A hilarious result given Sunak ordered the report as a way to try and sink the project.

All the common critiques given to low-traffic neighbourhoods seem to have been pretty thoroughly debunked.

Surveys of 1,800-plus residents in four sample schemes…found an average of 45% support and 21% opposition.

In a sign that the controversy about the schemes might be largely generated by politicians and the media, 58% of people did not even know they lived in an LTN.

While the Met police and one ambulance service reported initial problems, overall “LTNs do not adversely affect response times for emergency vehicles”, the report said.

Critics of LTNs argue that they benefit people living inside them largely by pushing traffic on to nearby roads. However, the DfT said this did not seem to be the case.