Failure to hit legal nitrogen dioxide limits is putting families and vulnerable people at serious risk
Segregated cycle lane for Kensington High Street next month – South London News
News Reporter 17th September 2020
A segregated cycle lane spanning the length of Kensington High Street will be in place by late October.
Kensington and Chelsea council said the “experimental” route will be separated from other road traffic with “wands”.
And it will include “floating bus stops”, where the cycle lane cuts between the bus stop and rest of the pavement.
It will begin at the Olympia London, and run for one mile to the south-west corner of Kensington Gardens.
Work on phase one of the plan will start on September 28 and take about four weeks, the council said.
Phase two will involve changes being made to junctions along the routes, and will be undertaken by Transport for London (TfL) and be complete by the winter.
The council hopes it will encourage more people to visit shops and restaurants and commute to work without using public transport.
84% des parents français se disent prêts à laisser leur voiture au garage pour emmener leurs enfants à l’école – ladepeche.fr
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Road congestion levels in outer London higher than before lockdown | The Guardian
Exclusive: congestion climbed above 2019 levels in August as people went back to using cars after lockdownFiona HarveyTue 15 Sep 2020 06.22 BST
Congestion climbed above 2019 levels in August, and has increased to nearly a fifth on average above last year, in roads outside the capital’s central congestion charging zone, even while it has dropped sharply in the centre of the city.
The political barriers holding back progress on reducing transport emissions – openaccessgovernment
Motor traffic displacement ‘does not cause road safety issue – TransportXtra
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School street closures can improve the number of children walking, cycling and wheeling to school without creating road safety problems, according to a new report.
An increase in school street closures would also not result in traffic displacement causing road safety issues in neighbouring streets, the findings show.
From the archive: are you fit to drive? October 1973 | The Guardian
Chris HallSun 16 Aug 2020
The man on the cover of the Observer Magazine of 14 October 1973 looks a little like racing driver James Hunt in an incongruous tweed jacket but with a helmet of hair rather than… a helmet. ‘Are you fit to drive?’ it asked, referring to driving rather than dress sense.
‘All the indications are,’ wrote Paulette Pratt, ‘that many drivers have serious defective eyesight. Nearly a third of a million motorists are driving with vision below even the primitive standard required by law; a further 900,000 can only reach this standard with one eye.’ Being pulled over and asked why you are driving with one eye closed and giving the excuse ‘because that’s the one that passes the primitive standard required by law’ probably wouldn’t have cut it as an excuse, even in the early 70s.
Calming the backlash – TransportXtra
The reassessment of how urban roadspace is allocated and used has been one of the few positive side effects of the pandemic. Across the UK, the need to alleviate pressure on public transport in the light of social distancing has seen an increase in the number of people walking and cycling to work, shops, schools, for exercise and for leisure. Local authorities have thus banned cars from high streets, widened pavements with barriers and created temporary, or ‘pop-up’, bike lanes.
Motorists who cause death by speeding could face life sentence | The Guardian
Jamie GriersonMon 14 Sep 2020 00.01 BST
Drivers who cause death by speeding, racing or using a mobile phone could face life sentences under a overhaul of sentencing to be unveiled this week.
The changes follow concerns from families and campaigners, as well as some judges, that the 14-year maximum fails to reflect the severity of the crime.
Offenders who cause loss of life by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs could also face life in prison.
2017) Drivers who kill will now face life sentence | The Guardian
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Government to toughen sentences after consultation
Dangerous drivers who cause death while using their mobile phones or speeding will face life in prison, ministers have confirmed. The decision to go ahead with a major extension of sentences comes after a campaign by families and a cross-party group of MPs.