Results of Autumn 2022 Oatlands Consultation Still not Published The results of an Autumn 2022 consultation on active travel measures on Oatlands Drive and the Saints residential area still have not been published. The consultation was part of the so-called
Harrogate 20mph Zone Could Include Main Roads Harrogate’s proposed 20mph zone could include main and strategic roads, not just residential roads. That’s the request made by the Oatlands and Pannal Ash 20mph campaigners at a Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Constituency
Cycling Stripped Out of West Harrogate Sustainable Transport Package All meaningful cycling elements have been stripped out of the West Harrogate sustainable transport package by North Yorkshire Council (NYC). That emerges from a report in the Harrogate Advertiser about revised
85% of Drivers Speed on 20mph Roads 85% of drivers exceeded the speed limit on 20mph roads in 2022, according to the DfT’s Vehicle Speed Compliance Statistics for Great Britain 2022. The caveat is that the speeds in these statistics
Transport Planning Society Writes to Sunak to Defend LTNs The Transport Planning Society (TPS) has written to Rishi Sunak to defend and support active travel and mode shift schemes like Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). It comes after Sunak used an
North Yorkshire Make Promises at Road Safety Meeting North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) made road safety promises at a meeting at St Aidan’s School on Monday 21st March. This included a commitment to build a parallel crossing of Oatlands Drive
Draft Manual for Streets is Promising An early report about the planned new Manual for Streets (MfS) is encouraging. The Sunday Times’ Transport Editor Nicholas Hellen says that it will put the transport hierarchy into action. Pedestrians and cyclists are
Hackney Moves Forward with Low Traffic Plans Hackney is moving forward with its plans for less traffic and pollution, healthier travel, and new liveable neighbourhoods. The proposals are set out in the London Borough’s Local Implementation Plan, which outlines transport
Stop Seeing the World Through a Windscreen, Says Health Professor Orthopaedic surgeon Professor Scarlett McNally says that we should stop seeing the world through a windscreen. In her article published in the British Medical Journal, she notes that 27,450 people
Pannal Ash Safe Streets Zone Presented to Council Pannal Ash Safe Streets Zone was presented to the council on Thursday 24th November 2022. A petition for safer streets around four schools in the area has been gathering signatures. It was