Happy Low Traffic New Year

Happy New Year! We hope for more spaces with low traffic in Westminster this year. Here are some of our favourite spots 🧵🪡

This is Horseguards Parade, behind 10 Downing Street. It was used for beach volleyball at the 2012 Olympics 🏖️ 🌊🏐

Locals say it’s one of their favourite places to cycle across.

We also love the wide spaciousness of Horse Guards Road for cycling- with St James’s Park on the left.

Why is it so wide? 👀👀

There’s no parked cars!! It’s good to see some space free from car storage near one of our wonderful parks.

This is Dolphin Square in Pimlico- one of London’s secret treasures. It’s technically not a public space, but it’s always open. A good area to explore, and free from traffic so safe for children to run around.

Also, we love the beautiful low-traffic streets of the Pimlico Grid. It’s a residential area of carefully planned one-way streets, and considered one of London’s oldest LTN’s- it’s been in place for over 50 years. Well done @CityWestminster for early trailblazing work!

And finally, a street in Soho this week. Isn’t it wonderful to see what happens when you take the cars away. People reclaim the streets. A happy, thriving bustling city. A city with #Streetsforpeople We hope for more of all this in 2024. A low traffic area is a happy area.

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