Reality v research on low-traffic neighbourhoods | Letters

Peter and Jen Golding are suffering from a huge rise in traffic and pollution, while Lee Pickering says increased pollution in nearby streets isn’t supported by researchAlec Collerton praises low-traffic neighbourhoods, citing his local example in Newcastle upon Tyne (Letters, 15 June). We live in the same area as him, but our road is one of the few not bollarded, and hence is now used extensively as a rat run by drivers previously using other roads. The result is a huge increase in traffi