Building Better Side Street Crossings

What do Local Transport Note 1/20, the 2022 Highway Code update and innovative practice by some local authorities have in common? They all seek to make it safer and easier for people walking, wheeling and cycling to cross side street junctions.

Nevertheless, across the UK, these junctions remain locations where collisions and near misses are common and which thereby supress the potential for increased active travel. Efforts to address these problems are localised, several design issues remain contentious, and scheme costs are a challenge. Beneficial regulatory change is also painfully slow.

This webinar will bring together a panel of experienced practitioners who will clarify the key issues and obstacles at stake but also show, through reference to real-life examples, how innovative measures can make side street junctions safer and more convenient for active travel by taming motor traffic without affecting highway capacity.

This webinar will cover:

• The case for better side street junctions: problems and opportunities

• The pros (and cons) of continuous crossings

• Side street zebras and the need for regulatory change

• The ‘Bellmouth Factor’

• Towards common practice in design

• Funding issues and opportunities

• Case studies of groundbreaking approaches in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff

Speakers

• Chair: John Dales, Director, Urban Movement
• Brian Deegan, Director of Inspections, Active Travel England
• Daisy Narayanan, Head of Placemaking and Mobility, City of Edinburgh Council
• Bharti Gupta, Behavioural Researcher, TRL
• Jonathan Flower, Senior Research Fellow & Transport Planner - Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England
• Chris Proctor, Director and Lead Technical Consultant, London Borough of Waltham Forest
• Robert Weetman, Technical Coordinator, Scotland, Living Streets

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