More than 30 more low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) could be built across London with TfL funding.
About 120 LTNs were introduced across the capital at the start of the pandemic in a bid to make walking and cycling safer and more attractive as Londoners were urged to avoid public transport. But the schemes – which use CCTV cameras, penalty fines and bollards to prevent non-local motorists driving through residential areas – have proved divisive, with opponents blaming them for increasing congestion on adjacent main roads. About 100 of the 120 LTNs remain in place, says The London Evening Standard.
Now it has emerged that TfL has provided councils with funding “for the development of more than 30 more potential LTN schemes”.
t says LTNs “remain a key part of the Healthy Streets approach and we continue to support boroughs’ implementation of schemes with both funding and technical support”.
Recently approved LTNs include Lambeth council’s scheme in West Dulwich. TfL said this could increase the number of vehicles on the boundary road – the South Circular Road – by 100 to 200 an hour.
It has asked the council to ensure buses are not delayed on other nearby main roads as a result of the LTN.
