Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. LTNs.

It seems like everyone is talking about them. But do they actually *work?*

Here's a THREAD:

Ask a cyclist and you're likely to get one answer. Ask a black cab driver and you're likely to get another.

So we did neither. Instead, we looked to science

Enter @RachelAldred -- academic, transport specialist and all round badass woman.

Luckily for us, she's looked at this exact question and used science to find an answer.

Dr Aldred looked at the outer London boroughs who had Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and compared them with those that didn't.

Here's what she found...

First up -- people who live in low traffic neighbourhoods are less likely to own a car -- with up to a 20% decrease in car ownership.

There was no evidence of a decrease in car ownership in areas without an LTN.

But it wasn't just car ownership that was going down -- time spent in a car was decreasing too.

Heard opponents claim car journeys become longer in LTNs? Well, the science doesn't agree with them.

So if they're not driving, what are they doing?

The study shows they're walking, they're cycling, they're replacing car use with active travel

So LTNs -- do they work?

Science says yes.

Want to read the work for yourself? ()

Here you go: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/ebj89/