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TfL suppressed report showing LTNs don’t cut car use
Transport for London halted an £82,095 study after two years, despite findings that low traffic neighbourhoods increase cycling but do not reduce car usage, officials stated.
- Transport for London withheld a university study funded by taxpayers that found low traffic neighbourhood schemes fail to decrease the amount of car travel.
- TfL initially funded the three-year, £82,095 study but withdrew funding last June after officials feared the findings would damage the scheme's green image.
- The study found no significant reduction in car use or walking, though cycling increased, while council support for LTNs remained strong despite contested effects.
- John Stewart from Social and Environmental Justice criticized the non-disclosure as a significant lapse that might have provided valuable insight for those making decisions, while TfL reiterated its commitment to backing thorough research.
- This suppression suggests ongoing debate over LTNs' effectiveness, with TfL and Mayor Sadiq Khan maintaining LTNs reduce traffic despite conflicting research results.
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Sadiq Khan's Officials Suppressed Report Showing LTNs Don't Cut Car Use – The Daily Sceptic
Sadiq Khan’s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use after the London Mayor spent five years baselessly claiming LTNs are good for the planet.
Sadiq Khan slammed as TfL suppressed report showing that LTNs do NOT reduce car use
Sir Sadiq Khan's officials concealed taxpayer-funded research indicating that low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not lead to a reduction in car usage, it has been revealed.Transport for London (TfL), which Mr Khan chairs, reportedly chose not to publish the study after academics found the LTNs do not push people not to drive.London City Hall Conservatives' transport spokesman, Keith Prince AM, accused the Labour Mayor of overseeing a "cover-up…
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