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‘Mini Holland’ scheme in Walthamstow hailed as major success as traffic falls by half, cycling and walking scheme is model for other cities (www.standard.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by NarrativeBear to c/fuckcars

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Campaigners have called for “mini Holland” walking and cycling schemes to be introduced in towns across Britain after the first London pilot scheme produced dramatic results.

London’s pioneering “mini Holland” low traffic neighbourhood is “synonymous with the changes that need to happen around the world”, according to the capital’s walking and cycling commissioner.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is from 2016 so it's not news.

[–] NarrativeBear 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, the article may be old news, so here is an article celebrating the success of the same location after the last 10 years.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mini-holland-cycling-scheme-sadiq-khan-will-norman-walthamstow-b1158415.html

Wish more cities would take note and move away from car centric urban and suburban design.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Clyde Loakes, the councillor who led the introduction of the schemes, faced numerous threats to his safety. “There were some pretty hairy interviews with the police about some of the stuff that was coming my way,” he recalled.

Freaking heck. Let me guess, they were all drivers getting butthurt.

Walthamstow isn't too far from my area, I'd love to see it expand here. I'm so sick of the Chelsea tractors.

[–] Meron35 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mini Holland is so last decade. When are we gonna apply this to the whole country and get Macro Holland

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

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