A Green New Deal

And why should all private car owners be demonised. Your problem appears to be one created by a council decision in the first place. Incidentally I don’t own one, just believe in fairness and balance. I don’t think it is true to say the majority of people do not own a car in London. It is a massive area including many suburban areas.

More than half of londoners / london households own a car, they may also use public transport to get to work but that does preclude car ownership, especially if they have families in or out of london, and then theres the people who live outside but work within london.

Remove road access from around your home and how would you have anything delivered or move home?

Motor vehicles for some are not a simple choice they are a need.

Parking on the pavement is banned in the majority of london and only exists in areas where the roads are narrow to allow traffic to pass (this can also be on one way streets)

This issue is complex there isnt a simple solution to any of it we all want to use the same spaces. if the pavement is narrow and everyone has a garden on the road next to the pavement would you support a land grab reducing the size of their gardens to make more room for a wider pavement?

Everything done on the roads and pavements has been a land grab of sorts be it a cycle lane, pavement, or road.

the entire road was once the pavement then areas were created to deter access to these areas by horses and carts then cars etc

So you intend to demonise the people who have to use a car further?

Public transport is owned but Private companies who plow a significant amount of the revenue raised into their profits and shareholder dividends. So the rich get richer and the disadvantaged who HAVE to use a car pay for that to happen.

Perhaps there should be charges on all households who have gardens for selfishly occupying space that could be used or occupy properties bigger than they need. Motorists are hit frequently with charges. Perhaps a tax on Households who have more bedrooms and rooms than they need. I.e. 1 kitchen, i lounge, 1 bathroom, 1 bedroom for every 1-2 people then taxes for everything over that so a dining room a conservatory a second toilet, any spare bedrooms? If that was legitimately proposed would you still feel the same?

then once that was in place you could extend the taxes to properties with more than one bedroom regardless of whether they were needed.

That clearly is a ludicrous suggestion but as its the equivalent against the motorist its fine.

The whole thing is a balancing act. people need to understand we cant have everything, so its a balance that is needed. At present we seem to be excessively balancing the scales to cyclists then moaning about congestion and pollution, seeing as central heating also produces pollution and that wont be banned why should we ban cars altogether.

Yes everyone should feel safe but we need a balance. We need equal access by all methods of transport, feet, cars, cycles, buses, trains, tubes, wheelchairs, mobility scooters et all.