As part of our objective of making St Edmunds a safe, attractive place, I recommend that we support the Times campaign for safer cycling which can be found here:-
The Times - Cities fit for cycling
There is also an interesting article here on Dutch practice. They have a system called 'woonerfs' where the priority on 'streets' in towns is reversed so that the hierarchy is pedestrian/cycle/car.
Jim Wishart
secretary
Welcome to the blog for the St. Edmunds Residents Association (sera). We are a group of residents for the area which we have named "St Edmunds" It stretches from York Road to Palmerston Road and from Wellingborough Road to Billing Road, Northampton. We hope to work to improve the area and foster a sense of community to the benefit of all. Please join in and help make the venture a success.
Thursday 9 February 2012
Friday 3 February 2012
Improving the street environment.
One way to improve the area is to make the streets more like 'places' than 'traffic routes'. This is a change that is already going on in the country but which will take some time to take root. A good exposition on what this means is here Living Streets. Maybe a long-term aim but worth adding to the list of things for this Association to do.
Jim Wishart, Secretary
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