Tom, can you please stop confusing fact and your fictions. Just like you silly claim that air pollution killed more people than COVID in W4, you have no idea whether: 'many of the people opposing current LTNs live on streets previously closed off'.So you have the names and addresses of those in CHiswick opposing these schemes, and specifically what their objections are? OF course you do not. So stop lying. Also its a rather pathetic straw man argument, noone is suggesting reopening these roads. But the more roads you close, the more traffic, noise, pollution and congestion is forced on a minority of the population. You seem to advocate them being poisoned by the very air pollution you oppose. At least you are OK.Ther are two points here. Firstly, I have posted numerous times, we have had traffic management measures for over 30 years, so nice of you to confirm that is the case. However, we have seen no meaningful reduction in traffic, certainly not measured in terms of congestion around key routes over this period. Did the stretch of the High Road north of Netheraven Rd quiet down, is Chiswick Lane and the A4 to the south traffic free? So we have clear proof that your myth of traffic evaporation is just that. Even before we look at the Borough wide or London wide vehicle volume data collated by the DfT, showing steady annual increases since 2012.Secondly, these schemes were implemented at the request of local residents and with appropriate consultations from the council. Note the order of events here, local residents asked and were consulted, then schemes implemented. Compare and contrast with all the measures implemented by LBH over the last 18 months.As for air quality, we all want cleaner air, we all breathe it. So we need to address the source of traffic, such as the mass inflows to W4 from the M4 and north circular every day, the traffic generated by LHR, and the traffic that will be generated by all the parking for the new Brentford stadium, fully supported and pushed through by Hounslow.Lets try and stop the random piecemeal closures. The only solution is a coherent London wide approach, that will include prioritising public transport and electric vehicles. Some form of expanded congestion charge is likely.Final point. All those that are most vocal about road closures do not suffer the downside. You give no voice or consideration to the many residents on roads like Acton Lane, South Parade, SCR, Heathfield Gardens, Barrowgate etc that see even more traffic as a result of the schmes you support. That is not OK. Michael Robinson posts how much he loves his own LTN, when residents on the A316 posted about even more traffic on their roads, his response was basically 'tough'. Selfish in the extreme.
Paul Green ● 2012d