against the increasing number of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Nearly three quarters of people who have been consulted over low-traffic neighbourhoods and cycle lanes are against their rollout, analysis by The Telegraph shows.
More than 25,000 residents and visitors have been surveyed as part of the 10 consultations published by councils to date. Dozens more reviews are expected to follow in the coming weeks.
In the consultations made public so far, 18,314 people have expressed a negative view of the active travel schemes, vastly outnumbering the 7,020 residents who expressed their support.
In Harrow, 6,073 survey participants (82 per cent) disapproved of the council’s schemes, which later became the first in the country to be completely removed after a six-month consultation.
In Windsor and Maidenhead, 1,998 of 2,221 residents (89 per cent) rejected plans to extend trial schemes in an overwhelming verdict that has prompted the council to promise a “big conversation” with residents about its active travel agenda.
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Two consultations came as an exception to the general rule, with 64 per cent of feedback in Bromley and 64.7 per cent in North Yorkshire in favour of the schemes.
Further analysis by this newspaper found that more than one in three councils have axed, modified or reduced their active travel schemes since Grant Shapps allocated a total of £2 billion across 110 local authorities last spring.
The 42 councils that have altered or scrapped their schemes were given a total of £119.6 million across two tranches of funding in May and November 2020.
Craig Mackinlay, the chairman of the all-parliamentary group for Fair Fuel, “At a time of national financial stress, spending so much on these ludicrous projects does not seem to me to be a good use of money,” he told The Telegraph.
“An ageing population is not likely in any way, shape or form to start taking to the bicycle to do their shopping. To restrict tight, existing road networks in order to accommodate cycle lanes is madness.”
Tony Devenish, a Conservative London Assembly member, who last year successfully campaigned for the removal of the Kensington High Street cycle lane, said: “My Government is at fault to some extent, because they gave councils the power not to publicly consult for up to 18 months.
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“You can’t just do these things to people. There has been absolute outcry from the Great British public - and that’s why so many councils have had to U-turn.”
The Department for Transport did not comment on the Telegraph’s findings.
