BBCNEWS Breakfast July 4, 2024
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, loved by some, loathed by others. They use barriers, bollards and Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras to control or limit access to some streets. They have been set up in recent years in london, bristol, birmingham, bournemouth and more cities, with tens of millions of pounds of government funding. The aim, to keep through traffic away from residential streets, lower average speeds, improve our quality and reduce carbon emissions. In some places, tempers have flared between drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. At least one Opinion Survey commissioned by the gov...