The result has been a dramatic reduction in traffic jams, and less pollution.
"This continued reduction in traffic fatalities is encouraging news," he said in a statement.
Ken Livingstone, London's mayor, hopes to cut traffic by 15%, leading to a 25% reduction in traffic delays.
Seattle has reported a 77percentto91percentcent reduction in traffic accidents after installing a citywide traffic-calming program that included 700 new residential traffic circles.
The rising pedestrian visitor numbers and reduction in traffic accidents are testament to the design's promise to diminish the "car is king" culture.
In effect, Mr Livingstone hopes that the promised benefits of a 15% reduction in traffic and a 25% reduction in traffic delays will drown the complaints of the minority who are forced to pay.Since Britain is Europe's most congested country (see chart) such a scheme has as good a chance of being accepted in London as anywhere in the world.
Figures obtained by CTC show there has been a 22% reduction in traffic police in Lancashire over the past 10 years, with just 155 traffic police covering 4,303 miles of road.
But from the turn of the millennium, there has been a concerted attempt to encourage switching to other modes of transport, and the past decade has seen a 30% reduction in traffic in central London.
School districts that have switched to later start times for high school students have noted an improvement in grades, a decrease in dropouts and a reduction in traffic accidents.
