Government must reduce speed limit in urban areas to 30km/h - Urban expert

[gregmcc]

Might as well make it 1km/h. Will still have zero impact.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Might as well make it 1km/h. Will still have zero impact.

Pun intended?

 

[rietrot]

What does it take to call yourself an urban expert?

 

[Happy Days]

How about pedestrians actually looking before crossing the road? And while they're at it, pull out the f__king earphones!

 

[C4Cat]

Might as well make it 1km/h. Will still have zero impact.

how so? Surely being hit by a car travelling at 1km/h is likely to do less damage than being hit by a car travelling at 6-km/h? Likewise, for 30km/h vs 60km/h

 

[rodga]

Our pedestrians need more training

 

[C4Cat]

Following the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in February 2020, the General Assembly of the UN has endorsed[1] the Stockholm Declaration[2] as key to delivering its Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 in its 2nd UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. This has a new target to reduce road deaths and injuries by 50% by 2030. Within the Declaration the resolution on Speed Management was :-

“the strengthening of law enforcement to prevent speeding and mandate a maximum road travel speed of 30 km/h in areas where vulnerable road users and vehicles mix in a frequent and planned manner, except where strong evidence exists that higher speeds are safe”

It noted that :-

“efforts to reduce speed in general will have a beneficial impact on air quality and climate change as well as being vital to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries;”

In moving a default speed limit of 30km/h (20mph) into the global mainstream of practical initiatives for both road safety and air quality/climate change, the UN is promoting sustainable mobility.

“This announcement lays the responsibility for setting safe and equitable default urban and village speed limits at national governments. It is no longer acceptable to have a national 30mph limit and expect local authorities to do all the work to change local limits to the accepted global standard that 20 is plenty where people walking and cycling mix with motor vehicles. Just like air quality, smoking in public places, child protection and seatbelt wearing and so many other issues, where we have a national consensus and value on what is right and proper, then we should set that standard nationally.

The Welsh Government is already planning the change of its national urban/village default limit from 30mph to 20mph[4]. We expect other countries around the world to follow with national implementations which are sensible, smart, cost effective and consistent.

In the UK, the government has supported both the Stockholm Declaration and the UN Resolution. It’s time for it to turn that support into practical action. It’s time for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to join Wales and set a national urban/village limit of 20mph that aligns with what is now the accepted global standard for allowable vehicle speeds where people mix with motor vehicles.”

General Assembly of United Nations say 20’s Plenty

We quite simply campaign for 20mph to become the default speed limit on residential and urban streets.

www.20splenty.org

 

[Pythonista]

What does it take to call yourself an urban expert?

Absolutely NOTHING. It's like a fake degree.

 

[system32]

Where were the pedestrians killed on the road or pavement?

• Cars should be on the road.
• Pedestrians should be on the pavement.
• Only cross at designated areas.

Simple rules, yet surprisingly effective.

 

[pinball wizard]

I wonder if that 30km/h dream would apply to bicycles as well? We're almost always going faster than 30km/h.

 

[Bewlen]

Among these, a review of the international best practice on speed reductions, as is the case in countries such as Sweden and Australia.

Now if only you would adopt their standards in good governance, education, politics & ethics.....

 

[Polymathic]

A whole lot of morons commenting on a subject that they know literally nothing about in this thread.

 

[C4Cat]

What does it take to call yourself an urban expert?

Absolutely NOTHING. It's like a fake degree.

She has a Masters in City Planning and Urban Design from UCT.
Not sure why you consider that to be a fake degree?

The MUD degree curriculum comprises one year of full-time study, open to Honours or Masters-level graduates in Architecture, Landscape Architecture , or Planning

Urban Design | School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

www.apg.uct.ac.za

City and Regional Planning | School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

www.apg.uct.ac.za

 

[Asgard85]

Twats in the right hand lane of a highway are already snailing at 100KM/h.

Should be illegal to drive slower than 115 in the fast lane.

I think you mean "passing lane". There is no such thing as a "fast lane" and while you are correct that they should not be sitting in that lane at 100km/h, neither should anyone else at 120km/h (or faster).

 

[Binary_Bark]

Where were the pedestrians killed on the road or pavement?

Cars should be on the road.
Pedestrians should be on the pavement.
Only cross at designated areas.

Simple rules, yet surprisingly effective.

And no one follows it.

"there is a good side walk next to this busy road, I know let's walk in the ****ing road"

 

[Lupus]

Our pedestrians need more training

Had an idiot try that against a train. Cause we were moving and he wasn't.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Government must reduce speed limit in urban areas to 30km/h - Urban expert

The government should drop the speed limit in South Africa’s urban areas to help reduce the large number of pedestrian fatalities.

This is according to Open Streets urban designer Kirsten Wilkins, who recently spoke about pedestrian safety in the country on CapeTalk. The discussion followed the release of government’s Easter traffic statistics.

There were 235 fatalities on South Africa’s roads during the 2021 Easter period, of which around 35% were pedestrians.

 

[Lupus]

I think you mean "passing lane". There is no such thing as a "fast lane" and while you are correct that they should not be sitting in the that lane at 100km/h, neither should anyone else at 120km/h (or faster).

Yup though you shouldn't have trucks doing 60 in the second lane or 80 in the 3rd lane, once they've passed they should move back. But driving to Samrand last week showed me this isn't the way it goes.
I ended up remaining at 120 by weaving as it was the only way.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Kirsten Wilkins | CreativeMornings/Cape Town

Meet and greet upstairs at the Friends of Design Academy for a complimentary coffee and breakfast followed by a 20 min talk.

creativemornings.com

Kirstin rides a unicorn to work every day....

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

What does it take to call yourself an urban expert?

Probably the same it takes to call yourself a fire expert ?