Speeding
From:
charlie bolton
Date:
2007 Mar 13 12:54 UTC
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When May's council elections are safely over, it would be good to get a group
of people together from Southville/Bedminster/Ashton to discuss the whole issue
of speeding in the area.
20mph is certainly an attractive idea, but it needs to be enforced. There are
also a set of issues around individual streets - Raleigh Road, Greenway Bush
Lane, Smythe Road, Duckmoor, Greville, the Chessels - possibly any long street
in the area - in fact it may help if you could add to the list.
The best form of enforcement is probably introducing physical measures -
traffic calming - to force vehicles to slow down. But this would cost huge
amounts to implement across the area as a whole. There are other possibilities
- community speedwatch, pace cars.
One thing we could do is to set up a 'Slower Speeds/20mph' strategy. Would you
be willing to help? Is it worth it?
Charlie Bolton
Green Party Councillor
Southville
>>> sustain <> 13/03/07 12:20 >>>
Hello All,
I'm Alice Ferguson. Bristol born and bred, I've been living in Southville
for the past 7 years and have a 5 and a 1 year old, so spend most of my life
on and around North Street.
In the past I have worked for Sustrans on their Safe Routes to Schools
campaign, and am now involved with the School Travel Action Group at Ashton
Gate school. I would love to see our streets become quiet and pleasant
spaces where everyone can feel safe and older children can get about
independently. Obviously we can't 'homezone' the whole of Bedminster but we
can do something about speeding, and parked cars (which is another whole
subject!). Unfortunately, there are still far too many drivers going over
the speed limit, and a small minority driving ridiculously fast and
recklessly, which makes my blood boil! Personally, I think 30 mph is too
fast anyway for residential streets and those around schools - I would like
to see 20 as a MAXIMUM for the whole area, and cyclists and pedestrians
given back at least equal priority. Let's reclaim our streets!
Do you agree? What can we do about it? Any comments welcome!
Alice Ferguson
Sustainability Manager
Tobacco Factory
Raleigh Road
Bristol
BS3 1TF
0117 9630936
07896 957141
Website: http://www.tobaccofactory.com
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