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Re-directing £6m?
Following email correspondence in which I proposed pedestrian priority for Minehead, I had a meeting on 7 September 2022 with LibDem county councillor for transport, Mike Rigby. He played devil’s advocate, but I discussed objections, and followed up with further … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Mike Rigby, Taunton, traffic-lights
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Who will rid us of these meddlesome freaks?
Forcing people to use their cars less through measures such as round-the-clock 20mph limits is oppressive. Dictators use oppression. We are supposed to live in a democracy. With the proliferation of traffic lights and “safety” cameras, there is already excessive … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, safety cameras, speed cameras, traffic regulation, traffic-lights
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The air we breathe and state ignorance
As if we didn’t already know, the government-funded Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants has reported a definite link between exhaust emissions and the rise in dementia. No doubt there will be calls to ban cars, and higher … Continue reading
Put away my pen?
Is my work done? With the announcement that the DfT is planning to introduce a new hierarchy of road-users (which I’ve proposed for years, and briefed four Roads Ministers on), with vulnerable users at the top, and the mightiest at … Continue reading
Illegal pollution and road closures
Like most traffic “experts” on the BBC, Prof Andrew Lewis failed to mention on the World at One (7.12.20) the role of traffic lights in producing congestion, and contributing to the premature death of 9 year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah. Will the … Continue reading
KO’d by a traffic light
In a violent end to last night’s anti-racist demo in Whitehall, a police officer was knocked off her horse and sustained a head injury from … a frigging traffic light! And those WMD – weapons of mass distraction, danger and … Continue reading
Peaceful coexistence
There are calls to allocate more road space to cycling and walking. That’s fine, as long as it goes hand in hand with deregulation. Otherwise, the cycle of coercive control will continue to maximise emissions, cause needless delay and road … Continue reading
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Tagged allocating road space, cycling, Equality Streets, road rage, traffic-lights, walking
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Another nail in coffin
Brake dust is as bad as diesel for producing tiny particles that penetrate heart, lungs and bloodstream. It may be even worse because it produces them in greater quantities. The stop-start drive cycle caused by traffic lights and priority junctions … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, brake dust, Equality Streets, traffic control, traffic-lights
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Traffic lights still “working”
One of the photographs in Sophie Raworth’s illustrated narrative about a deserted London shows traffic lights still operating. An opportunity to switch off the lights and save power is being squandered. Of course no heads will roll for this abundant … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Sophie Raworth, traffic-lights, waste
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