Monday, November 20, 2006
IMPROVING LIFE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND ENCOURAGING US ALL TO REDUCE OUR CAR USAGE.
In 2003, a survey was done by the Maidstone Urban Forum, on this subject and as far as I know the results were never made public.
Myself and six other people conducted this survey, two out of the seven are Labour Party members, and as this subject seems to be coming to the political for again, I thought I would share with you how we can all improve things, both pedestrians and car users in Maidstone.
Patrick Coates
Environment Correspondant.
Nine Ideas/Subjects were looked at, and questionnaires received from schools, community organisations and individuals.
I would welcome your input on this subject to see if there is more or a better way to tackle this important subject.
· 1st - with a score of 72 was Home Zones - these are roads/groups of roads with pedestrian and cycle priority with low traffic speeds say 10mph/ road calming
· 2nd with 67 was 20 mph roads.
· 3rd with 56 was Safe Routes to Schools.
· 4th with 37 was Outer ring lorry parks and town centre van delivery only.
· Joint 5th with 26 was Improving signing for pedestrians, cycles and cars and Non petrol vechicles for local organisations.
· 7th with 18 was Car sharing schemes: for journeys to/ from Maidstone and the villages.
· 8th with 15 was Home delivery collection centres.
· 9th with 13 was ‘TravelSmart’ this is individual marketing to change travel.
The Solutions to the above with others will be published only on this Web Site, depending on the reaction, as far as I know no other in-depth survey has been done in Maidstone before or since.
Solutions will be posted here over the coming months to these very important questions for all of us who live and work in Maidstone .
Myself and six other people conducted this survey, two out of the seven are Labour Party members, and as this subject seems to be coming to the political for again, I thought I would share with you how we can all improve things, both pedestrians and car users in Maidstone.
Patrick Coates
Environment Correspondant.
Nine Ideas/Subjects were looked at, and questionnaires received from schools, community organisations and individuals.
I would welcome your input on this subject to see if there is more or a better way to tackle this important subject.
· 1st - with a score of 72 was Home Zones - these are roads/groups of roads with pedestrian and cycle priority with low traffic speeds say 10mph/ road calming
· 2nd with 67 was 20 mph roads.
· 3rd with 56 was Safe Routes to Schools.
· 4th with 37 was Outer ring lorry parks and town centre van delivery only.
· Joint 5th with 26 was Improving signing for pedestrians, cycles and cars and Non petrol vechicles for local organisations.
· 7th with 18 was Car sharing schemes: for journeys to/ from Maidstone and the villages.
· 8th with 15 was Home delivery collection centres.
· 9th with 13 was ‘TravelSmart’ this is individual marketing to change travel.
The Solutions to the above with others will be published only on this Web Site, depending on the reaction, as far as I know no other in-depth survey has been done in Maidstone before or since.
Solutions will be posted here over the coming months to these very important questions for all of us who live and work in Maidstone .
# posted by Labour : Monday, November 20, 2006
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