PAVEMENTS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS – 14
I have forwarded a compendium of all my EalingToday posts on PAVEMENTS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS to Tony Armstrong CEO of LIVING STREETS together with a compendium of all the comments those posts have attracted.Mr Armstrong has assured me that all the points I make are reflected in LIVING STREETS’ policy briefing dated November 2009 which can be accessed on this link.http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/sites/default/files/content/library/Policy_briefings/pb0309pedcycle.pdfThis paper represents a very different view of LIVING STREETS policy towards pavement cycling to the imaginary conversations with Living Streets reported by Ben Owen in his three responses to PAVEMENTS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS – 10 [on 11/02/14 and 14/02/14] as the following extracts demonstrate:“The main points of this paper can be summarised as follows: • Pedestrians and cyclists share many common objectives when it comes to urban planning – both forms of transport have been marginalised at the expense of motor vehicles; • Pavement cycling is illegal and the law must be better enforced; • Off-carriageway provision for cyclists must never come at the expense of pedestrian space, safety, or amenity. Local action • Greater enforcement by local police forces of cycling offences, particularly pavement cycling, including targeted crackdowns where appropriate; • When designing off-road routes for cyclists, segregated, as long as sufficient width is available, is generally preferable to shared use; “Living Streets believes that promoting modal shift to cycling through urban design should not be achieved at the expense of pedestrian space and amenity – but rather through the reallocation of space away from motorised traffic.” “We think that the Home Office guidance above is not strong enough. A pavement cyclist, by definition, is not showing “consideration to other road users” through the very fact that they are invading the space of the most vulnerable.”LET PEDESTRIANS TAKE NOTE AND ACT TO PROTECT THEIR PRECIOUS 'SAFE HAVEN' ENVIRONMENT - THE PUBLIC FOOTPATHS!
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