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Walking and Cycling in Central Bristol Slide 1 Mayors 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

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Walking and Cycling in Central Bristol

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“Make Road layout and other improvements in the city to

pen up our streets to people,

removing the blight of heavy traffic and improving flows for public transport and those who need to drive”

Mayor’s Vision for Bristol

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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

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Context – We need safer streets

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Burden of Injury Who gets hurt?

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Injuries by frequency & severity-

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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!

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Safer Roads

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

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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

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Safer Speeds

 Speed and Red light cameras

to be reactivated in 2014

 Community Speed Watch

coordination with police &

neighbourhoods

 Police education and enforcement

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Design of Street

 Old City  Metro Bus  Further ideas to be developed consistent with

the Mayor’s vision

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Mayor’s Vision

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Union Square New York

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London - Royal College Street

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Providing Segregation (where appropriate!)

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Opening Up to People

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Work in Progress……..

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Current Issues

 Pavement Cycling

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Joint work with police

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Providing safe facilities as an alternative e.g. Baldwin Street, St James Barton, City Centre MetroBus scheme

 Shared Use Areas

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Education, training and enforcement

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Better provision of segregated facilities

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Potential review of current areas?

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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

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How we see cyclists

 Cyclists see themselves

as…

− Independent minded − Free spirited − Environmentally aware − Rebellious − Unconventional − Not boring!!

 Non-cyclists see

cyclists as…

− Fitness conscious − Independent minded − Less happy − Lazy − Less hard working

Source: UWE Study, The Image of Cycling, Quantitative Stage, 2010

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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

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Thank you for listening!

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