At the time of writing it has received 1,269 signatures. On the website it reads: Traffic barriers in Littlemore and Cowley for the so-called Low Traffic Areas are trapping local residents and worsening local traffic. They are unjust, and we call upon Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council to end the trial scheme immediately. The LTN was implemented by Oxfordshire County Council in the Cowley and Littlemore area at the beginning of the month as part of a six-month trial. The council s aims in introducing LTNs is to create quieter and safer streets for residents while encouraging them to become more active and environmentally-friendly.
Source: Auckland Council
Safer roads and better-connected neighbourhoods are the outcomes expected from the Low Traffic Area projects currently in the first stages in Glen Innes and Onehunga.
Maungakiekie-TÄmaki Local Board was awarded a grant by Waka Kotahi as part of the national Innovating Streets for People Pilot Fund.
The fund focuses on using Tactical Urbanism Techniques and provides councils with a 90 per cent funding assistance rate (FAR) as well as capability building support for successful applicants. The balance of the funding coming from the Local Board Transport Capital Expenditure Fund and is not affected by COVID-19 belt tightening at this point.