The rows over Ulez and LTNs lose sight of the truth: they save lives | Devi Sridhar

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• clara@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  Travel is free on public buses for under 22s, and while low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes aren’t perfect, the council is rolling them out in the pursuit of a vibrant, active city.

  Edinburgh’s commitment to pedestrians is not about banning cars, but about making it cheaper and simpler to replace short-distance single occupancy journeys with alternatives that have far-reaching benefits for the city’s inhabitants and the planet.

  It only takes a visit to Amsterdam, Paris, Oslo, Barcelona or Copenhagen to see the huge policy efforts made to create cities that are easy and safe to navigate – and where six-lane highways jammed up with cars stuck at 5mph just don’t exist.

  Unfortunately in Britain, progressive moves towards better designed cities have been hijacked by debates on ultra-low emission zones (Ulez) and LTNs, and jargon such as modal filters, which provoke increasing amounts of rage in certain quarters.

  But it requires political leadership to make bold decisions in the face of lobbying by the car industry and motorists, along with investment in the proper infrastructure to ensure cyclists can complete their daily journeys as easily as possible.

  Hundreds of doctors in London have written to the mayor Sadiq Khan about the health benefits of reducing car use within the city and the dangers of high levels of air pollution to their patients.

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• Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t have a problem with ULEZ zones or LTNs for that matter but more with the lack of advanced warning about the London expansion.

  As is often the way, it’s the implementation that’s a problem for people. The full ULEZ plans should have been made public, with a timeline of expansions, five years in advance to give people a chance to plan around them.

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  • midgephoto@photog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    @Hossenfeffer @Emperor is 5 years practical with a 5 year election cycle?

    Are you calling for no detail of any plan to be adjustable in less than 5 years?

    When we're the ULEZ plans, in some form, published, please?

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    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the August expansion was announced on 25th November of last year. So less than a year’s notice.

      I don’t think that’s enough given the number of people it will affect.

      And, obviously they didn’t decide on 24th November that this seemed like a cracking idea but must have planned it earlier.

      All I’m saying is more notice would have allowed people to make better informed decisions about vehicle purchases. People who need to head into, or travel through, the expanded ULEZ might have made different choices if they’d known in advance that this was coming.

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