Seeing some random threads and just think it's worth making some points clear around Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN's) - where local roads don't allow through traffic...

Main one is - A roads / strategic roads project their traffic issues on to the local roads. It's not the other way around. Traffic issues are not occurring due to too many local roads being closed, they're occurring due to too much traffic being on A roads.

Related to above, even if closing a local road causes localised A road issues this is not a burden that the local roads should shoulder. Local road solutions should focus on what works best for them i.e. LTN's. If there are any knock on issues for A roads changes will focus minds

LTN's are not simply an air quality issue - I'm not sure it's deliberate or mistaken but often the argument is becoming too narrowly focussed on air quality. LTN's cover things like road safety, noise, social space and other benefits too.

Government statistics show motor traffic on A roads are around the 80-90% mark. This is also with public transport at a low but rising base. Thus there is capacity on the A roads to absord any excess local traffic and be no worse than pre-Covid. Not ideal, but it's no worse

Don't like the sound of returning to pre covid A road levels of congestion, well me neither. But by blocking LTN's the implication is that local roads are there to relieve this problem. The key problem though is there's too many private vehicle trips on our network at key times.

Thus as a final quick point we need solutions that reduce A road traffic levels without rely on the ability for private vehicles to locally divert onto local roads. Quick solutions could be parking charges, bus priority, and protected cycle lanes. Long term maybe road pricing.