April 2012 Street Talks
Ashok Sinha and Richard Lewis, London Cycling Camapign: Love London, Go Ducth
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13. Love London, Go Dutch is…
A call to the mayoral candidates to pledge to
“make London more liveable for everyone, by making
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our streets as safe and inviting for cycling as they are
in Holland.”
14. Richard Lewis
Town / transport / urban design policy planner
creating a fine city for cycling
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15. cycling cities are liveable cities
Flowers on bik for all the right reasons
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19. reduce road danger
Tackling the main sources of danger
Research the best methods of reducing danger
Promote design for danger reduction
Promote the benign modes of transport
21. creating a framework
Political and institutional buy-in
Transport, planning and urban design policy
Network assessment and planning
Marketing and publicity: smarter travel
policy and design guidance
23. small and useful interventions
Part of a traffic management approach
Small, inexpensive measures
Maximising route choice, minimising diversion
Integration with general public realm improvement
minor cycling schemes: principles
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25. dedicated infrastructure
Choice, integration and QUALITY are paramount
Applicability: integrated and only where needed
Achieved through carriageway reallocation
Beware of junctions and crossovers
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27. dutch junction design
Defining feature is the island on each corner
of every junction, which steers cyclists into a
position where th are visible to drivers
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36. First Mayoralty Tests
Three flagship developments
Go Dutch standards on Mayor’s roads/junctions
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Go Dutch standards for Superhighways
37. 1st April: Game On
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Almost 25,000 signatures on petition
Three candidates support Love London, Go Dutch
LCC publishing detailed, ranked assessment of
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