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Old August 19th 08, 12:54 AM posted to uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Default TfL Admits Livingstone Regime Deliberately Obstructed TrafficFlows

On Aug 19, 12:46*am, "Richard J." wrote:
JNugent wrote:
Brimstone wrote:


JNugent wrote:
Brimstone wrote:
JNugent wrote:
Brimstone wrote:


Strange, I'd always got the impression that you were in favour of
more people being allowed to travel easily by road between
various points in London? Maybe I've misunderstood.


That does not include allowing pedestrians, cyclists,
horses-and-carts, moped-riders and milk-floats to use motorways.


Which motorway is such traffic allowed to use?


The former A40(M), M41 and A102(M) - or at least, the automatic
motorway restrictions no longer apply.
All achieved by stripping those roads of their motorway status and
handing them over to Mad Ken.


So they're not motorways?


I was wondering whether you would try that line.


They used to be motorways and had the traffic-flow efficiencies of
that category.


Then they were reclassified as non-motorways precisely so that Mad Ken
could get his grubby mitts on them


Actually it was in order to have a sensible division of responsibilities
between Transport for London and the DfT/Highways Agency. *It wouldn't have
made much sense, for example, to have the DfT responsible for a few miles of
isolated motorway in West London on routes which were otherwise being
transferred to TfL. *Still, I guess it's more satisfying for you to make
cheap jokes about the previous Mayor.



They don't seem to have noticed that the election is over. Or maybe
it's a distraction from what's happening (or ceasing to happen) under
the Tories.