And in today's "Who'd have thought it?" news...

[st13phil]

...it transpires that traffic growth statistics used to justify low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) were incorrect

"This week, a review of the Government’s Minor Road Traffic Estimates’ report, whose findings were frequently used to justify the schemes, found that the DfT had significantly over-counted the rise in traffic on residential streets between 2009 and 2019.​

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In London, where figures suggesting an almost 60 per cent rise in minor road traffic and a 72 per cent rise on the smallest roads had been widely cited, there had in fact been no increase at all over the decade, the new data show.​

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A previously published increase from 6.6 billion vehicle miles in 2009 to 10.4 billion in 2019 has been revised to eight billion in both years."​

More detail here:

War on motorists based on ‘false’ government data as calls to scrap LTNs grow

Figures used to justify the creation of contentious low-traffic neighbourhoods were incorrect, admits Department for Transport

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[markjay]

...it transpires that traffic growth statistics used to justify low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) were incorrect

"This week, a review of the Government’s Minor Road Traffic Estimates’ report, whose findings were frequently used to justify the schemes, found that the DfT had significantly over-counted the rise in traffic on residential streets between 2009 and 2019.​

​

In London, where figures suggesting an almost 60 per cent rise in minor road traffic and a 72 per cent rise on the smallest roads had been widely cited, there had in fact been no increase at all over the decade, the new data show.​

​

A previously published increase from 6.6 billion vehicle miles in 2009 to 10.4 billion in 2019 has been revised to eight billion in both years."​

More detail here:

War on motorists based on ‘false’ government data as calls to scrap LTNs grow

Figures used to justify the creation of contentious low-traffic neighbourhoods were incorrect, admits Department for Transport

www.telegraph.co.uk

I am one of those many people who are being inconvenienced on daily basis by the new restrictions regarding through-traffic in residential neighbourhoods.

But at the same time, I do recognise that these measures help improve air quality and reduce accidents involving pedestrians (the latter is probably the reason why zero-emissions vehicles are not exempt).

As for the restrictions being supported by false data... this is bad, obviously. But even if there was no increase in recent years in through-traffic in residential neighbourhoods, I still think the restrictions on through-traffic is a good idea

(Not a popular view on a motoring forum, I guess)