Change is a constant. The video animation below shows how London developed and the part its roads played in that development over 2000 years. I’ve covered some of the issues it throws up for communities here.
As the video unrolls, we see the intervention of planning and Local authorities, changes in population resulting from the industrial revolution’s migration to cities, immigration and more.
I once lived near a major arterial road of Roman origin. While that’s no longer the case for me, it is for many. What does this mean for the future?
Roads and the traffic they generate brings benefits, and environmental and social costs. The image below from Clean Air London highlights the zones where nitrous oxide levels are dangerously high and where they will tip towards the ‘red’ danger zone very soon if nothing changes.
Sanjit Chudha 