He added: “Although I pledged to remove these schemes, I wanted to consult to get a better understanding of the impacts.
“We have seen people on both sides try to skew the results of our consultation. Ultimately, I am interested in the views of Tower Hamlets residents in the affected areas.
“Division is not the answer. We need to find better solutions to improve air quality that can unite our residents and businesses.”
A road closure in Canrobert Street will be retained. Improvements made to accessible walking routes and traffic management plans on 33 streets during school run hours will also be kept.
The council said it will invest £6million in measures to improve air quality.
Mr Rahman axed an enforcement camera that deterred drivers from using a residential street in Bow as a short-cut.
But a freedom of information request submitted by residents who supported the Antill Road “liveable street” scheme revealed that the town hall received only six objections to the camera – and none were from the emergency services or local businesses.
Earlier this year headteachers in an areas that had seen significant reductions in traffic wrote an open letter to Mr Rahman asking him to keep the restrictions in place.
“We have experienced Bethnal Green before the new street layouts and after, “ they wrote.
“Before, the immediate area around our schools was dominated by speeding vehicles, noise and fumes. Now, we can see from the data provided that there has been a significant reduction in cars using the roads around our schools and that this has positively affected air quality.”
Mr Rahman has said his victory in the 2022 local elections showed there was a “resounding democratic mandate” for the removal of road closures that had “impacted thousands of working people in Tower Hamlets”.
