THE PROBLEM
Four roads in Hackney are experiencing unprecedented traffic increases while the rest of the borough benefits from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
🚧 Graham Road (A107)
As a classified A-road, Graham Road cannot have traffic filters. Instead, it absorbs displaced traffic from surrounding LTNs. Since January 2024, daily traffic has risen from 13,069 to 19,278 vehicles—that's nearly 20,000 vehicles per day past homes, schools, and businesses.
🏠 Navarino Road
A residential street now carrying the traffic of a minor arterial. From 1,742 vehicles/day in April 2024 to 4,572 in November 2025—a 162% increase. Residents report constant noise, speeding vehicles, and fears for child safety.
⚠️ Greenwood Road
Traffic has more than doubled from 810 to 1,803 vehicles/day. The banned right turn from Greenwood Road causes dangerous U-turns. Combined with narrowed carriageway widths, residents no longer feel safe parking on their own street.
🛣️ Dalston Lane
Dalston Lane is now a key displacement corridor, funnelling sat-nav traffic between filtered neighbourhoods and onto Graham Road. Residents and businesses along the lane face constant congestion, worsening air quality, and slower bus journeys.
🫁 Health Impacts
The entire borough is an Air Quality Management Area. Research links traffic pollution to childhood asthma, reduced lung function, and cardiovascular disease. Noise above 65dB is associated with hypertension and heart disease. Our streets now exceed safe thresholds.
🔄 Displacement Effect
The London Fields LTN (2020), Hackney Downs LTN (2021), and Amhurst Road/Pembury Circus works (2025) have all contributed to pushing traffic onto our roads. The proposed Dalston LTN will add more pressure to the A107 corridor.
❌ Consultation Gap
Residents of Graham Road were not directly consulted on schemes that dramatically affect our traffic levels. We're outside the scheme boundaries, so we receive the displacement without a voice in the decisions.
