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@Oliver Schick
Thanks all for your support. This is a really important campaign if we're going to persuade London's government to make places rather than motorways. Blackfriars Plaza has huge potential as one of the most attractive locations in London and the political priorities (unnecessary worrying about 'motor traffic capacity' (*) tends to always defeat worthwhile schemes) are still all skewed.
(*) For those who don't know, this is the idea that unless you design streets, and junctions in particular, so that large amounts of four-wheeled motor traffic can be pushed through them, there will be more congestion. This is not the case, as research has shown, as creating more motor traffic capacity also attracts more motor traffic. People switch to other modes if car use isn't constantly prioritised and incentivised.
Oliver
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