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With the government’s ‘plan for drivers’ published, it unsurprisingly focuses on driving and will strip away the opportunity for millions of families to allow their children to walk or cycle to school safely, forcing people to drive rather than enabling them to have lots of different transport choices. We must take action now!
The plan states it will - “explore options to stop local councils using so-called 15-minute cities, such as in Oxford, to police people’s lives; it will restrain the most aggressively anti-driver traffic management measures. It will make it clear that 20mph speed limits in England must be used appropriately where people want them – not as unwarranted blanket measures.”
These measures have already been proven to make cycling a more appealing option travel choice. 20mph speed limits on main roads can be life-saving and ‘15-minute cities’, an urban planning concept based around having shops and workplaces within walking and cycling distance of homes are at the heart of making people feel safe in their choice to cycle or walk.
With your support we could:
- Campaign for major political parties to consider all road users in their general election manifestos
- Continue to research the benefits of active travel to demonstrate the case for cycling
- Raise awareness and support for the benefits of cycling, with those that might not choose to cycle yet
People want more cycling infrastructure in their neighbourhoods, and they are willing to sacrifice space on the road for motor vehicles. Some 78% of residents in UK cities support building more separated cycle lanes, even when this could mean less space for other road traffic.
- Cycling infrastructure supports local economies. People using bikes for transport is better for the local economy and cycling creates more jobs. Town centres and high streets are suffering from economic downturn and need to be reinvigorated. Councillors need to learn from past failures and approve city and town centre developments designed for people rather than for cars
- Cycling infrastructure reduces road congestion. In 2019, congestion cost the UK economy £6.9bn, with UK road users on average losing 115 hours and £894 a year to congestion. Despite many of our roads being horrendously congested, car ownership continues to rise annually along with miles travelled by car
- Cycling infrastructure is excellent for people’s health. The World Health Organisation recognises that cycling can save lives by improving air quality and increasing physical health. This may be obvious, but it is cycling infrastructure which will enable more people to cycle and result in the significant health improvement outcomes we need for a healthier society
Thanks to the likes of liveable neighbourhoods, updates to the Highway Code and other road safety measures last year we saw the lowest cyclist casualties in almost 30 years. So why are we hearing that government is putting its own cycle-friendly policies into reverse? We have to put a stop to this.
We know that low traffic neighbourhoods and reduced speed limit zones work, so why are they being reviewed? Having just seen Wales embrace the 20mph speed limit it feels like a backwards step.
Join the fight for a choice on travel!
Thanks to the likes of liveable neighbourhoods, updates to the Highway Code and other road safety measures last year we saw the lowest cyclist casualties in almost 30 years. So why are we hearing that government is putting its own cycle-friendly policies into reverse? We have to put a stop to this.
We know that low traffic neighbourhoods and reduced speed limit zones work, so why are they being reviewed? Having just seen Wales embrace the 20mph speed limit it feels like a backwards step.
Join the fight for a choice on travel!