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Elephant and Castle has become the latest victim of Transport for London and the Mayor’s strict adherence to ‘smoothing the flow’, ensuring the free flow of motor vehicles at the expense of the safety, convenience and comfort of pedestrians and cyclists.
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And it's not just London - which has done more than most places to encourage cycling.
Cars are necessary/vital/modern/objects of desirable economic growth/objects of everyone's desires/etc.
Keeping them moving is the most important job of traffic engineers and town planners.
There is no alternative.