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Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Rik Thomas
On 27 August the BBC’s Radio 4 programme More or Less tackled the perennially controversial subject of cycling helmets. “Many riders... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Doug Stewart
Chris Evans advocates monitoring the effects of guardrail projects, which should be standard practice (Letters LTT 20 Aug). He also claims... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Tom Rye
I have been following the recent correspondence on guardrailing on the LTT letters pages with some interest, and attach a child’s eye view of... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Anthony Lambert
Am I alone in feeling that a disproportionate amount of space in Letters to the Editor is given over to the airings of Paul Withrington et al and the... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Calum Alexander
So Messrs Biggs and Withrington, the Tweededum and Tweedledee spokespersons of the contrarian road safety movement, have made it into your letters... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Ministers have written to council leaders across England urging them to reduce street ‘clutter’ such as signs, guardrailings and... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Motoring organisation the AA this week called on ministers to rethink their opposition to speed cameras in England, and claimed that the views of... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Chris Evans, Director, GPE Consulting, Birmingham
I have read with much interest the ongoing debate on pedestrian guardrailing particularly as I was responsible for implementing a major junction... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Paul Withrington, Director, Transport-Watch, Northampton
Table 4(a) of the DfTs Reported Road Casualties Great Britain Annual Report 2008 shows that, in 2008, speeding was recorded in 14% of fatal accidents... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Malcolm Heymer, Dereham, Norfolk NR20
Amid all the controversy about the consequences of switching off speed cameras (ibid), one issue gets little if any mention – the... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Paul Biggs, Association of British Drivers, Environment spokesman, Tamworth, Staffs B77
I take issue with the hysteria surrounding the long overdue speed camera ‘switch-off’ as expressed by the likes of Mick Giannasi . The... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Researchers have recommended a new method to simplify the police’s collection of information about the severity of road accident... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
Speed Camera's in Wiltshire will be demobilised later this year following the decision to disband the Wiltshire and Swindon Safety Camera... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
Cambridgeshire County Council is erecting signs for the new 20mph speed limit in Cambridge city centre. The limit will cover all city centre streets... continue
Local Transport Today
In brief
Buckinghamshire County Council is to cut road safety spending by an extra £106,000 this year and divert the cash into road m... continue
Local Transport Today
Media monitor
Speed Cameras returned to the news in force last week as it emerged that cuts to local authority Road Safety Grant could lead to significant numbers... continue
Local Transport Today
Letters to the editor
Doug Stewart, Aberdeen AB1
Having found it difficult to discuss the guardrail removal programme with Transport for London, it is gratifying that they have responded to my... continue
Local Transport Today
Main editorial comment
Andrew Forster
In recent weeks it has become increasingly clear that the coalition government has got into something of a stew over its policy on speed cameras.... continue
Local Transport Today
Regular news
The four-year evaluation report of the national safety camera programme, published by the DfT in 2005, concluded that safety cameras do reduce... continue
Local Transport Today
News extra
Andrew Forster
Speed and red light cameras in Oxfordshire were turned off last weekend  following the county council’s decision to slash funding to the... continue
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