Mayor’s cycle superhighway should have planning permission, claim LTDA
The Licensed Taxi Driver’s Association (LTDA) has launched a judicial review against Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s cycle superhighway which is already being built along the embankment.
According to the BBC’s transport correspondent Tom Edwards, the LTDA say the cycle superhighway on Embankment is too major to fall under permitted development and should have planning permission.
When Johnson announced the decision to build the cycle path back in February, the LTDA initially described it as an “abomination”, and said they would launch a judicial review.
LTDA boss Steve McNamara, who has also described cyclists as “the ISIS of London”, subsequently backed down from pursuing the judicial review, saying he didn’t want “blood on his hands” if any cyclists were killed if a judicial review delayed construction of the cycle facilities.
Now it seems the LTDA has changed track.
Angry Twitter users are already calling for a boycott of black cabs.
OK, that’s it. Have listened to black cab trade & sympathised. Banning my 200 staff from using them from now @LTDAhttps://t.co/WdlGGuyqJR
— cyclistsinthecity (@citycyclists) August 18, 2015
As @TheLTDA (who dubbed cyclists terrorists) launch attack on Embankment cycle highway it’s time to switch to @Uber. http://t.co/UmETxRmhdK
— Alex Oates (@Velocentric) August 18, 2015
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