20’s Plenty For Us launches to co-host national road danger reduction conference during road safety week
20's Plenty for Us
Thursday, 18, Sep 2008 12:00
20’s Plenty For Us is co-hosting the Streets Ahead Conference on 15th November in Warrington.
The campaign for 20 mph for residential streets is gaining momentum across the country. 20’s Plenty For Us will be bringing pedestrian and cycling campaigners together for a national conference to look at shared campaign objectives.
The conference is being co-hosted with Warrington Cycle Campaign and will hear speakers from a wide range of organisations on Road danger Reduction. Speakers are already arranged for presentations from a number of well respected campaigning groups including :-
• RoadPeace
• Cyclenation
• Living Streets
• Life Begins @ 20
• CTC
• The Green Party
Of course 20’s Plenty For Us will also be presenting and we are very pleased to be hearing from John Leech MP who is a member of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
The conference will look at the two key issues of 20 mph for residential roads, and Strict Liability which helps to protect vulnerable road users when they are involved in collisions with motor vehicles. The conference will also feature CTC, Living Streets and Cyclenation presenting their campaign plans for 2009 and will look for areas of synergy.
20’s Plenty For Us is delighted to be involved with organising this important conference.
Rod King, Founder of 20’s Plenty For Us said :-
“It is in the area of residential speed limits and road user liability that the UK most differs from its Northern European neighbours. No wonder that in Britain the roads are twice as dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists as in the Netherlands (SUN Report). This conference goes to the heart of those differences and will identify the real progress that is being made on 20 mph speed limits and the best way forward on other matters.
Public opinion is moving away from the idea that the personal motor vehicle should be the only mode of transport available to citizens. This conference reflects on this changing culture and looks how to best meet the aspirations of the public to be able to walk or cycle on our roads without fear.”
More information may be found on the conference website at :-
www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/streets-ahead/
20’s Plenty For Us is a growing voluntary organisation that has supporting 20 mph campaigns throughout the country. 20’s Plenty For Us Campaigners in London, Oxford, Richmond upon Thames, Northampton, Birstall, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Manchester, York, Belfast, Warrington, Sheffield, Cambridge and Southwell are all liaising with their traffic authorities to deliver a better quality of life for residents through lowering speeds in residential roads.
20’s Plenty For Us campaigns for a 20mph default speed limits in residential streets without physical calming.
Contact details
Rod King - 07973 639781
rodk@20splentyforus.org.uk
www.20splentyforus.org.uk
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