Deniz Huseyin 17 November 2021
Side road zebra crossing trial in Moss Side, Manchester 
The presence of zebra markings on side roads in Greater Manchester resulted drivers giving way to pedestrians 65% more often than on other side roads, according to a study by TRL.
The results showed that vehicles giving way to people on foot went up from 4 in 10 to 7 in 10 when the zebra markings were in place. 
TRL looked at the use of non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads. A prescribed zebra crossing has black and white stripes with give way lines, yellow globes on striped posts, and a line of studs and zigzag markings. A non-prescribed zebra crossing uses the black and white markings without the other features. Until now, the DfT has stated that under UK law zebra crossings must be wired to the electric mains and have Belisha beacons and zigzag markings.  Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is asking for regulations to be amended to allow non-prescribed zebra crossings at a larger number of sites for long-term monitoring. 

:excerptstart16 November, 2021 As the final Eurobike in Friedrichshafen wound to a conclusion – leaders from across the bike business gathered on stage to address the industry’s most pressing issues. CI.N recaps on a talk touching on supply, sustainability and regulatory wrangles that could cost the trade dearly…:excerptend link to original article

Campaigners succeed in judicial review of decision to allow rat-running motorists to drive through Poole’s Keyhole Bridge

Simon Macmichael Nov 8, 2021

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council has been ordered by a High Court judge to reopen a consultation into its decision in March to allow motorists to once again drive through Keyhole Bridge in Poole, which had been made a safe route for cyclists and pedestrians when motor traffic was banned there in August last year.
The application was made by local campaigners the Keyhole Bridge Group, who crowdfunded more than £12,500 for the challenge – although the council has now also been ordered to pay the group’s legal costs.

Petition update 15 Nov 2021
At the end of July, the Government put National Highways’ infilling and demolition of legacy rail structures on hold following the controversy caused by its unwarranted actions at Great Musgrave in Cumbria where a delightful masonry arched bridge – with a handful of minor defects – was opportunistically buried in pursuit of the company’s policy of liability reduction. The structure was needed for the reconnection of two heritage railways, neither of which was consulted about the scheme.

:excerptstartCampaigners are pushing for a redundant 2½-mile stretch of dual carriageway in Essex to become a country park with cycling facilities James TapperThere has been traffic here for millennia, from the Roman legionaries who marched from Londinium to Camulodunum to the speedsters who now reportedly race against police cars at night. But part of the A12 in north-east

Carlton Reid iNov 6, 2021