| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Paul Campbell | |
| Date/Time: | 21/05/22 19:48:00 |
| Having a cycle lane and buses in the mixed-use lanes with bus gates holding back other vehicles and buses stopping in the carriageway reduces road space for cars more than just having a bus lane and no cycle lane. It is absolutely the clearly-stated and transparent objective of transport authorities in many major cities, including London, to remove as many car journeys as possible, leaving more space for buses and other forms of PT and providing safe space for far more people to cycle than can do today.. I am sure it won't be long before cars are removed completely from the single lane on King Street. Cars using that as a through route instead of the A4 are absurd now. And that is probably the way this will evolve over time along further sections too with special provision made for residents' access, disabled people and deliveries. Does this sound extreme? From the FT article today on LTNs and behavioural change: "But what many people may not realise is that if the UK is to take its net-zero goals seriously, measures such as LTNs are just the start, says Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, an environmental psychologist and director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). A report by the International Energy Agency states that behavioural change will count for nearly two-thirds of the energy reduction needed to reach the net-zero goal. 'The sort of things that are going to be most effective to get to net zero will involve quite a significant degree of invasion in people's lifestyles,' says Prof Whitmarsh. 'unfortunately the public isn't really aware of how much things are going to change" |