A week dedicated to the the changes following Wales’ 20mph default speed limit in residential areas.
00:00 News from around the UK
08:46 Kaarina Ruta, Welsh Local Government Association, and Phil Jones from Phil Jones Associates discuss on the change to 20mph default residential speed limit in Wales. Details of enacting and implementing, plus learning from the first years of the lower limit, including reductions in KSIs.
58:27 Mark Philpott – Ranty Highwayman – on practical examples of design for streets with default speed limits of 20mph speeds.
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The accident analysis is superficial. Accidents outside the 20 mph areas also dropped. No figures were given for traffic density. Accident data should be corrected for traffic density. There is plenty of evidence for a drop in traffic density over the same period. This is typical of politicians' inability to interpret data.
.One definite result has been a great increase in tailgating as well as people and cars pulling out in front of approaching traffic. No data are presented on changes to pollution levels. ICE car will burn more fuel at 20 mph.
Good to see the evidence base for the benefits of 20mph zones being extended with this report.
This active Travel is nothing more than the forcing of people out of their cars by a bunch of eco-jobs worth's.. this country is not one i want to be "Active Traveling" around and the 20 mph speed limit its the most stupid thing i have seen so far.. car's are not very good at that speed and burn more fuel = more pollution = completely B.S eco argument and is wrecking some cars gear-box's and thats before you even get to the idea that it now takes STUPID amounts of time to get where your going. I see this as bord middle class a-holes and delusional doo-gooders with nothing better to do!