Low Traffic Neighbourhood

LTN planters in Kingston

In the United Kingdom, a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) is an area in which filtered permeability and traffic calming are deployed to reduce motorised through-traffic in residential areas. Many LTNs were introduced in spring 2020, although the same principles had been in use in London since the 1970s.[1]

LTNs can be implemented through the use of barriers such as bollards, boom barriers and planters; they can also be implemented virtually through the use of automatic number-plate recognition cameras and road signs, which can allow vehicle access for residents and emergency services while prohibiting unrelated through traffic.[2]

There is evidence to show that LTNs lead to a decrease in car use, increase in walking and cycling and a decrease in street crime, violent crime and sexual assaults.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: what, why and where?". Transport for London. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ Aldred, Rachel; Croft, Joseph (March 2019). "Evaluating active travel and health economic impacts of small streetscape schemes: An exploratory study in London" (PDF). Journal of Transport & Health. 12: 86–96. doi:10.1016/j.jth.2018.11.009. S2CID 133809626.
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  4. ^ Goodman, Anna; Aldred, Rachel (13 January 2021). "The Impact of Introducing a Low Traffic Neighbourhood on Street Crime, in Waltham Forest, London" (PDF). doi:10.31235/osf.io/ftm8d.