Average speed scheme makes shared space safer

Using average speed cameras to enforce a 20mph limit on a 1km stretch of Southend’s seafront has increased compliance levels

Average speed cameras enforce a 1km Southend on Sea Marine Parade

Average speed cameras enforce a 1km Southend on Sea Marine Parade

It is now nearly a year since Southend-on-Sea’s introduction of average speed cameras to enforce a 20mph speed limit along its seafront. The 1km stretch of road was turned into ‘shared space’ in April 2011, giving equal access to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

The introduction of the average speed cameras has had a significant effect on increasing compliance on the seafront, which had been used by drivers as a “racetrack”, says John Troup, media manager at...

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