Forum topic: Fox Lane low-traffic neighbourhood
Fox Lane low-traffic neighbourhood
David Hughes
30 Sep 2020 00:34 #5590
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I wish that we could solve every problem, but would draw attention to the fact that Germany was much the first country to create what we call QNs, and I have not come across any long term criticism of what they have done. Meanwhile choices have to made in the interest of the majority of the community whilst thought is given to how individual problems might be solved. And finally the Council's plan was/is to encourage use of main roads, public transport, cycling and walking. Over time many things will be different, and many difficulties resolved.
Fox Lane low-traffic neighbourhood
David Beadle
01 Oct 2020 05:55 #5593
- David Beadle
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As a cyclist, all the displaced traffic on other roads has not only exposed me (and pedestrians) to that increased pollution but I'm now forced to weave in and out of the massively-increased traffic jams on Alderman's Hill, Broomfield Lane, and many other roads, often into oncoming traffic - making my travelling more dangerous, not less. Meanwhile it's already very well documented how many buses are themselves caught up in that congestion - removing them as any sort of alternative means of travel.
All this was predictable and predicted but the council doesn't even have proper measurements in place to identify the very real and negative impacts on 000s of residents.
Of course people need to reduce their car usage but these LTNs are making tings worse, not better.
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Neil Littman
01 Oct 2020 11:18 #5594
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Neil Littman
01 Oct 2020 13:24 #5595
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David Hughes
01 Oct 2020 23:33 #5596
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It is interesting that no one has picked up on my comment about children's needs which seems to suggest that most contributors are thinking only of their view from behind the windscreen rather than the overall needs of our community. Could someone comment on that? Am I missing something?
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Richard Carlowe
02 Oct 2020 16:14 #5597
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There is no increased cycling as far as I can tell and, now that winter is approaching, there won’t be much walking either
My Mum’s carer took 20 minutes to get out of Bourne Hill on to Green Lanes last night so my Mum lost out on care. I was facing the same today so was forced to park halfway down Caversham Avenue to get to her in time
And then there’s the 2 motorbike couriers wheeling their bikes on the footpath across the railway on Fox Lane that I had to avoid.
Basically THIS SCHEME NEEDS TO END NOW
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Neil Littman
02 Oct 2020 16:27 #5598
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Karl Brown
02 Oct 2020 16:39 #5599
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To say (yet) again, the transport hierarchy now has cars at the bottom and active transport measures at the top. One realistic conclusion is that a car journey that was once viewed through the windscreen as being OK is in future likely going to be less OK as various transport spend kicks in. Locally we seem to be reasonably close to the front of that curve.