Good to walk

Pedestrian power is on the rise. Following his success in banishing traffic from the north side of Trafalgar Square, the Mayor of London intends to make Exhibition Road in Kensington a zone of "inferred pedestrian priority". Drivers will still have access to this area, home to some of the nation's finest museums, but they will no longer have the run of the road. The capital's experience has shown that a programme of pedestrianisation, if implemented judiciously, can vastly improve quality of life and need not damage local businesses. It is a model that ought to be implemented in many more of Britain's traffic-choked city centres.

Pedestrian power is on the rise. Following his success in banishing traffic from the north side of Trafalgar Square, the Mayor of London intends to make Exhibition Road in Kensington a zone of "inferred pedestrian priority". Drivers will still have access to this area, home to some of the nation's finest museums, but they will no longer have the run of the road. The capital's experience has shown that a programme of pedestrianisation, if implemented judiciously, can vastly improve quality of life and need not damage local businesses. It is a model that ought to be implemented in many more of Britain's traffic-choked city centres.