TfL to slap 20mph limit on 65km more of London roads in Sept

Indeed, and given this seems to be the belief held by some in City Hall (Will Norman, our walking and cycling czar, tweeted about it not that long ago) with the ear of our dear leader, then I'm sure it's *entirely* coincidental that TfL are proposing to have these limits in place just a few weeks after the ULEZ expansion goes live, and that Khan would *never* dream of using the beneficial effects of the lower limits as proof that ULEZ has worked and he was right all along and should be praised from here to eternity for having the vision, tenacity and bravery to push it through despite so much opposition...

In London? On roads where 20mph limits are going to be applied?

You can’t have it both ways. If a road is so quiet that a 20mph limit being applied seems inappropriate, then by definition it must be a rare/extreme/edge case (call it whatever word). If it was very common then the road wouldn’t be virtually empty!

You would have thought that a lady gardening strimmer would have fitted in the boot of a Gee Wizz, even with a brush cutter attachment for those difficult bits?

Cars have been effectively banned from parts of central Bristol, and the city has in effect been more or less cut in two. We now have ULEZ charges as well as the 20mph limit, and bus lanes being introduced on roads to further cut lanes (Long Ashton Bypass for example).

It’s increasingly difficult to find contractors prepared to come in to the centre to maintain my building, and I personally now rarely go into the city for any reason other than work.

Bristol is to all intents and purposes becoming a zombie city, with an urban economy based entirely on a transient, largely student population. There’s no incentive to run any kind of business in the city unless it caters for that market (which is anyway very largely credit-driven - different argument). Soon the city will have nothing but clean air to its benefit.

I used to love Bristol, but now I hate it and can’t wait to to sell up and move my business elsewhere.

I was wondering this. London must be losing a LOT of money, what with more people wfh etc.

No need to be offensive.
Millions would disagree & could think of nothing worse than living at the back of beyond. But that doesn’t mean your place is a st place. It’s just not to everybody’s taste.
It’s a free country
PS
“ Motorists and pedestrians in Nottingham have welcomed the introduction of 'sensible' new 20mph speed limits throughout the city centre. New 20mph signs are visible on a number of roads in the area, such as the southern section of Mansfield Road and streets surrounding Nottingham Trent University”

And a plumber or electrician turns up on a bike with a screwdriver in their top pocket, do they?

So if you had to bring a team of four people in, together with all their luggage, and kit for a conference, you’d do that using public transport?

It’s a shocking revelation that a large city isn’t much fun to drive around as the NC500 or the Evo Triangle. On the other hand it’s a much more interesting place to live than the hellish new build estates and business parks that make up a lot of England.

No doubt there some towns that combine the best of both worlds, but in my experience they are few and far between .