The Department for Transport (DfT) is hitting the (potholed) road for a series of workshops linked to its ongoing Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) cycle safety review.
The government announced a two-part review of cycle safety in September 2017. The first phase looked into the introduction of a new offence of causing death by dangerous cycling, while the second phase is focusing on improvements in cycle road safety.
In March this year, the DfT asked the public for “help, ideas and evidence” on how to make cycling safer.
“We are looking for great ideas, for evidence of what works, for examples of good practice from other countries, for innovative technologies, for imaginative solutions, and for idealism tempered with a sense of the practical,” said cycling minister, Jesse Norman.
The consultation closes at 11:45pm on June 1, but if you’d like to contribute in person, there are four events in May:
- London – The Vestre Museum, Walthamstow, Wednesday 16th May
- Bristol – City Hall, Friday 18th May
- Birmingham – Room 116, Transport for West Midlands, Summer Lane, Monday 21st May
- Manchester – 2 Piccadily Place, Transport for Greater Manchester, Wednesday 23rd May
Events last for 2.5 hours and they’re promising coffee.
Discussion will focus on the six key consultation themes:
- How to improve safety through changes to road infrastructure
- The law and rules of the road
- Road user training and testing
- Education
- Vehicles and equipment
- Attitudes, understanding and awareness of different road users
Cycling UK is currently running a ‘Why wouldn’t you make cycling safer?’ campaign linked to the consultation in which it has put forward a series of “easy and cost-effective” solutions to common cycling problems.
6 thoughts on “The DfT’s doing a roadshow as part of its cycle safety review”
Well, I’ve signed up for the
Well, I’ve signed up for the Bristol event and perhaps I’m getting old and cynical, but I don’t expect this to change anything. I’ve been to a lot of these government consultation events, and none of them actually achieved anything, just a lot of polite head nodding and agreement to take our views on board, but then nothing. Rather like our local SGlos cycle forum, it’s just there to tick the consulation box.
Edit: I’ve just noticed that there will be a whole 2 1/2 hours to sort all this lot out:
How to improve safety through changes to road infrastructure
The law and rules of the road
Road user training and testing
Education
Vehicles and equipment
Attitudes, understanding and awareness of different road users
What will we do for the 2 hours 25 minutes left afterwards?
“We are looking for great
“We are looking for great ideas, for evidence of what works, for examples of good practice from other countries, for innovative technologies, for imaginative solutions, and for idealism tempered with a sense of the practical”
Those lies should be tattooed on the forehead of the prick who uttered them, the Daily Mail puppet who has only been moved to ‘action’ by headlines focusing on one pedestrian death (which wasn’t even wholly attributable to the cyclist who hit her).
Off you fuck, Jessie.
How about anyone going to any
How about anyone going to any of these events insist that completing bikability courses becomes mandatory for anyone taking a driving test (the only exemption being for the physically disabled)?
OldRidgeback wrote:
Now that I like! I’ll be stealing it and hoping that you aren’t coming to the Bristol one.
burtthebike wrote:
I might just coincidentally suggest the same at the Manchester session!
How about restoring the road
How about restoring the road policing budget so the existing road legislation can be enforced and including 100 hours of mandatory cycling as a condition of getting a driving licence back after a conviction for careless or dangerous driving? With electric bikes available, cycling is accessable to everyone. If drivers had more insight into what if feels like to be a vulnerable road user, most would become better & more considerate drivers.