LTNs Do Not Cause Gridlock, Finds Traffic-Count Analysis – Forbes
Carlton Reid12:14pm EST
One of the key arguments employed against the installation of “Low Traffic Neighborhoods” (LTNs)—where roads are closed to motorists but left open to cyclists and pedestrians—is that they force motorists to use main roads, thereby increasing congestion and worsening air pollution. Writing in the Telegraph on November 22, Labour MP Rupa Huq said: “Cumulative traffic is forced on to main roads, whose residents complain of constant gridlock and worsened pollution.
However, traffic counts in London have shown this is not the case.
The introduction of Hackney’s LTNs over the summer did not cause a rise in traffic levels at nearby monitoring sites beside main roads, found an analysis of Transport for London (TfL) traffic data.
