This week, the High Court will examine Tower Hamlets council's decision to spend £2.5 million removing the low traffic schemes that have transformed parts of Bethnal Green and Shoreditch. I got involved in the campaign to save these schemes because I've witnessed first-hand how they've changed our community for the better.
Before these changes, our residential streets were choked with traffic. Nearly 60% of the 8,000+ daily vehicles were just passing through, using our neighborhood streets — with schools and houses on them — as shortcuts. Now, these streets have become places where community flourishes. Older people who previously stayed indoors gather on newly installed benches to chat. Children play outside safely, breathing cleaner air. Delivery riders use protected cycle lanes to work safely.
