Safer Streets: road safety, good practice and knowledge sharing Kensington High Street Challenging convention Mahmood Siddiqi Bi-Borough Director for.
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Safer Streets: road safety, good practice and knowledge sharing
Kensington High StreetChallenging convention
Mahmood Siddiqi
Bi-Borough Director for Transport and Highways
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Kensington High StreetChallenging convention
Why change?
What did we do differently
Would we do it again?
Effective accident reduction measures?
Establish priority and segregate
(c) Ben Hamilton-Baillie
Impact on the public realm of a ‘more is more’ approach
fussy paving
street clutter
road marking
coloured surfacing
Ground rules for Kensington High Street
simplicity
consistency
quality
clutter-free
Rectilinear kerb line
Simplified junctions
afterbefore
Low-maintenance street furniture
Attention to detail
Guardrailing removed…
... even on staggered pedestrian crossings
• statutory regs met
• advice/ guidance/ practice rejected
Accidents
Casualties went down at a
faster rate than the rest of
the borough
Before: average annual rate between March 98 and February 2001
After: average annual rate between September 2003 and March 2005
Drop in casualties ‘before and after’ scheme
-22
-26
-14
-18
-43
-25 -26
-35
-64
-18
-35
-44
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
Pedestrian Cyclists Motorcyles All
%
London
RBKC
KHS
Streetscape policy
Manual for Streets – place & movement
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