I'm at the Guildhall this evening for a talk by Cllr Clyde Loakes from Waltham Forest for a sellout talk on the benefits of low traffic neighbourhoods, an idea B&NES Council is keen to investigate 
It was a manifesto pledge for the Lib Dem administration and Cllr Jo Wright said the majority gives them a clear mandate to tackle it #bathtraffic
Cllr Wright says the council will be delivering low traffic neighbourhoods across Bath over the next two years but it needs the backing of the community
Cllr Clyde Loakes says Boris Johnson is to thank for the "mini-Holland" created in Waltham Forest, from back when he was London mayor.
Key to LTNs are modal filters - what opponents called road blocks that let through pedestrians and cyclists #bathtransport
Some even branded one modal filter the Berlin Wall #bathtraffic
Cllr Loakes said the council had turned the debate on its head. Change can't be achieved by just tinkering with the status quo #bathtraffic
People will be annoyed but there's reams of evidence to support LTNs #bathtraffic
One example in his borough us shut from 10am until 10pm. People flock to the area, says CL
It takes out through traffic and hands the streets back to residents #bathtraffic
Businesses constantly over emphasise need for car parking. Customers don't arrive by car, says CL #bathtraffic
Number of households in Waltham Forest exposed to illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide has fallen from 58,000 to 6,000 as a result of infra changes #bathtraffic
Every highways decision in the borough now goes through prism of low traffic neighbourhoods and healthy streets #bathtraffic
CL calls for radical overhaul of the highway code to prioritise pedestrians, cyclists, people on mobility scooters, over cars #bathtraffic
He says residents parking needs to be introduced across the city to get rid of commuters driving in #bathtraffic
Waltham Forest is on a much smaller scale than Bath and has different challenges
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