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Walking and Cycling in Central Bristol Slide 1

Mayor’s Vision for Bristol “Make Road layout and other improvements in the city to open up our streets to people, removing the blight of heavy traffic and improving flows for public transport and those who need to drive” Slide 2

Key Issues  Actual and perceived safety is the major barrier to increasing the  Speed of traffic major concern  Need to rebalance our streets as places and not roads  Lack of independent mobility, particularly of young people  The need to cater for all road users Slide 3

Context – We need safer streets Slide 4

Burden of Injury Who gets hurt? Injuries by frequency & severity-  Slide 5

Reducing Road Danger in Bristol  A Safe System Approach  We aim for − Safer Roads − Safer Speeds − Safer Road Users − Safer Vehicles  Sits within wider Public Realm and Movement Framework − Higher quality people focused places are safer streets! Slide 6

Safer Roads  Speed of Traffic  Design of the Street  Providing dedicated facilities where appropriate  Opening up spaces for people Slide 7

Safer Speeds – 20MPH  Central area now 20mph!  Building on successful pilots  Making Bristol a more liveable, pleasant place to be  Helping people to walk and cycle  Citywide delivery complete mid 2015 Slide 8

Safer Speeds  Speed and Red light cameras - to be reactivated in 2014  Community Speed Watch - coordination with police & neighbourhoods  Police education and enforcement Slide 9

Design of Street  Old City  Metro Bus  Further ideas to be developed consistent with the Mayor’s vision Slide 10

Mayor’s Vision Slide 11

Union Square New York Slide 12

London - Royal College Street Slide 13

Providing Segregation (where appropriate!) Slide 14

Opening Up to People Slide 15

Work in Progress…….. Slide 16

Current Issues  Pavement Cycling − Joint work with police − Providing safe facilities as an alternative e.g. Baldwin Street, St James Barton, City Centre MetroBus scheme  Shared Use Areas − Education, training and enforcement − Better provision of segregated facilities − Potential review of current areas? Slide 17

How we see cyclists  Cyclists see themselves as… − Independent minded − Free spirited − Environmentally aware − Rebellious − Unconventional − Not boring!! Source: UWE Study, The Image of Cycling, Quantitative Stage, 2010 Slide 18

How we see cyclists  Non-cyclists see  Cyclists see themselves cyclists as… as… − Fitness conscious − Independent minded − Independent minded − Free spirited − Environmentally aware − Less happy − Rebellious − Lazy − Unconventional − Less hard working − Not boring!! Source: UWE Study, The Image of Cycling, Quantitative Stage, 2010 Slide 19

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Cyclists have image problems  “Cyclists” evoke various responses  Change the debate with a focus on − Safety − People (especially people who don’t cycle) − Health − Public Health Slide 22

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Thank you for listening! Slide 25

Walking and Cycling in Central Bristol Slide 26