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Low-traffic neighbourhoods make roads safer but need a rebrand – report (Grauniad)

by brooksby
Thu, Jun 09, 2022 09:03
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/09/low-traffic-neighbourhoods...

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Low-traffic neighbourhoods boost cycling, reduce car use and make roads safer, but councils could do more to make the schemes more palatable and comprehensible to local people, the most thorough study yet of the concept has concluded.

The report by the Centre for London thinktank about the interventions, which use planters or other filters to stop through-traffic by motor vehicles on smaller residential streets, also found no evidence they disproportionately benefited richer people.

But the study, which combined traffic data with direct evidence from officials involved in LTNs, said the fact many were implemented on a trial basis during lockdown meant there was sometimes a lack of consultation, as well as teething troubles that could have been avoided.

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