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Presentation to Farrells By Finlay McNab for Sustrans
The document discusses the benefits of increasing walking and cycling in urban areas to improve health and reduce environmental impact. Sustrans aims to double local journeys made by foot, bike, and public transport by 2020, highlighting the importance of street design that fosters community interaction and safety. Evidence shows that lower traffic speeds lead to stronger social connections and a sense of safety in neighborhoods.
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- 2. A world wherepeople choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment
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- 5. What we arebest known for: The National Cycle Network
- 7. The National CycleNetwork – some facts 14,000 miles One-third traffic-free 485 million trips a year Everyday journeys Leisure routes Cycle tourism
- 8. Future movement Sustranswants to see the number of local journeys made by foot, bike and public transport double to four out of five by 2020. 54% Car 2% Other Source: Department for Transport, 2008 and the National Travel Survey for Great Britain 34% Foot 2% Bicycle 8% Public transport Now 2020 20% Car 40% Foot 20% Bicycle 20% Public transport
- 9. Think Streets Streetsmake up around 80% of public space in cities in the UK
- 10. 71% adults playedoutside in streets areas close to home every day when they were children, compared to 21%
- 11. Traffic Danger =Biggest Fear Source: Department for Transport National Travel Survey 2008
- 12. Streets designed formaximum traffic throughput Faster and greater volume of traffic More barriers to walking and cycling
- 14. Social isolation… orinteraction? Residents in streets with lower speeds know more of their neighbours, spend more time socialising in their street and allow their children to play out more often Source: Sauter and Hüttenmoser (2006)
- 15. Loneliness twice asunhealthy as obesity of older people Source: Christina R. Victor Ann Bowling Longitudinal Analysis of Loneliness Among Older People in Great Britain
- 16. More motorised traffic People feel more socially isolated More people choose to drive Less people use streets for socialising People feel less safe walking and cycling Streets designed for maximum speed + volume Faster and greater volume of traffic More barriers to walking and cycling
- 17. Don’t Despair Thereis another way..
- 18. More people chooseto walk and cycle More social interaction on streets Presence of people attracts more people Streets and public spaces feel safer Streets designed with local community as places for people Less barriers to walking and cycling More pedestrian activity encourages slower traffic speeds People feel part of their community
- 19. Bringing people togetherin the street
- 29. Working hand-in-hand withlocal people
- 44. “now walking tothe tube station, I can say hello to lots of people” “Dad used to bring me in the car (to school) because it was not so safe. I now come with Mum either walking or on my bike”
- 45. Safety Almost 80%of residents surveyed now think the street is pedestrian friendly 20% of residents surveyed now think the street is safe for children to play on, compared to 7% of those surveyed before the project
- 46. Traffic speed andvolume Recorded average daily traffic volume decreased by 10% 63% of traffic now travelling at less than 20mph, compared to 40% before the project
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- 79. ‘..your home, yourstreet, your neighbourhood… collectively make an enormous contribution to the future of our planet.’ The Farrell Review
- 80. Finlay McNab NationalProjects Co-ordinator Community Street Design @FinMcNab finlay.mcnab@sustrans.org.uk Picture credits: Creative Commons: Alan Stanton, ‘Public Place’
Editor's Notes
- #4 Transport emissions account for about a quarter of Carbon Dioxide emissions in the Uk (second largest category after energy supply) 2013 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Provisional Figures and 2012 UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Final Figures by Fuel Type and End-User Department of Energy and Climate Change
- #5 In the UK the direct financial cost of physical inactivity to the NHS is estimated as £900 million (Scarborough P, Bhatnagar P, Wickramasinghe K, Allender S, Foster C, Rayner M. (2011). The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006–07 NHS costs. J Public Health. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr033)
- #7 In 1984 we went from campaigning to doing. Bristol to Bath, Glasgow to Dumbarton, Selby to York. The latter precipitated the conversion of Cyclebag into a registered charity - sustrans During 1979 to 1984 Sustrans built the 16 mile long route from Bristol to Bath initially using volunteers and then large teams under the Government’s Community Enterprise Programme.
- #9 The level of change needed will vary from place to place. In Edinburgh, for example, 22% of journeys are already made by foot, in Greater Manchester 28% are made by public transport, and in Cambridge 26% of journeys to work are made by bike. We need every town, city and village in the UK to make this move by 2020.
- #11 Figures show that regularly playing outdoors near home is much less common for today’s children than for previous generations. An ICM survey commissioned by Play England for Playday shows that 71 per cent of adults played outside in the street or area close to their homes every day when they were children, compared to only 21 per cent of children today. Both children and adults considered traffic to be the main factor that stops children and young people playing or spending time in the streets or areas near their homes, with nearly 1 in 4 children and 35 per cent of adults listing it as one of their top three barriers to street play. 29 per cent of under-18s and 39 per cent of adults said that more play spaces would make children and young people play on the streets and areas near their homes more often. Less danger from traffic was the second most popular solution given by adults (23 per cent), and children put less traffic in their top three solutions.
- #14 In 2012, the overall motor vehicle traffic volume was over 10 times higher than in 1949. Road Traffic Statistics: Annual Road Traffic Estimates. Great Britain 2012. Department of Transport Road Traffic Statistics: Annual Road Traffic Estimates. Great Britain 2012. Department of Transport
- #62 Community chalk Board / Butcher’s Advertising
- #64 Practising what you preach – getting noticed
- #69 ‘People Tend to site where there are placed to sit’ William whyte
- #75 Night time tours
- #77 Temporary Changes to the Street to engender a different sense of place and encourage different begaviour