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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Tory transport culture wars risked making roads less safe, says minister

A woman rides a bicycle next to a silver taxi
Greenwood’s comments came after Labour announced more than £600m for new cycling and walking schemes across England. Photograph: format4/Alamy

Conservative policies that pitted drivers against cyclists risked making the roads less safe by inflaming tensions, a minister has said, promising that the era of transport culture wars is over.

Lilian Greenwood, whose Department for Transport (DfT) role includes road safety and active travel, said seeking to divide road users into categories was pointless given most people used different transport methods at different times.

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