How opponents of LTNs are adopting the climate-sceptic playbook

A vocal minority aim to sow doubt over the impacts and effectiveness of LTNs, all while failing to acknowledge the harms that LTNs seek to address. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

In recent months, it seems barely a day goes by without a slew of hostile newspaper coverage – or prominently placed diatribes – about low-traffic neighbourhoods.

Indeed, 19 weeks into 2023, the UK’s main newspapers have published 177 articles on LTNs. Most of them were unfavourable and were published in the Mail (75), the Telegraph (32) or the Times (22).