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We want action!

Local group urges action

For decades we have known that motor traffic badly affects the health and quality of life of local people. It is dangerous, polluting and noisy.

By Low Traffic Cloudesley Place 30 Apr 2022

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So what's the solution?

The one thing which unites opponents of LTNs is their total inability to suggest how they would tackle the issue of traffic on our roads;

By Guest Speaker 23 Apr 2022

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Are you *really* in control?

We've all heard that cars are getting smarter – GPS, computer-controlled engines, proximity cameras, collision warnings and soon, driverless vehicles. In fact, some vehicles

By John Hartley 22 Apr 2022

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We all subsidise rich people to drive big cars more

This year's Spring Budget statement from the Chancellor had the headline of a 5p reduction in fuel duty – because the price of fuel

By John Hartley 20 Apr 2022

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Drive! Don't walk! 🤔

Towards the end of March, we had two days of very high pollution levels in London. The Government's only advice (from DEFRA) was:

By Mariana Patti 19 Apr 2022

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Barnsbury LTN discussed at Full Council Meeting

At last week's Full Council Meeting John Hartley asked a question for our group: > Barnsbury suffers from some horrendous traffic. Many vehicles

By Richenda Walford 9 Mar 2022

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Response from the heart

Dear Islington Tribune: In the last 18 months of campaigning for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, I've been careful not to respond directly to any of the letters previously published in these pages which are against these schemes.

By Simon Izod 25 Feb 2022

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Super Size Me

There's something wrong in the feature photo, but what is it?

By Mariana Patti 25 Feb 2022

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Dirty air in hospitals

Dear Sirs, It was reported this week that all 291 hospitals and medical centres in London breach WHO Nitrogen Dioxide and PM2.5 air pollution

By Guest Speaker 10 Feb 2022

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"Prevent the east west cut through"

It's been over a year since the implementation of the last People Friendly Streets scheme in Highbury. It's great to hear

By Simon Izod 29 Jan 2022

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Pollution: who pays?

Londoners were advised to avoid physical activity on Friday 14 January as levels of toxic polluted air had reached dangerous levels. Oddly, no mention was

By Kevin Fallon 29 Jan 2022

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"We need to listen!"

What struck me at the Canonbury East and Clerkenwell Green consultations meeting at the Town Hall on Monday evening was the inability and refusal of

By Guest Speaker 15 Nov 2021

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EVs are not the solution to air pollution

This week brought new research showing air pollution kills many more people than smoking, car crashes and HIV and is now the greatest external threat

By Kevin Fallon 7 Sep 2021

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Road incidents halved in LTNs

In light of the recent tragic death of paediatrician Dr Marta Krawiec who was killed in a horrific collision with a left turning lorry at

By Simon Izod 17 Aug 2021

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Increase trajectory shows action to reduce traffic on Liverpool Road is long overdue

Residents of Liverpool Road continue to suffer from high levels of traffic and the trajectory continues to increase. Air pollution and noise from the traffic

By Lucy Facer 2 Aug 2021