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@Oliver Schick
I'm not in favour of HGV bans. They would be too inflexible, certainly for a place like London. Obviously, people often don't mean 'bans' but 'selective permission systems', i.e. prohibition unless specific permission has been granted by the highway authority. This would obviously be a family of measures that would make the most sense in inner city environments.
When you run a construction project somewhere, lorry and other heavy vehicle movements are highly predictable, and I think in future it should become the default for companies running lorries to plan their movements well in advance and to register them with local authorities. This can then be used as a vehicle for all sorts of things, e.g. alerting drivers to particular spots en route that may present a problem, or taking other safety measures.