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jakemcree
It isn't just that it's annoying and dangerous for park users, it's also clearly harmful to the park as a site of special scientific interest (which it's been since 1992). As an sssi the presence of motor traffic and the associated pollutants (tyre rubber, brake pad material being washed off the road by rain in to the parks earth, noise pollution, engine fumes etc) should clearly be minimised.
What's darkly comic is that the 'friends of richmond park' were demanding that through traffic be blocked through the park as long ago as the 1960s.
The other bit ill never forget for as long as I live is how the royal parks banned cycling in the park during the pandemic on the grounds of 'plumes of exhalation.'