Movement
Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, is currently running the ‘Hands Off My Bike!’ challenge prize - which calls on people from all over the UK to come up with breakthrough...
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/health-benefits-cycling-city/health-benefits-cycling-city.pdf
Based on interviews of individuals on their attitudes and possible intentions.
The speech covers innovations such as routing, safety improvements including the prospect of virtually uncrashable cars by 2030.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/speeches/greening-20120425a/...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20120517a/
£15m of new funding for sustainable travel projects across the country that will promote economic growth and cut carbon. This is in addition to the £560m Local Sustainable Transport Fund...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2113692/The-car-hit-pedestrians-Safety-Volvo-outside-airbag-reduce-impact.html
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/cycling-city-and-towns-end-of-programme-reports/
Woman cyclist was killed by rear wheels of lorry at Kings Cross, at a place where the lane width was less that TfL's own guidance.
No charges have been brought in the case and any decision rests...
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/HIT-BRAKES/story-15430103-detail/story.html%20#20splenty
The 20s Plenty for Us movement is now at a point where a number of main local authorities have adopted area-...
SOAs are tiny particles that are formed in air and make up typically 40 percent to 60 percent of the aerosol mass in urban environments. Fine-particle pollution can cause human health effects, such...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17177021
http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=105002
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17144863
fuller account
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3329890.ece
Jamming monitors have so far been placed at around 20 locations in the UK. At one particular location that has been monitored continuously for the past 6 months over 60 individual jamming incidents...
Local communities and businesses could be given control of decisions and budgets for major local transport schemes in their areas, under proposals announced for consultation. The new system...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-02/
http://www.healthimpactproject.org/news/in/portland-tribune-county-may-look-at-health-impacts-of-bus-transfers
Manchester City Council on 31 January voted unanimously for a motion suppporting the introduction of 20mph speed limits using signs alone.
http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/
It joins a...
Press comment
Rowan Moore - Guardian - triumph for the 'shared space' movement
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/29/exhibition-road-rowan-moore-review?newsfeed=true
Simon...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20120130/
http://www.cnu.org/sites/www.cnu.org/files/sustainable_street_network_principles_op.pdf
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-03/main-document.pdf
http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/road_rage_at_driverless_cars_it_s_possible
"Underpriced parking not only increases automobile dependence but is also environmentally damaging to construct and maintain. We hope that our life-cycle assessment will help planners and public...
Will past successes in recovering major urban road infrastructure to become part of the city continue?
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/01/tricky-second-wave-urban-highway-removals/897/...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/hs2-economic-case-appraisal-update
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/2059497
An editorial in the BMJ raises the issue of an "exponential" increase in crashes (resulting in injury and death) linked to a rise in speed limits. In the US, higher speed limits...
The HIA highlighted the health benefits the light rail offers through increased access to transit, which connects people to grocery stores, doctors’ offices, and other services. It would also...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018xs8t
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018xs8t
The women claims that her car, a BMW, is not designed to travel at 20mph, and will seek compensation from Lancashire County Council if a 20mph limit is introduced.
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/...
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/13070
University of Buffalo Research
http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/cheeky-bicycle-rack-in-london-shows-exactly-how-much-room-a-car-takes-up.html?campaign=weekly_nl
Britain's traffic signs look as they do because of the work of designers Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert in the 1960s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15990443
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15820069
BBC Review article looking at technologies including adaptive speed control and collision avoidance radar.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/walk-on-the-wild-side-pedestrians-could-soon-be-given-equal-footing-with-cars-6273707.html
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/accessible-train-station-design/accessible-train-station-design-cop.pdf
Taken as a whole, the most significant infrastructure-related risk factors for cyclists
in single vehicle incidents on highways appear to be;
slippery road (due to weather), and
poor or defective...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/strategic-rail-freight-interchange
Avon longitudinal study of parents and children: Exposure to injury risk in the road environment and reported road traffic injuries in 16-year-olds
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/avon-...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068659/The-underground-motorway-Germans-plan-cover-Europes-longest-autobahns-giant-PARK.html
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/accessible-train-station-design
Resources published by the Department for Transport
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/tal-5-11
http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/alternatives-to-travel/next-steps.pdf
The software enables the simulation of different parking arrangements and pricing structures and the impact on traffic flows.
The authors also suggest that many major cities make two main...
Motorists decde whether or not to share - eye contact is not significant
the willingness of a motorist to give way to others decreases with increasing speed, and falling away particularly after...
The first Zebra Crossing was opened in Slough, Berkshire, on 31st October 1951
The sources below suggest that the Zebra may be phased out in favour of other more expensive signalised crossings....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9617577.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/14/guatemala-city-women-single-sex-buses
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8829081/One-in-ten-avoid-public-transport-due-to-hygiene-fears.html
http://www.crashmap.co.uk/Search
Pickles pledges support for high streets
Doubled small business rate relief.Over the past twelve months, half a million firms have benefited including high street shops, newsagents and cafés....
This overview report signals a change in Government policy which for a number of years has viewed light rail with a certain scepticism owing to cost.
It heralds a "UKTram" report...
The Analysis is based on the Police STATS19 forms that are filled in by officers attending injury accidents. The forms are their subjective assessment of the cause of the collision and the...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/01/ford-mykey-teenagers
HMSO have published a celebration edition of the 1931 Code
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/picturegalleries/8704729/Highway-Code-turns-80.html
What is unexplained is that for the past 80 years,...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019842/Ive-just-slipped-office-Station-slide-brightens-morning-commute.html
Erionite, which is linked with mesothelioma, has found in the roadstone used in parts of the USA. Weathering and mechanical erosion from tyres produces fine particles which can become...
Top is New York, followed by San Fransisco, Boston and Chicago
http://blog.walkscore.com/2011/07/walk-score-2011-rankings/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8647465/High-speed-rail-dismissed-as-vanity-project-by-right-wing-think-tank.html
Claims that HS2 will bridge the north-south divide and bring regeneration should be...
Despite predictions of doom, experience in other cities has been that traffic can simply evaporate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8638394/Carmageddon-set-to-bring-chaos-...
It is commonly stated in road safety circles that children below the age of 7 are poor at judging speed and distance. Here is some research published in Psychological Science.that begins...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13924687
£131 million compareas with the value of housing on an average residential street in the UK i which runs at around £50...
Measues covered include:
land-use and travel-demand management measures aimed at curbing household vehicle use
low-carbon standards for transportation fuels
public investments in transportation...
The research has looked at the ratio of head to arm and leg injuries in cyclists admitted to hospitals in New South Wales since 1991 when the wearing of helmets became mandatory.
http://www....
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/joso-dut062011.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13863089
Using a Google maps overlay, it forms part of the “Dangerous by Design” campaign for better facilities for pedestrians.
http://t4america.org/resources/dangerousbydesign2011/map/#?latlng=...
http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/index.php?cID=651&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Making+the+case&utm_content=Making+the+case+CID_5cff049b7084ab69fa48cc621268e3d5&utm_source=Email+...
Audit Commission Report - "Going the Distance"
http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nationalstudies/localgov/Pages/20110526goingthedistance.aspx
Highways maintenance needs to develop to...
http://lec.lancs.ac.uk/research/society_and_environment/walking_and_cycling.php
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/be/oisd/news/Walking_Cycling.html
As reported in the Daily Mail
http://www....
http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsroom/1912935
The Transport Business Case:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/hammond20110427
Full list of changes
www.dft.gov.uk/webtag - which provides the appraisal system for new...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/strategicframework/pdf/strategicframework.pdf
20mph zones are mentioned, but not 20mph limits as used in towns such as Portsmouth - the latter can be implemented...
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/strategicframework/pdf/strategicframework.pdf
20mph zones are mentioned, but not 20mph limits as used in towns such as Portsmouth - the latter can be implemented...
In the USA, for the period between 1985 and 2007, vehicle use correlated "in the 99-percent range" with national annual obesity rates.
http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-05/bmj-ydw051311.php
Sample 266 volunteers aged 70 to 88
All types of driving errors increased with age. Men fared no better than women. Blind spot errors were the most common mistake, followed by veering...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384004/Per-mile-car-tax-idea-make-lost-petrol-revenue-dismissed-White-House.html
2,000 British children aged 7-14 surveyed
Over a third of children are scared of cars travelling too fast, with a fifth concerned about a lack of safe crossing points.
Over a third...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/save-our-cyclists-clamour-for-flood-of-avoidable-road-deaths-to-be-stemmed-2268135.html
In towns, wear debris from vehicle brakes, tires, and the road surface itself, as well as the resuspension of "normal" dust, are responsible for more than half the fine particle emissions...
Review of recent technological developments in automobile control.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12338590
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