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UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by GreatAlbatross to c/uk_politics

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[–] fakeman_pretendname 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"UK government seeks to endanger the lives of children, cyclists and pedestrians, encourage the destruction of the planet and ruin the lives of hundreds of thousands of bus commuters, and damage thousands of businesses which rely on public transport for staff, to appease handful of loud angry little pink-faced men in giant fat cars"

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Agree with your sentiment but not every driver is a white man.

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 5 points 8 months ago

The ltn protests are a bit red faced white man heavy.

[–] fakeman_pretendname 3 points 8 months ago

This is very true, but I don't think the government is too concerned about appeasing non-white non-male drivers to the same extent.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to intensify its battle with local councils over low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and other active travel measures, with imminent new guidance seeking to limit their use.

However, a promised plan to try to force local authorities into abandoning the schemes by cutting them off from the central database needed to issue fines for infractions is understood to be legally complicated and not yet ready to proceed.

The move could be legally difficult to achieve, given that a 2002 law gives local authorities the right of access to vehicle registration details, meaning the change could require new legislation.

The government plan for drivers emerged from the unexpected Conservative win in last July’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection, after controversy over the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone.

After the victory, Sunak watered down a series of green policies and presented himself as the friend of the driver, pledging to end what he called “anti-car measures”, notably LTNs.

A DfT spokesperson said: “We remain committed to the measures set out in our plan for drivers, including exploring options on councils’ access to DVLA data to enforce traffic schemes such as low-traffic neighbourhoods.

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