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Truly exciting that as of today we live in a designated Low Traffic Neighbourhood, shutting off access to non-local traffic that currently uses Hackney’s roads to quicken journeys across London, impacting on the health and wellbeing of the people who live here... (1/6) https://twitter.com/hackneycouncil/status/1277894096946937856
It’s especially notable that this will affect neighbourhoods with large amounts of local authority housing – including our estate – within the broad context of considerable borough-wide deprivation, with Hackney having the third-highest level of child poverty in the UK (2/6)
Disadvantaged areas are disproportionately impacted by traffic and air pollution – even more unjustifiable when Hackney has the lowest levels of car access in London – and often don’t have the same campaigning resources as wealthier areas, so are more likely to be bypassed (3/6)
These kinds of difficult and disruptive actions are vitally important for protecting population and planetary health, and ensuring urban environments shift to a renewed focus on people, communities, and public health, rather than on cars and convenience (4/6)
Thank you @jonburkeUK @mayorofhackney and colleagues for your hard work and leadership on this and other ambitious future plans, and to community groups (e.g. @hackney_cycling) who continue to push for change (5/6)
Please stay strong to the inevitable opposition that has and will come your way from those that either can’t - or are funded not to - see the bigger picture (6/6)
