Transport planner. LTN enthusiast. Bikes. United. In no particular order. Views are my own.
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Peter Edwards retweeted
'Former Transport Secretary Mark Harper was humiliated when a study intended to prove LTNs were hated showed they were popular and effective; reduced driving; had limited adverse impacts on boundary roads; and didn't adversely affect emergency services'.
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Great thread 👇🏻
When we build bigger roads, we get more traffic. Congestion briefly gets better, then the same, then worse. £Billions is spent in the process.
Instead of dualling roads, what if we used the space for active travel instead? Here’s a thread on why it should happen.🧵
ALT Drone photograph of A27 cycle path
ALT Drone photograph of A27 cycle path
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This thread really encapsulates the crisis our roads are in and the amazing work @for_birmingham are doing. But being badly let down by a lack of action from those in power.
Birmingham’s leaders may have conceded the city is indeed facing a “road safety emergency”, but this situation has been hiding in plain sight for decades. At every demo @for_birmingham has held, people have talked about their lives being blighted & saddened by dangerous driving
Peter Edwards retweeted
NEW: Birmingham Ciry Council writes to @WMPolice saying a ‘Road Safety Emergency must be declared’
This morning @for_birmingham also said the measure was needed after several deaths of the region’s roads.
@itvcentral
Peter Edwards retweeted
The @birmingham_live homepage is filled, as it usually is, with road tragedy.
In the space of a few hours, news of a pedestrian killed on the pavement in Sutton and a driver killed on the A45, metres away from where Azaan Khan, 12, died in June last year.
This is an emergency.
ALT Birmingham Live homepage featuring four stories on road deaths.
Peter Edwards retweeted
With the sustained trend in those being killed and seriously injured as a result of collisions in Birmingham, we've written to our city and regional leaders urging them to declare a state of emergency on our roads.
Read the letter on our website: betterstreetsforbirmingham.o…
ALT Screenshot of letter which is available in plain text at https://betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/open-letter-our-streets-are-in-a-state-of-emergency-and-we-need-sustained-action-now/
ALT Screenshot of letter which is available in plain text at https://betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/open-letter-our-streets-are-in-a-state-of-emergency-and-we-need-sustained-action-now/
ALT Screenshot of letter which is available in plain text at https://betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/open-letter-our-streets-are-in-a-state-of-emergency-and-we-need-sustained-action-now/
Peter Edwards retweeted
It seems that the expansion of the Ulez clean air zone in London - the prompt for the Conservatives' pivot away from green policies – was not only effective, but more so even than expected.
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Add Leicester to the list of towns and cities doing more and better for cycling than Birmingham #ActiveCity2024
Drafting in Boris to win last minute votes in the Midlands and North East seems a really strange move when you’ve spent the whole campaign pretending you’re not a Tory. Am I missing something?
Exclusive:
Andy Streets brings in Boris Johnson at final stage of his campaign
We’ve obtained a letter to WM voters from the ex PM saying “forget about the government”
Story:
news.sky.com/story/politics-…
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I wonder which long delayed scheme proposal could fix this overnight?
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This is a tough watch but really important work from @ChaundlerSarah. A whole community impacted by dangerous driving and its consequences
Last Sunday a little girl was killed & three mothers were injured in a collision in Highgate in Birmingham. They had been walking home from seeing family friends. The whole community is devastated. I spoke to some of the grieving families and friends.
#SafeStreetsNow
Parents living in fear of speeding drivers say it's 'accident waiting to happen' birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
Nobody wants to use a Swift card! It’s not 2014. This is embarrassing
Next year our Swift Cards will be the best out there👇🏻
We secured the cash to simplify ticketing in our devolution deal & we’re pressing on with Tap & Go capping across ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT on Swift 🚊🚂🚌🚲
Bank cards will follow shortly after, with work underway 💳
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Peter Edwards retweeted
📣 Birmingham’s #SafeStreetsNow action is due to take place on Saturday 20th April at 2.30 on the Yardley Wood Rd/Wake Green Rd crossroads (B13)
Please join us to demand #SafeStreetsNow because every voice for safer streets matters
safestreetsnow.co.uk/
ALT Save the date! The next day of national action for #SafeStreetsNow will be on Saturday 20th April. Gather your fellow campaigners locally to decide on a protest! ideas are all on our website www.safestreetsnow.co.uk #SafeStreetsNow
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'Who is the mythical voter who enjoys being told they are being persecuted?'
@mrjamesob calls the 'war on motorists' idea 'pathetic', adding the government isn't advertising their LTN report 'because it flies in the face of what they thought would be a rhetorical victory'.
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Peter Edwards retweeted
Thanks to @nathanc1999 for covering the petition to ensure the @A38Cycleway is extended to Northfield despite misleading comments from some. birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi… – at Birmingham, England
