Don't treat low traffic neighbourhoods as 'political football', cycling charity urges government

Rishi Sunak's Conservative government positioning itself as "pro-motorist" with reviews of LTNs and 20mph speed limits incoming

A Low traffic neighbourhood in Birmingham
(Image credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

The government should not use low traffic neighbourhoods as a "political football", Cycling UK has said.

Over the weekend, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used an interview with the Sunday Telegraph to lay out his opposition to low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), which he portrayed as "anti-motorist". LTNs, schemes that seek to promote walking and cycling by stopping motor vehicles from using certain local streets as cut-throughs, rose in popularity during the pandemic.

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