Better Ealing Streets

The more people that choose to walk, bike and ride public transit to get around Ealing, the better Ealing works for everyone, including drivers.

There’s no “war on cars,” just an opportunity for a more successful Ealing.

It's Not As Simple As That Back in August 2020, there was a report claiming that a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in Ealing showed an increase in driven trip miles ov...

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An LTN in Islington will generate 1.4 million extra driven miles each year. Except that it's a non-story. Plus, I get to dig out an old thread because it's not the first time people have tried this "analysis".

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Helping people out with safer feeling, calmer local streets doesn't mean the motor traffic that was driven that way at that time will just be driven somewhere else.

Local mum Ashleigh Heathfield said the roads are "definitely quieter" but the pathways are "a lot busier". "We're constantly trying to move out of the way of everyone. The paths just aren't wide enough to fit everyone coming down," she said.

When School Streets and "nice problems to have" meet...

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Money "spent" to help people use cycles to get around is shown again and again to be an investment with big returns.

Ten common myths about bike lanes – and why they're wrong From congestion to cost, there are many entirely misguided arguments in circulation

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.”

Remember, bike-lanes mean business.

10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.

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Good to see.

We've got our own here:

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YouTube video by Better Ealing Streets The Hierarchy of Road Users

Good to see!

We've got our own here:

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Campaigners challenge Ealing Council over not doing enough for road safety in West Ealing - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing's 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southal... Road safety campaigners have challenged Ealing Council, active travel charity Sustrans and Transport for London over its proposals in a public consultation to improve West Ealing saying some of them a...

Any update of the Lido Junction in West Ealing Will?

It's horrific and poses serious dangers to vulnerable road users.

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Physical inactivity is estimated to cost the UK £7.4 billion annually (including £0.9 billion to the NHS alone).

Active travel is one of the best return on investment decisions governments can make.

Yet people are still having to campaign for better infrastructure and funding.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods save lives, it’s time to stop pretending otherwise The news that Labour have decided not to proceed with the previous Conservative Government’s “Plan For Drivers” should be welcomed, but should also hardly be a surprise.

It's not a 'war on motorists', it's a war against needless deaths.

It is perplexing to me that the same commentators who want a smaller state also want Whitehall to decide whether a few bollards can be placed in Birmingham.

Opinion piece by me in The Standard 👇
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Excellent thread which echoes the concerns we have in @hounslowcouncil.bsky.social regarding cross pavement charging. Our EV charging strategy focuses instead on delivering an additional 2,000 charge points across the borough and we are not allowing the installation of charging gullies at this time

Support a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create Safer Streets for All Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five k...

What would safer streets mean to you? 🙋

Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust have outlined key policies that the Gov's upcoming Road Safety Strategy should adopt.

Please write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to hear us. act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/174678/...

You can't argue with the data - LTNs are officially saving lives It’s a truth many struggle to accept, but in London cars have become killers.

LTNs save lives. A lack of LTNs, or removal of them, means a higher rate of injuries and lives lost, and lives and families damaged irreparably.

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Cartoon: People in cars think g “if these people would just take the bus, I could be home by now.”

Here’s some common sense for you. If you want or need to drive in cities, your problem isn’t people choosing walking, biking & public transit because of smart, safe infrastructure. It’s all those people being forced to drive big cars instead, stuck in traffic in front of you. #TheTRUTHaboutTraffic

Lambeth steaming along with another Healthy Neighbourhood.

Stockwell Gardens provisional design has been published following the engagement process that's been going on over the last 2 years.
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You can't argue with the data - LTNs are officially saving lives It’s a truth many struggle to accept, but in London cars have become killers.

“The efficacy of the measure can no longer be credibly questioned, so it’s time we started implementing them across London and at pace. With so many lives at stake we cannot afford not to.”
#LTNsAreGoodActually Chapter 847

📢 Flyer Summary: Safer Streets Initiative Ealing Council is proposing a School Street for Fielding Primary School to enhance safety and reduce traffic stress. The flyer encourages residents to complete a brief survey by Sunday, 13 July, to show support. 🔹 Why support it? - Safer and calmer roads - Less stressful school runs - Positive endorsements from a deputy head, pupil, and parent 🔹 How to participate: - Use the QR code or visit www.dub.sh/SaferFielding 🔹 Backed by: - Parents for Future West London - Friends of the Earth Ealing - Better Ealing Streets - Ealing Cycling Campaign - Mums for Lungs - Ealing Transition - Living Streets Group Ealing 💬 “Small changes make a big difference”—let’s show Ealing Council that Northfields cares!

We're really chuffed to be alongside these amazing groups on this leaflet.

For more inspiration and practical guidance, @mumsforlungs.bsky.social have brilliant advice on how to get one started in your area

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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”. Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

The aggregate effect of rainwater gardens, swales, and street trees on biodiversity, heatwave mitigation, and surface water absorption, and mental health and wellbeing is enormous.

Getting them into every city, town, & village in the U.K should be a strategic national priority.

In short, 20mph speed limits and more school streets have improved Ealing's score but infrastructure is lacking.

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We could do with something similar out west

London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

“LTNs have led to considerable reductions in road traffic injuries inside their boundaries for all road users – from pedestrians and cyclists to drivers [while] concerns about nearby main roads becoming more dangerous aren’t supported by the evidence.”

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London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.

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The report's authors calculate that creating the LTNs prevented more than 600 road injuries that would have otherwise taken place, including 100 involving death or serious injury. These are quite hard statistics to argue against.

Antidotes to misinformation and disinformation surrounding LTNs and other schemes to help mitigate negative impacts of motor traffic on people are coming in thick and fast.

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