The news that Labour have decided not to proceed with the previous Conservative Government’s “Plan For Drivers” should be welcomed, but should also hardly be a surprise.
In 2023 Rishi Sunak’s government launched a plan to limit the number of new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, bus lanes and 20mph zones; it was political posturing, which ironically made my job of delivering active travel schemes for the then Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street slower and more expensive.
