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Resistance to traffic lights
Hats off to a residents’ group in Saffron Walden which is organising resistance to new traffic lights near a residential development. In the insensitive way typical of local traffic authorities, Uttlesford made new traffic lights costing £250,000 a condition of the development, without consulting residents. Essex Highways … Continue reading
The TCD (traffic control dictatorship) and Assad
Parallels in an article by Roger Cohen (NYT) between Assad and the TCD (traffic control dictatorship). “Nothing in the Arab uprisings suggests that any outcome short of the departure of the hated symbol of long repression will satisfy the people … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Equality Streets, priority, Roger Cohen, TCD, traffic control dictatorship, tyranny
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Houdini budget
Once again traffic (mis)management has escaped public spending cuts and the notice of Whitehall! Quite incredible when you see things through the lens of Equality Streets.
Safer to cross a red light?
Drivers approaching a green light are obeying a signal at speeds that can kill. But crossing a red light after checking there is no conflicting traffic means approaching at a crawl with heightened awareness. So is it safer to cross a red light slowly (carefully) … Continue reading
Fuel tax fraud?
Apparently the Chancellor has ruled out cutting fuel tax, which as we know adds over 60% to the cost of fuel. Tax cuts could, of course, be funded by traffic system reform. Maybe my arguments haven’t reached the Chancellor’s ears. Or … Continue reading
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Tagged Chancellor, Equality Streets, fuel prices, fuel tax, George Osborne, tax fraud
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Funding tax cuts
Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, wants to raise the tax threshold. Don’t we all? Balls says it can be funded by cutting VAT to raise the £12bn needed. The government rubbished the proposal. But they are just as myopic in failing … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Balls, Equality Streets, government, traffic system reform
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Public service? Pull the other one
In devising methods of repressing hypothetical (minority) misbehaviour on our roads, the traffic control net is spread wide. Like the wrong fish caught in a trawler’s net, good people are ensnared and brought to their knees (you, me and Chris … Continue reading
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Tagged public disservice, public service, traffic enforcement, traffic regulation
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Calls for 5mph limit in Exhibition Road
On 13 Feb 2012, in shared space Exhibition Rd, a man on foot was hit by a lorry (here). Thankfully he was not badly hurt. It is no reason to ditch shared space, but it backs my view that streetscape redesign is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Exhibition Rd, pedestrian accident, shared space
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Say mould (same old)
On Today today, George Osborne said there is no easy way out of our debt problems. But as friends of this campaign will know, he’s missing something big. Ed Balls is right that deficit reduction is best achieved by growth, but … Continue reading
Red light Ken (Houdini?)
In the Evening Standard last week, Ken Livingstone’s No.2, Val Shawcross, was quoted as saying, “You’re elected to represent the public interest and that’s what you do.” In what way was Livingstone acting in the public interest when, during his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Equality Streets, filter-in-turn, Houdini, Ken Livingstone, traffic-lights
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