Allocating road space for different uses can cause great controversy, as illustrated by the development of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs).
A team from the Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford have been examining how such controversies are governed. Geoffrey Dudley, David Banister and Tim Schwanen have released a two-page summary of their findings.
The study, funded by Rees Jeffreys Road Fund, has examined the role of government, local authorities, residents, road users and other stakeholders in two cases studies:
- Cowley in Oxfordshire
- Levenshulme and Burnage in Greater Manchester
The summary reflects how the particular issue of LTNs has focused new attention on local residential streets, and how changes can have profound effects on large population areas. The authors suggest that LTNs can act as a trigger for a wider discourse on the character and function of residential areas.
A fuller article about the study has now been published on the Political Quarterly journal, a copy of the article can be found here.
News item: 10 October 2022
