Watching the Haringey Council debate on LTNs (so you don't have to..)
Labour councillor comments:
- Two labour councillors note unintended traffic displacement - one from Enfield into Haringey, the other on Belmont Road
- One councillor very vocal on the crap implementation in the first two weeks
- Impact on bus journey times a concern
- Impact of A10 cars coming through the borough - Bruce Grove A10, Tottenham High Road.
Climate leader responding... Hakata..
- All use cars - London most congested city
- Repeats LTN study - "no increase on traffic on boundary roads" (Islington)
- Knows that this is "hard to believe at the moment"
- Highlights through traffic as problem in Borough
- LTNs just part of what we need to do - expand pavements, affordable bike scheme, less congested roads will cut journey times, electric charging points
- Claims consultation was okay - (within LTNs) - only comments on engagement within LTN
Interesting 'cause all the stuff about the A10, through traffic, and traffic displacement is what I've been saying on Twitter - much to the annoyance of some.
Oh, and the deputations, seemed you know, normal people from Haringey, not cranks or obsessives....
Interesting that there's no mention of improving cycle lanes on any main roads by Hakata, the affordable bike scheme amounts to bugger all - I've checked it out, and electric charging points just encourage a different form of cars...
Its's also notable that they continue to focus on 'boundary roads' while they know that larger scale traffic displacement is happening - built into their own evaluation plans, and acknowledged in relation to Enfield/Haringey - Enfield LTNs pushed traffic into Haringey.