Low-Traffic Zones ‘Adversely’ Affecting Services, Says Bus Industry

Local councils are not ensuring Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) don’t adversely affect bus services, according to a major trade association. In a letter to The Times Of London on Thursday, the Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents Britain’s bus and coach operators, said that local authorities need to do more to ensure LTNs don’t affect hit bus services. The publication reported it is the first time that bus operators have publicly questioned the way LTNs have been implemented. In the letter, Alison Edwards, the director of policy at the confederation, wrote that: “Local transport authorities need to collaborate with operators to ensure LTNs don’t adversely affect bus services, which are already a sustainable form of transport....