Want to make the most of your time, save money, make your city more liveable, AND do something for your health? Then ‘Do the Right Mix’! When you combine different modes of transport for each journey, you will contribute to a more sustainable urban mobility.
crashes are no “accidents”
Not all crashes are “accidents”. Crimes are not “accidents”. It’s not an “accident” when a person makes a decision to drive drunk, distracted, or in a negligent manner. Stop giving criminals a pass by calling it an “accident”.
An “accident” is, by definition, unintentional. We accidentally drop dinner plates, or send e-mails before we’re done writing them. The word also suggests something of the unforeseen — an event that couldn’t have been anticipated, for which no one can be blamed.
That second connotation is what irks transportation advocates who want to change how we talk about traffic collisions. When one vehicle careens into another or rounds a corner into a pedestrian — call it a “crash,” they say, not an “accident.”
dangers facing cyclists
We need to tackle the real dangers facing cyclists on the roads
(IrishTimes 10.8.)
“Too little is done to reduce the hazards posed by cars to vulnerable road users”
The most effective interventions involve physically removing the hazard, (such as the hazard of heavy goods vehicles from Dublin city centre) while the least effective leave the hazard untouched and concentrate on providing personal protective equipment to the more vulnerable.
Further, the hazardous nature of motor vehicles can be reduced substantially by dropping maximum permitted speeds from 50 to 30kph
walking as a ‘miracle cure’ for public health.
Walking Steps Back Onto the Agenda – Hoorah!
Chief Executive of NHS England described walking as a ‘miracle cure’ for public health.
Urban Street Planning
Successful cities are where people stop, says Gehl, not where they keep moving. City streets are also public spaces in which civic life is played out. more
30 km/h & road danger reduction
even if you don’t read french the pictures are self explaining 🙂
30 km/h et sécurité | Ville 30// // //
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L’objectif stratégique de l’Union européenne en matière de sécurité routière menacé
- 2014 : Plus mauvaise réduction annuelle du nombre de tués sur les routes européennes (UE28) depuis 2001.
- 25 845 personnes ont été tuées sur les routes européennes (UE28) en 2014, il s’agit d’une baisse de seulement 0,6% par rapport à 2013.
- Une réduction annuelle moyenne de 8% est désormais nécessaire entre 2015 et 2020 afin d’atteindre l’objectif de l’UE pour 2020 : réduire de moitié le nombre de morts sur les routes par rapport à 2010
- Plus de 203 500 personnes comptabilisées comme gravement blessées par la police dans les 23 pays de l’UE dont les données font la distinction entre blessés graves et blessés légers dans leurs données (augmentation de 3% par rapport à 2013)
Analyse concernant le Luxembourg:Indicateurs de Performance en sécurité routière
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make our cities healthy places to live
We must fight to make our cities healthy places to live
Cities fit for people, rather than exhaust pipes; cities where residents are happier, have improved physical and mental wellbeing, sleep better, live longer.
Cutting back on parks, cycling infrastructure and leisure budgets will prove to be a false economy. There are huge financial benefits to having a healthy populace
20 is plenty
At the international seminar of RSA (Road SAfety Authority) in Dublin about the safety of kids Rod King from 20 (mph) is plenty did a very good presentation with facts which should convince:
I you love your children you should also love 20mph ( 30km/h)
Biking Faster Than Driving
According to this research these U.S. cities listed below also have incredibly slow-moving corridors at peak rush hours, meaning a fast-moving bike could go faster than traffic in these areas
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 11 mph
- Chicago, Illinois: 12 mph
- Honolulu, Hawaii: 11, 12 mph
- Houston, Texas: 10, 11 mph
- Miami, Florida: 11, 12 mph
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 12 mph
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: 11 mph
- Portland, Oregon: 12 mph
- Riverside, California: 10 mph
- San Diego, California: 12 mph
- San Francisco, California: 10, 11 mph
- Santa Cruz, California: 11 mph
- Seattle, Washington: 10, 11 mph
- Virginia Beach, Virginia: 10 mph
- more
Streets to live 