One of the big lessons for geographers from LTNs is that people don't like change to their place when it feels imposed from outside. (This isn't just about places, we are generally fearful of any change we don't control).. It is about the way changes are made rather than the nature of change.
My road has some barriers at the end that must be 20-30+ years old. I know that makes our neighborhood an LTN because I am a geek. Most of my neighbours don't. If the Council removed them one day there would be fury. It is not the nature of the change but the control you don't have over it.
Interesting point. And yet people elect local councillors to take such decisions on their behalf, and as you suggest, don't like it when they do. As I write one idiot has just gone up my road at at least 50mph. Harrumph!
One of the big lessons for geographers from LTNs is that people don't like change to their place when it feels imposed from outside. (This isn't just about places, we are generally fearful of any change we don't control).. It is about the way changes are made rather than the nature of change.
My road has some barriers at the end that must be 20-30+ years old. I know that makes our neighborhood an LTN because I am a geek. Most of my neighbours don't. If the Council removed them one day there would be fury. It is not the nature of the change but the control you don't have over it.
Interesting point. And yet people elect local councillors to take such decisions on their behalf, and as you suggest, don't like it when they do. As I write one idiot has just gone up my road at at least 50mph. Harrumph!
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