U.K.’s ‘Low Traffic Neighborhoods’ Nothing New: Ancient Romans Blocked City Roads To Carriages

  • Date: 27-Aug-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Oman
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U.K.’s ‘Low Traffic Neighborhoods’ Nothing New: Ancient Romans Blocked City Roads To Carriages

A tourist crosses a street in Pompei, Italy. The blocks were added in ancient times to aid ... [+] pedestrians walking across the street when flooded with rain water. Many carriages could still navigate this street, but—by design—the blocks would have slowed their progress. (Photo by Giorgio Cosulich/Getty Images)



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“All across London a quiet, little-reported ‘war' is raging,” claimed a writer for British political magazine Spiked Online, August 24. “Barricades and roadblocks have been erected,” continued Niall Crowley, “as council officials impose increasingly draconian measures to stop people using their cars.”

These “draconian measures” include the creation—with bollards and numberplate recognition cameras—of “Low Traffic Neighborhoods” (LTNs), where roads are closed to motorists but left open to cyclists and pedestrians.

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