Professor Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport, was quoted in an article by TransportXtra about the impacts of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) on active travel such as walking and cycling.
In the article, Professor Aldred spoke about LTN schemes, and said: “Part of the problem is that walking schemes like LTNs and pedestrianisation programmes aim to increase walking levels, but authorities rarely measure walking, so the benefits of more walking don’t enter into the discussion. When reviewing monitoring reports on London LTNs, we found that councils were rarely measuring cycling, and walking even less so, even though one of the key objectives of these schemes is to increase walking and cycling.”
She added: “As we came out of lockdown, in many places motor traffic levels rose and so did air pollution. This doesn’t in itself mean that any specific schemes caused those rises, nor that taking them out would help. For that you need to compare trends on boundary roads with trends on other, similar roads.”
Read the full article on the TransportXtra website.
Related articles
