{"id":585090,"date":"2026-05-15T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/585090\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:37:09","slug":"barrier-idea-explored-as-newcastle-pollution-hotspot-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/585090\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrier idea explored as Newcastle pollution hotspot solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Namdeo said a well-designed barrier could protect cyclists and pedestrians using that part of the road&#8217;s footpath. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If the geometry is right, barriers can be effective, but they are not a universal fix and the design detail matters enormously,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Namdeo said the barrier would not have an effect on those using the road itself, such as drivers and cyclists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The barrier, if it works, will protect some of the people who use that path, but it will not change the concentrations in the road environment itself,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Reducing diesel traffic on that corridor is the only way to genuinely fix the air quality there.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Namdeo said a well-designed barrier could protect cyclists and pedestrians using that part of the road&#8217;s footpath. &#8220;If&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-585090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}