If you commit to a Safe System approach in your Road Safety Strategy then implicit in that are survivable speed limits where motors mix with people on urban/village roads. And that means 20mph except for where higher limits can be evidentially justified as safe. www.20splenty.org/guidance_2026
Really pleased that Herts County Council Highways Officers & Highways Cabinet lead are backing my proposal for whole town 20mph scheme in Buntingford as part of active travel improvements. Look forward to talking to residents & get them to back the scheme. 6 years of campaigning paying off 🤞
"I'm not surprised to see air pollution, it's why we're doing the experiment, but I can't escape a feeling of being dirtied, contaminated… sullied by it."
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Its good to see more of the busy roads controlled by TfL being set at 20mph in London. These are where the greatest motor/people interactions take place and have the biggest potential to lower speeds and casualties for drivers and people outside of cars.
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As more towns say #20splenty, it's time the UK Gov ended the postcode lottery on 20mph limits and dumped the national 30mph limit. Its been rejected by most local authorities. Hear what these transportation professionals are saying about setting 20mph nationally or locally. vimeo.com/1160185854?f...
Glad to see this is being widely reported. After nearly 6 years of campaigning for wide area limits in Herts there is some proper progress at last. Really hope it means inclusive implementation in both urban & rural town & village centres many rural communities suffering from horrendous speeding.
In 2024, more than 1,600 people died on UK roads. Yet a major new road safety strategy has passed largely unnoticed. This reflects media acceptance of road danger and a societal complacency—an “it won’t happen to me” mindset. Sadly, it can, and by then it is too late. How do we change this?
Good news from Herts County Council. “£1.5 million over 2 years been set aside to roll out new 20 mph zones across the county in areas where residents have requested them, together with a more efficient use of existing resources will enable the delivery of nearly 200 new 20 mph zones.”
Yes, 20mph can deliver in a big way on this but a casualty reduction target of 65% in 10 years doesn’t go anywhere near far enough. There shouldn’t be an ‘acceptable’ number of deaths on our roads when every death is a tragedy. This should be a national Vision Zero policy.
The new UK Road Safety Strategy with its target of a 65% reduction in casualties and mandating of a Safe System approach, marks the beginning of the end for the national 30mph speed limit. It's no longer credible when its been rejected by all Welsh and Scottish and 55% of English authorities.
Surely the target should be zero road deaths - any policy that deems a certain number of fatalities as inevitable is no longer acceptable
The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads.
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Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
The recording of our latest webinar ‘Making 20 Work’ is now available to watch online. Focusing on behaviour change with presentations from Tanya Fosdick (Agilysis), Kate Carpenter (Jacobs), Dr Phil Goodwin and me.
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Regent Street, London, without traffic
A group of six people running in an empty traffic lane, silhouetted against the low sun
Another photo of a traffic-free Regent Street
A workman places a cover on top of one of the temporary anti-vehicle ingress barriers installed to keep (hostile) vehicles out.
Regent Street in London is traffic-free today. They’re just setting up now. If anyone is here later, when it’s in full swing, do please post photos.
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Still time to register for our 20’s Plenty webinar ‘Making 20 Work’ 10 December 12.00-1.30. Presentations from transport industry experts Dr Phil Goodwin, Tania Fosdick and Kate Carpenter & an update from me on latest data and information from Wales.
www.transportxtra.com/tx-events/28...
Good to see this article from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, on how all the evidence is that 20mph limits make London a better place to be for its residents, visitors and tourists. Its time to say #20splenty for us all.
… 20’s Plenty where people are in Hertfordshire in urban and rural town and village centres. Not only to reduce road danger but to create more liveable neighbourhoods with quieter streets and cleaner air.
#20splenty
Liberal Democrat county council leaders have launched an “ambitious and transformative” action plan to improve safety on Hertfordshire’s roads. The key measure is a new approach to 20mph zones.
This is good news but a default policy is the best strategy.
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I just retain an ongoing fascination with Oxford's Telraam data - even on the gnarliest rat-running roads we still have 40%+ cyclists & pedestrians and a ton of small roads in the LTNs have literally thousands of foot and cycle journeys per day.
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Those are impressive figures & shows what good policy & implementation can achieve. On my residential road in rural Herts town my Telraam data shows:
0.9% two wheelers (mostly motorbikes), 3% pedestrians and 9% heavy vehicles. No 20mph speed limit & c30% speeding vehicles 😞
In Wales millions of people who can't drive, haven't got a car or van, or have concessionary public transport passes are benefiting from the "award winning" 20mph default urban/village speed limit. 26% lower casualties with 630 fewer people injured or dying in those public places we call roads.
I recognise this as someone who lives in a rural town with poor public transport (no train station). Doesn’t mention the impact of loneliness on mental & physical health which must also be a component?
This is exciting and promising news.
All of the English regional mayors except 1 Reform mayor (1 has signed up) have agreed to work together and with ATE to create a connected active travel network of 3500 miles with initial focus on school trips.
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Thank you for joining us it was great to meet you. Really powerful presentation showing just how much 20mph is doing to save lives in London. Everyone deserves safer streets wherever they are across the UK.
In Ceredigion, out of a population of 71,500, only 16 people objected to any of the 20mph roads managed by the county. That's just 0.02%, and shows strong public acceptance of the default 20mph limit. #20splenty making Wales an even better place to be. bit.ly/43Tn4Xf
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
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New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives.
14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows:
❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made)
❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt
And slower speeds deliver so much more:
