Fleetpoint’s Post

There is certainly a place for 20MPH/ 30kmh speed limits where there are genuine road safety concerns - outside schools at drop-off and pick-up times for example. Problems with permanent 20 limits, particularly on urban through routes, include increasing journey times by 50%, increasing pollution by keeping the traffic there for longer, and reduced ability to overtake cyclists safely. There are also additional expenses with changing signage, resynchronising traffic signals, and updating bus timetables. Good to see some common sense from the Welsh Government. #keepthetrafficmoving 20mph Wales: Some roads to revert to 30mph after backlash

https://lnkd.in/ee2BRsq4 The reduction in road casualties in Wales following the introduction of a 20mph scheme in later 2023 has been ‘noted’ by Scottish ministers, who are in the process of rolling out 20mph limits across Scotland but without changing the default speed limit

The Welsh Government has announced that the national default 20mph limit is remaining and confirms the principles behind local authorities justifying any 30mph roads. Safety of vulnerable road users remains a priority, requiring evidence for any exceptions. The revised guidance specifically references the Stockholm Declaration :- a 20mph speed should remain where pedestrians and/or cyclists and motor vehicles mix in “a frequent and planned manner, except where strong evidence exists that higher speeds are safe”. Hence exceptions at 30mph may require additional segregated and crossing facilities if vulnerable road users are present on a planned and regular basis. It also references additional existing legislation on Active Travel, Equalities and Future Generations all of which align with a the national 20mph default. Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE, Leader of WLGA and Spokesperson on Transport said: "We welcome the way the Cabinet Secretary has engaged with councils to review the original guidance and enable councils to relook at some sections of strategic routes, including bus routes." "These are not easy decisions for councils and safety remains our priority. " "There will need to be a high level of confidence that, if and where the limit is raised back to 30mph, it will not result in the very risks the policy was designed to mitigate." The change is very much what we were expecting and clarifies that local authorities have the responsibility and authority to set higher limits, but only where evidentially justifiable from a safety perspective. https://lnkd.in/eHN4ETE8

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Sitting in worsening bumper to bumper traffic this past Thanksgiving weekend en route to see family in Milton, I reflected on a few things ahead of this announcement: 1) Premier Ford has governed over the worst traffic the GTA has ever known - and his solution is increasing speed limits and adding red tape for on-street bike lanes? It's a cynical failure of imagination tossing a bit of red meat to the base. 2) Killing a few bike lanes will not solve the GTA's worsening congestion. The Province needs to focus on delivering mass transit at scale to solve the congestion crisis. Imagine if the Eglinton Crosstown actually...opened? Get back to the hard work of governing and making meaningful change. 3) The last thing local municipalities need is more red tape in how they govern their roads, create safe travel options and work to tackle local congestion. 4) Toronto has 5,400 km of roads. Less than 5% of those roads have on-street bike lanes. This feels like yet another attack on another vulnerable population targeting a red herring in lieu of solving the congestion crisis. I look forward to seeing how local municipal councils across Ontario respond to today's announcement:

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20's Plenty welcomes the updated guidance in Wales on increasing a restricted road speed limit to 30mph. It is absolutely clear that place, movement and road characteristics must be aligned favourably, including consideration of segregated provision for pedestrians and cyclists. If these are not present then engineering can be considered in order to make such an increase acceptable. On bus routes where no such alignment or engineering is possible then an alternative to increasing the limit is to give buses priority over other motor vehicles. In setting this guidance the Welsh Government is maintaining its key principles of both a Safe System approach to setting speed limits and that :- "a 20mph speed limit should remain where pedestrians and/or cyclists and motor vehicles mix in a frequent and planned manner, except where strong evidence exists that higher speeds are safe." Highway Authorities will be aware that setting speed limits that ignore this guidance and increase risks to road users could expose them to civil liability in the event of subsequent road user errors which resulted in consequences that would have been mitigated or prevented had the speed limit not been increased. Contrary to some reports, the default 20mph speed limit for built-up roads in Wales is alive and kicking. This guidance update makes it even more fit for purpose and maintains the benefits for Welsh community life and safety that come from the default 20mph limit.

In Wales local authorities have always been able to set exceptions to the national default urban/village 20mph limit. Administratively it requires a Traffic Regulation Order with a "Statement of Reason that according to guidance needs "strong evidence that a higher speed is safe". In addition there is a legal and moral responsibility for consequences of raising limit by 50% that include:- •Increased casualties •Suppressed walking to school •Increased motor accident damage claims •A more hostile road for people walking and cycling •Potential legal liability for subsequent casualties It's all explained at www.20splenty.org/w_faq09

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