An article this week in the Sunday Telegraph has reignited arguments over low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). The principle argument put forward by veteran transport campaigner John Stewart seems to be that LTN schemes displace traffic from quiet residential streets to surrounding boundary roads and nearby main roads. However, the data he quotes is disputed and proponents of low-traffic neighbourhoods argue…
If the test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable, then road danger is an indictment of how we do things currently in Britain. Take for example the road featured in the video below. Crossed by hundreds of children every day, no provision is made for their safety because the road is classed as a ‘priority 3…
New and disruptive technology has always unsettled the national psyche; Much of the reaction to e-scooters technology echoes the moral panic that convinced folk the first railway passengers would die spontaneously when trains reached 50 mph. However, those horrified by the risks posed by electric scooters, while at the same time overlooking the road danger caused by cars, are guilty…
This Sunday marks The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR). Commemorated annually on the third Sunday of November, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims provides a platform for road traffic victims and their families to: remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services draw attention…
Confronted by a laissez-faire attitude towards road danger, people are taking matters into their own hands. Twitter user @HerbieGreen this week shared photos of a bird box in Billingham disguised as a speed camera, but this kind of imaginative DIY traffic calming isn’t limited to these shores. Folk all around the world are demanding safer streets. Community groups in America…
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