Thérèse Coffey claims active travel plan is "anti-driver"
The Tory politician who briefly served as deputy prime minister to Liz Truss opposed the £5m active travel scheme in her constituency, claiming it"fails to deliver and antagonises", and the"woefully bad" consultation"would be deemed unlawful" in court...
"We want to make it easier to choose more active ways of getting around. Increased active travel has been shown to benefit mental and physical health, improve air quality, reduce traffic congestion and noise pollution, and increase safety," theHowever, Ms Coffey weighed in on the scheme to suggest that"active travel should support those who want to walk and cycle more readily, but should not be anti-driver", before questioning the consultation.
The"anti-driver" rhetoric of Ms Coffey's criticism has become fairly typical of political figures from the party she represents, the Conservatives' party conference last autumn hearing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Transport Secretary Mark Harper talk of the so-called"stick with" policies promoting"fantastic" active travel plans
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