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Mini Holland and The Transformation of a London Suburb with Clyde Loakes

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Mini Holland is the poster-child for the transformation of an urban area.

A network of congested residential streets in North East London has become peaceful and tranquil. The local high street converted from a double-parked rat-run into a desirable pedestrianised destination.

As the first Low Traffic Neighbourhood of the modern era, council reps from across Britain (and Europe) have visited to learn lessons.

Not that I needed travel far: it all happened in Walthamstow, where I live, and my kids were two of the many who benefited.

It was the vision of ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and he tells me the full inspirational story in todayโ€™s episode.

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Mini Holland is the poster-child for the transformation of an urban area.

A network of congested residential streets in North East London has become peaceful and tranquil. The local high street converted from a double-parked rat-run into a desirable pedestrianised destination.

As the first Low Traffic Neighbourhood of the modern era, council reps from across Britain (and Europe) have visited to learn lessons.

Not that I needed travel far: it all happened in Walthamstow, where I live, and my kids were two of the many who benefited.

It was the vision of ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and he tells me the full inspirational story in todayโ€™s episode.

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