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Oliver Schick
^ well usually the aims are to eliminate rat running (i.e. no motor through traffic) and disincentivise local resident car trips in favour of walking or cycling.
A v v quick look and this appears to work around odessa. I'm sceptical of one way streets in principle but I presume they will be one way except cycles. And it should only be local car/van traffic using those one way streets north of you.
If you don't drive you'll probably find this is great.
If you do drive and cycle you'll also probably find it great. It will mean your house is still accessible by car but the route(s) you take will change and will become much more limited - via dames road only.
Reducing local residents' car access and "mobility" is the contraversial bit. Your neighbours who drive but don't cycle will kick off at having more inconvenience added to their already stressful driving environment in London. They will say car trips will be displaced to other roads making congestion worse and they will say their car trips will get longer and therefore they will be polluting the neighbourhood more. All their complaints will miss the point that because road capacity for cars will decrease and car trips will be disincentivised, then overall trip making will change and there will be more walk and cycle trips as a result of the scheme.
I can show you around Islingtons low traffic neighbourhoods if you ever around quietway 2 around the canal east of Angel - St Peters LTN and Canonbury East LTN