The campaign group Save Our Safer Streets (SOSS) says the LTNs are vital to protect children in deprived areas from pollution and the risks of heavy traffic.
The group has raised nearly £80,000 through a crowdfunder to pay lawyers to bring the legal proceedings. In a two-day hearing that began yesterday, a judge is considering whether the mayor, Lutfur Rahman, broke the law when he announced last September that he would be removing the LTNs in the east London area of Bethnal Green.
Jane Harris, a spokesperson for SOSS, told the Guardian: "We didn't want to get to the point of taking the council to court. We have asked to meet the mayor and talk many times, but he has refused to meet us. This is despite over 3,000 people signing a petition to keep the LTNs.
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