Here are some
local and other news items and information of interest to Pedestrians
Oxford:
Frideswide
Square.
The County Council has presented two possible designs for Fridewide Square. See
details.
Headington residents say roadworks have not worked.
Oxford Mail report.
Volunteers needed! - to get killed crossing Grenoble Road...
so that the County Council will provide a pedestrian crossing. See Oxford Mail report.
OxPA to collaborate with Oxford Civic Society in new streets initiative.
See letter from Ros Weatherall
Merton Street cobbles a mess.
"A danger to cyclists and pedestrians". Oxford Times report.
Speed
cameras back on.
Drivers went faster and deaths and serious injuries increased while they were off - see report and comment.
But drivers have gone on speeding...
See The Oxford Times report.
And...Police refuse to enforce 20mph speed limits.
See report from The Oxford Times.
Pavement obstructions.
In a follow-up to OxPA's recent Yellow Ribbon campaign, 84% of respondents to an Oxford Times poll agreed that the Council is not doing enough to reduce pavement obstructions.
City danger zones.
OxPA lists the danger spots and what needs to be done about them.
Railway station
master plan.
The
plan developed by Oxfordshire County
Council with Network Rail still awaits funding. See OxPA's
comments.
Harry Rutter on the health economics of walking and bicycling.
OxPA member Harry Rutter gave an excellent talk at the Cyclox AGM on November
23rd 2010. See the slides
of his presentation.
National:
See the summary report from the British Medical Journal.
Making the case for investment in the walking environment. A review of the evidence.
Living Streets commissioned this important study by the University of the West of England.
Read and download at: http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/index.php?cID=651
Department of Health:
Walking is good for you! See the evidence and DoH guidance
Department for Transport:
Active travel strategy for getting more people walking and cycling more often and more safely.
Ministers to cut red tape for local councils introducing 20mph limits.
New measures to stop
pavement parking.
National Audit Office
Report
on Improving Road Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists in Great Britain (2009).
History
"Murder most foul"JS Dean, President of the Pedestrians Association (now Living Streets) wrote this wonderful protest against the injustice of the slaughter of pedestrians and cyclists on our roads in 1947.
Many of Dean's arguments are still relevant today - although his linking of the motor car industry to fascism is now, one hopes, of purely historical interest!
Thanks to OxPA Member Tristram Wyatt for finding this interesting item on the Web.