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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker

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

Cyclists in a low traffic neighbourhood
Low-traffic neighbourhoods, introduced in a wave of schemes in 2020, often use planters to stop through-traffic by cars. Photograph: David Charles/Alamy

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.

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