Post on 12-Aug-2015
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Anna Semlyen, Campaign Manager
How 20mph Improves Mobility& Why Safety Matters for
Smarter Travel
20’s Plenty For Uswww.20splentyforus.org.uk
@AnnaSemlyen1
20’s Plenty for UsNational voluntary organisation supporting communities who want lower speeds for residential streets. Free to join
Not speed bumps
20 mph default limits on streets– “Total 20”
Retrofitting communities for active travel
Exceptions determined by T.A.
Community led - Establishment endorsed
Aim to transform how urban and village roads are
shared!
20’s Plenty for Us250+ local branches – www.20splentyforus.org.ukAsk 20mph volunteers to help you to organise/promote
& staff EU Mobility Week events You could offer them a budgetEg Manchester’s £200 grantsTo communities for 20mph events
>14m people in townsnow have a “Total 20” policy Including most of the biggest 40 Urban authorities
TfL say place over rides movement function for 8 Red Route high streets
20mph Local Authorities in the UK
60%75%
InnerLondon
43% PH
50% PH1st
phase PH
London Boroughs and 20mph Speed Limits – March 2015
Legend
Westminster
K&C
Richmond upon Thames Wandsworth
Havering
Barnet
Enfield
Redbridge
Hillingdon
Sutton
Harrow
Ealing
Newham
Merton
BrentBarking and Dagenham
Kingston upon
Thames Bromley
Bexley
Abbreviations
H&F – Hammersmith and Fulham
K&C – Kensington and Chelsea
CoL – City of London
Hounslow
Haringey
Greenwich
Waltham Forest
H&F
Croydon
Adopted/policy to adopt 20mph on residential roads (and limited number of other roads (eg town centres))
Consulting/moving towards consultation on 20mph for all residential roads and/or other more major roads (but not to a borough-wide 20mph policy)
Camden Islington
CoL
Adopted 20mph on all borough roads
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Lambeth
Hackney
Lewisham
Voted to adopt 20mph on all borough roads
THE KEY POINT…A city that permits 30 mph on residential roads will never be child friendly and will always deter physical activity
Speed becomes greedWhen it stops us and our children from walking or cycling on our roads through fear of trafficImagine being 8 years or 80 and crossing our roads!
Crouch down: consider streets from an 8 year old’s viewpoint
Or try walking slowly like a 80 year old!
..key realisations in communities
Inappropriate vehicle speed violates our public spaces creating fear, apprehension & conflict that far exceeds any benefits.
Speed is the main factor in collision avoidance and casualty severity
Its not that speed causes collisions so much as speed doesn’t allow a collision to be avoided or the consequences mitigated
20mph forms a key foundation for active travel and makes a better place – safer, more active, quieter
Edinburgh’s 20mph Pilot results
Support for 20mph rose - 68% before 79% afterThose considering cycling to be unsafe fell from
26% to 18%Children cycling to school rose from 4% to 12%. For
older primary age children it rose from 3% to 22%Children allowed to play out rose from 31% to 66%Walking trips +7%, cycling +5% car trips fell 3%.
Event Idea :Braking Distance Challenge
Place bollards with letters on at stopping distances comparing 20mph and 30mph.
Ask parents to guess where a child could be safe if a driver sees a hazard 40 ft (12 m) ahead when doing 30 mph and starts braking
A 30mph car’s impact speed is still 27 mph when a 20 mph car would have stopped
http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/Briefings/braking_challenge.pdf has handout
Braking Distance Challenge
Thank you for your attention
It really is
We call for the National Speed Limit to change to 20mph: Total 20 by 2020:
£3 per head cost of 20mph now with repeater signsNational 20mph is cheaper, more cost effective &clearer. It sets a commitment to the safety of all
Follow @20splentyforus / @AnnaSemlyen1 www.20splentyforus.org.uk