Hackney has been named as the London borough with the most streets covered by low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes, with LTNs in force in 55% of streets for which they are considered appropriate. The annual survey, by the Healthy Streets Scorecard coalition, found that Waltham Forest had the second highest level of LTN coverage (47%), followed by Newham with 40%. By contrast, fewer than 5% of roads in Croydon, Barking and Dagenham and Bexley were in LTNs, while Islington was found to be the capital's top "healthy streets" borough overall, followed by Hackney and Camden. The overall assessment included other factors like pedestrian and cyclist casualties, school streets schemes, and 20mph limits. |
Evening Standard (07/07/2021) |