Sigh - do you hear the birds warbling? In Hackney?
Such serenity. London at its finest. Mmm, essence of concrete while strolling along to the village shop as urban England reclaims its streets. The Transport Act 2000 provides for quiet lanes and home zones in England and Wales.
According to the Children's Play Council, a home zone is a street or group of streets designed round the interests of pedestrians and cyclists rather than motorists, opening up the street for social use. Home zones are developed by using features like traffic-calming measures, play areas, and shared surfaces to encourage motorists to drive slowly and carefully. Specifying an area as a quiet lane is meant to preserve the character of minor rural roads by controlling traffic growth. Now the Department for Transport is consulting on a draft statutory instrument, draft statutory guidance, and a draft regulatory impact assessment.
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