low traffic neighbourhoods

11/10/2024

Some parts of the last government’s Plan for Drivers 'will persist', a top Department for Transport (DfT) official has said, as the highways sector awaits a raft of decisions from new ministers on controversial issues parked by the Tories.

10/10/2023

Jodi Savickas and Rachel Hiorns, placemaking and sustainable transport specialists at AtkinsRéalis, argue that there is a way forward for low traffic neighbourhoods, but that community buy-in will be crucial for schemes to work.

31/07/2023

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has asked the Department for Transport to review low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in England over concerns they add to congestion on nearby roads and hinder access to key services.

20/06/2023

A highway authority is to remove a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme that it said ‘has not been popular with many residents’, despite the scheme having ‘largely had the impact it was meant to have’.

28/03/2023

Attempts to tackle car dependency are meeting fierce opposition not just from residents but groups linked to a wider, more sinister, agenda.

16/08/2022

Lambeth Council is proposing to make one of its Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent and to introduce a number of improvements.

05/08/2021

Two people have been arrested in Lambeth in connection with alleged vandalism of signage and plantings carried out by the community at the borough’s emergency Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) schemes.

22/03/2021

Active travel campaigner Sarah Berry weighs up the evidence around low traffic neighbourhoods and local crime figures, with a focus on women's safety and sense of security.