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A BR A BRIE IEF F HIS ISTORY ORY OF LI LIVI VING G ST - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A BR A BRIE IEF F HIS ISTORY ORY OF LI LIVI VING G ST - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A BR A BRIE IEF F HIS ISTORY ORY OF LI LIVI VING G ST STREETS EETS Chris Thompson THE START OF A LONG WALK The beginnings of car culture in the 1920s lead to Tom Foley and Viscount Cecil forming the Pedestrian Association in 1929
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THE START OF A LONG WALK…
The beginnings of car culture in the 1920’s lead to Tom Foley and Viscount Cecil forming the Pedestrian Association in 1929
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Colonel Moore-Brabazon, MP thundered against this ‘absolutely reactionary’
- legislation. Yes, he conceded, 7,000 people a year were being killed on the roads, ‘but
it is not always going to be like that. People are getting used to new conditions. ‘Older members of the House will recollect the number of chickens we killed in the early days of motoring. We used to come back with the radiator stuffed with feathers. ‘It was the same with dogs. Dogs get out of the way of motor cars nowadays and you never kill one. There is education even in the lower animals. These things will right themselves.’
In spite of the rapid rise in road fatalities there were vocal opponents of more rights for pedestrians
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THE E PAN ANDA A - 1962 1962
The Panda was the first type of signalised crossing in the UK
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THE E PEL PELIC ICON - 1969 1969
PEdes estrian trian LIght ht CONtroll trolled ed
The Panda wasn’t a great success but proved a good platform for improvements - leading to the introduction of the familiar Pelican in 1969
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THE E PU PUFFI FIN N AN AND TOUC UCAN AN
More ‘intelligent’ versions of the Pelican have been deveoped
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MEANWHILE…
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A HIGHWAY PLAN FOR GLASGOW 1965
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Responsible Parking Bill
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Pedestrian Association rebrands to Living Streets during the 00’s and adopts the Mascot ‘Strider’ to take forward a vastly expanded Walk to School programme
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Walk to School in Scotland
The Living Streets Walk to School campaign has been flying the flag for walking to school since 1995.
- Walk to School Week - May
- International Walk to School Month - October
- WoW Scotland (walk once a week) - Ongoing
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WoW Scotland - with Travel Tracker
- Termly behaviour change programme
- Cost effective and easily measurable
impact
- Integrated online journey recording
and reporting via Travel Tracker – now with national survey mode choices!
March 2014 WoW badge designed by Kristin, aged 10, Houston Primary School, Renfrewshire.
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Everyone’s a winner with WoW
- Supports Curriculum for
Excellence with monthly learning resources
- Competitions, assemblies
and events run throughout the year to keep pupils engaged
- Badges are always popular!
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WoW Scotland with the Travel Tracker in action…
https://vimeo.com/74368855
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New technology makes behaviour change programme ‘WoW’ (Walk once a Week) interactive for pupils
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Healthy competition
WoW increases active travel rates after 3 months by at least 10% and can drive participation and walking even higher when schools compete against each other
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WoW Scotland reaches the million mark !
- 2 million journeys to school in
Scotland logged so far
- 12% or greater long term shift
to active modes of travel at participating schools
- Majority of Local Authorities in
Scotland involved in the programme
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Supporting documents
Living Streets promote a range of solutions to help parents and pupils walk to school
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Extras
You can download the app by searching ‘walk to school’ within the App Store and Google Play. - See more at: www.livingstreets.org.uk/wtsapp
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LET’S TAKE A WALK
The following slides give an indication of some of the problems faced on a daily basis by pedestrians
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MISSING EDGE MARKERS
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CONTRAST BETWEEN FOOTWAY AND ROAD SURFACE
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BUS SHELTER ACROSS FOOTWAY
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SIGNS OBSTRUCTING FOOTWAY
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CROSSING CHAOS
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MISSING EDGE MARKERS ON NEW CROSSINGS
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MIND THE STEP
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CROSS WITH CARE
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INADEQUATE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS
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POOR SURFACE
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BINS ON FOOTWAY
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BOXES ON FOOTWAY
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DROP KERBS TOO STEEP FOR WHEELCHAIRS TO NEGOTIAT ATE
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430 METRES BETWEEN CROSSING POINTS
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CONSTRUCTION CLUTTER ON FOOTWAY
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PAVEMENT PARKING OUTSIDE CAFÉ
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INADEQUATE CROSSING FACILITIES
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POOR PLANNING
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PL PLAN ANNING NING AH AHEA EAD
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NO NO SHO HORT RTAG AGE OF POLIC LICY DO DOCU CUMENTS MENTS
In Scotland we have no shortage of good planning policy and guidance – however, this is rarely reflected in practice
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AND SOME OF OUR OWN…
The Pedestrian Pound report from Living Streets presents an economic evaluation of the value of walking and can be a useful reference for new schemes
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AN INVITATION FROM JEEP…
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