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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

‘Patchy’ delivery of low-traffic schemes may have ended up discouraging cycling

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The rollout of schemes like low-traffic neighbourhoods may have actually discouraged cyclists and walkers in some neighbourhoods because of their "patchy" delivery, a new has report found.

The public spending watchdog told The Independent that “too often” it found local authorities had not followed national guidance in their active travel interventions and only implemented “cosmetic changes”, which “could have discouraged cycling and walking”.

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