Tag: LTNs

A Labour-run council has been forced to scrap London's latest LTN following a huge swell of local opposition pointing out the anti-car scheme's obvious flaws. No proper consultation as usual, says Mike Wells.

Oxfordshire's green lunatics are at it again, says Ben Pile. Councils which you would think had enough on their plate trying to stop drug and rape gangs are instead spending taxpayers' money on sucking CO2 out of the air.

One of the 'architects of Ulez' and a supporter of 20mph zones has been appointed as the new Transport Secretary after Louise Haigh's resignation, raising fears the anti-car measures may become national policy.

Furious West Dulwich residents are taking their Labour council to the High Court, accusing it of pushing through a low-traffic scheme after a shambolic consultation that ignored widespread opposition.

The creation of 20mph zones and LTNs has been greenlit by the Transport Secretary, who has pledged fresh funding despite the disastrous and widely hated rollout in Wales, where similar measures are being scrapped.

Locals have branded a Clean Air Neighbourhood a "cynical greenwashing scheme" after the Labour-run London council amassed nearly £12 million in fines from motorists.

Tough penalties, including funding cuts and loss of enforcement powers, are to be introduced by the Government for councils flouting new local support requirements in low-traffic zones.

A controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme is to be scrapped after it turned a three-mile bus journey into a two hour crawl.

Councils are starting to scrap 20mph limits as the schemes face a backlash amid revelations drivers are facing a record number of fines for offences in the zones.

A staggering £50 million in fines has been amassed by Lambeth Council through increased penalties for drivers entering closed roads in low traffic neighbourhoods.