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In Town, Without My Car & European Mobility Week 1
Successful Past Events and EMW Activities in the UK
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Campaign Origins
• First ever CFD was in Bath, UK, in June 1995
• It is a vicious rumour that the French started it in La Rochelle in 1997… This claim must be contested at every available opportunity!
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EMW-ITWMCCharter Criteria
• 16-22 September, every year• Annual theme, 2015: Choose. Change. Combine.• Organise a week of activities to promote sustainable
transport• Implement at least one permanent measure which
contributes to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport…
• …ideally involving roadspace reallocation• Organise the In Town Without My Car! day, i.e. car
free street, preferably on 22nd September
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In Town Without My Car! (Car Free Day)
• Close one or more urban streets to motors for at least one day, eg 7am – 7pm
• Preferably on 22nd September (Tuesday this year)• These streets are the domain of pedestrians, cyclists
and public transport• Find a better use for the street, e.g. test a homezone,
bike trials, street theatre, music, dancing, public art, children’s play areas…
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What are our town centres streets for?
Maximising throughput of motor traffic?
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Not for People!
(1978 Government road safety poster!)
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Motors only!
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Not for kids!
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Or something else?
ITWMC, Bristol, 2002
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Islington
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Greenwich
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Hackney/Tower-Hamlets
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Waltham Forest
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Permanent measure example
Roadspace reallocation permanent scheme: road turned into cycle track at Farringdon Station (LB Islington)
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Bristol
7 streets closed to motors in Corn Street area of city centre
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Islington Inspired by San Francisco
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Park(ing) Day in Manchester
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Tower Bridge CFD 2001
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Ken launches new London bike map
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The King sang to Ken at The Cut
“The Wonder of You!”
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Kingston
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Edinburgh commuter challenge
Bikes a
lway
s win!
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Polar bear joins commuter challenge in Swindon
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Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent scheme: new car sharing scheme at University Hospital launched, aka…
how many nurses can you fit in a Mini?
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St Johns Road, Wembley
• residential street used as rat-run
• ITWMC 2005 used to pilot a one-day experimental road closure
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Egham, Surrey
A commuter challenge event almost guarantees good local press coverage
BIKES ALWAYS WIN!
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Flint
Permanent scheme: new bus-only link, controlled by rising bollards, in the Deeside Industrial Estate
Church Street closed to motor traffic for Car Free Day
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Hammersmith
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Bring in the kids!
LB Merton
Eastbourne
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LB Merton
Winning entry in sustainable travel photo competition
Merton Commuter Challengers (the bikes won)
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Milton Keynes
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Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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Newport car-crushing!
Newport council worker Geraint Roberts crushed his old Volvo, in exchange for free rail travel for his 22-mile commute from Pontyclun
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A popular campaign
67%
23%
3%
1% 6%
very good idea
quite good idea
not a very good idea
very bad idea
don’t know / no opinion
(962 people polled 22nd Sept 2004 in ten participating UK towns)
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Most people share the campaign concerns
To reduce traffic and pollution, do you agree that car use should be limited in your town?50%
36%
6%
3%5%
Strongly agree
Somew hat agree
Somew hat disagree
Strongly disagree
Don’t know / no opinion
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People perceive lots of campaign benefits
What in your opinion are the main benefits of this event?
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
There is less pollution
It is easier to w alk around
The street is quieter because there's no motor traff ic
The street is a friendlier place
Raises aw areness of transport problems
People are less stressed
I feel safer
It is easier to cycle
I can try another means of transport
Increased revenue for shops and restaurants
There are no benefits to me
Other benefits (please specify in comments the end)
Don’t know
There are no benefits to other people
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Islington
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Design out obesity!
Countries with highest levels of active travel generally have the lowest obesity rates
Time spent in cars is positively associated with obesity
Physical inactivity is killing more people than smoking
The Times last week: “Britain has one of the worst obesity rates in the world…our lifestyles are more sedentary than ever before”
“If a medication existed that had a similar effect as physical activity, it would be regarded as a wonder drug or miracle cure” Sir Liam Donaldson, Former Chief Medical Officer, 2009
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Air Quality
• Air pollution in London's Oxford Street breached the legal limit for the whole of 2015 – by January 4th!
• 24,000 premature deaths every year in UK• “We need a long term strategy of reducing pollution
in our great city – let's start with pedestrianising Oxford St and other roads in Central London” tweet by Christian Wolmar 10/4/15, hopeful Labour candidate for London Mayor
• EMW = great opportunity
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Camden
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Greenwich
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Corby, Northants
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Barnstaple
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Preston
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Swindon
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Swansea
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Inverness
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Bristol: permanent schemes
Three new Home Zones in Southville
Rising bollards in city centre
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GPG examples: Camden
Museum Street, Camden, 22/9/03… inspired the permanent measures clause in the charter:
"implement one or more new practical measure(s) that are made permanent in the local authority and which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport and to sustainable urban mobility in general."
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Camden 2004
Coptic Street, parallel to Museum Street, and now also permanently car-free
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Streets for People
• Local authorities invite bids from residents (individuals, groups, associations) to put forward the case for their street to be the focus for the ITWMC, and perhaps the whole week
• A chance for local people to develop and pilot their own ideas in their own streets, (eg a lower speed limit, a homezone, a road closure…)
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SFP features
• Residents take ownership of the event
• Locals are empowered: they can make a difference
• Foster responsibility and pride
• Local Authority support and traffic orders etc. given to best workable proposal(s) which have strong grassroots support and leadership.
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SFP would be popular
• A 2006 national survey of 1,977 people showed three quarters of people in favour of traffic calming
MORI / County Surveyors' Society, April 2006
• 81% of 10,000 respondents in a phone poll voted in favour of a London-wide 20mph speed limit
London Tonight, Carlton TV, 25 January 1999
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SFP benefits
• Opportunity for towns where the centre may already be pedestrianised…
• …or where a town centre event might be too costly and time-consuming to organise
• For residential suburbs…everyone wants “something done” about the traffic in their street
• Local authority delivers what people want - not imposed from “on high”
• Organisation shared at grass roots level• Cheap and quick to sort (compared to major city centre event)• More than one good bid… more than one event?
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SFP sub-themes
• Stronger links with healthy lifestyles: research in Scotland has shown that health is the biggest single motivator to cut car use… publicise benefits of daily exercise, health risks of sedentary lifestyles, higher pollution levels in cars…
• Focus on car-free lifestyles: highlight examples of people and organisations which thrive without personal motor transport.
• Celebrate people who achieve life goals – access to jobs, schools, shopping, holidays, entertainment, romance – without always jumping in a car to get them!
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SFP example from Brent (NW London)
“We closed five streets for traditional street parties…residents organised all sorts of activities: environmental fairs, cycling competitions, markets, concerts, sports etc.
“There were great photos and loads of positive press, and they have led to a proposal to create a permanent Home Zone.
“It was really nice to do this for the community and see everyone out enjoying the street and meeting their neighbours…
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Brent shows the way!
“Old fashioned street parties are a great way to show residents how enjoyable their streets can be, using them as social space and making the street scene more attractive for residents and safer for children to play”
Transport Planner and Event Organiser Kathryn King
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Case Study: Hammersmith & Fulham
EMW boxes ticked…Estcourt Road Fulham closed to motorsNew 20mph speed limit unveiled by MayorChild designed signPavement build-outsSt Thomas Primary School organised their
own street party and managed the budget
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Press: the good…
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…the bad...
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…the ugly
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Our new Bible?
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The vision thing
In Town With My Car!
