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What is an LTN? Study finds health benefits from low traffic schemes are up to 100 times greater than costs

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A study has found that low-traffic neighbourhoods can create public health benefits as much as 100 times greater than the cost of the schemes.

The long-term study of active travel measures has found that the cumulative public health benefit of people being more active was estimated at as much as £4,800 per local adult over a 20-year period as against a cost per person to build LTNs of about £28-£35, or £112, depending

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