I get there could be an issue of volunteers move away etc but I guess the hope is there are enough community minded people that would want to take over.
Yes, that was the point of local government, but years of cuts to budgets (and ever increasing costs of social care, which for some reason fall locally rather than to the national NHS) means theres ever less money for that sort of stuff. The answer would be higher council tax but there would be screams of anguish and right wing press attacks on wasteful lefty councils if Lambeth did that (and in any case, national government limits how much they're even allowed to increase council tax by)
Lots of people living in LTNs are against them as they prioritise their driving convenience over quiet roads.
Lyham Road (Dumbarton Rd) will be soooo much better. Making in one way at Kings Avenue obv reduced traffic but reckon it just means the rat running traffic could go faster.
That and maybe at least try and be civil to councillors rather than going straight for talking about dictatorship etc.
Leigham Court Rd definitely needs dealing with but difficult to see how. Hopefully stopping the SW roads being rat runs will help a bit but better to have most streets safer than just all being flooded with cars.Leigham Court road
But in general I agree with you
Many of these people are mentally ill. I am currently visiting people in San Francisco (where berkley is an amazing example of much needed traffic interventions working!) and I see the same mental illness at work here. The cars are these people's way of not having to deal with other people as people.
Having cycled through the new Brixton Hill LTN over the last few days, it's already much much nicer. On Strathleven Rd and Lyahm Rd, I would used to need my wits about me watching out for vehicles aggressively overtaking or passing at speed in the opposite direction. Now it's so much quieter, and a much more pleasant ride, exactly matching my experience on the other side of Brixton Hill. There are still some confused cars doing U-turns to navigate around, but otherwise a big improvement.
Yes - it’s so much better already & have seen tons of people cycling on a Lyham Rd.Having cycled through the new Brixton Hill LTN over the last few days, it's already much much nicer. On Strathleven Rd and Lyahm Rd, I would used to need my wits about me watching out for vehicles aggressively overtaking or passing at speed in the opposite direction. Now it's so much quieter, and a much more pleasant ride, exactly matching my experience on the other side of Brixton Hill. There are still some confused cars doing U-turns to navigate around, but otherwise a big improvement.
New Park Road remaining a one-way corner cut has had the predictable effect and traffic backs up along it. A nice concentration of vehicles and pollution outside the primary school
The transition between neighbouring LTNs still sucks btw. I'm heading from the general area of High Trees towards Chelsea so I have to cross Brixton Hill, Acre Lane and Clapham High Street. If I'm following the LTN cycle-only filters, the crossings of these roads are completely uncontrolled. I have to deal with 2 to 4 lanes of vehicular traffic that does not care for a bicycle trying to get from one side to the other. FIxing that would take more intervention than some planters and cameras though, so it's unlikely to happen
I don't know if that's happening any more, what with the squeeze on TfL finances. The consulation report came back in 2021, but it no longer appears in TfL's list of projects.
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The issue there is that generally you're crossing a TfL road so it needs them, rather than Lambeth Council, to produce and build crossings. Long term there is supposed to be a proper protected cycleway along the A23 all the way to Oval (ie the Streatham Hill bit that's been consulted, designed and approved is just the first stage). That would mean that any junction changes to link Lambeth LTNS (Atlantic Road - Ferndale Road or Lambert-Josephine or Upper Tulse Hill-Dumbarton) are unlikely to happen until either that scheme gets designed (if not built)The transition between neighbouring LTNs still sucks btw. I'm heading from the general area of High Trees towards Chelsea so I have to cross Brixton Hill, Acre Lane and Clapham High Street. If I'm following the LTN cycle-only filters, the crossings of these roads are completely uncontrolled. I have to deal with 2 to 4 lanes of vehicular traffic that does not care for a bicycle trying to get from one side to the other. FIxing that would take more intervention than some planters and cameras though, so it's unlikely to happen
Yep, it's a great example of the silly way local government is divided in London.
. When Andrew Gilligan left when Sadiq was elected it was in his (public) “handover report” as what he saw as the next priority. There’s been various mentions over the years. 
have you reported these? When we had the paint throwing in Tulse Hill reports were generally followed up pretty quickly
That one is hidden by a tree so even if it is working it probably can only photograph leaves
Perhaps an inside job by the "blade runners"? (moronic tits that they are)
