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New Roundabouts - Huge Crash Savings
Two new roundabouts designed by TES and commissioned by Auckland Transport have achieved substantial crash savings, post-construction. Roundabouts that are well designed can achieve substantial long-term crash savings! Also, the Church / Victoria roundabout was the subject of a peer...
Zero Road Deaths Can Be Achieved
A road death toll is not inevitable. More than 500 cities worldwide with populations greater than 50,000 have achieved zero road deaths multiple times. Common actions to achieve this have included: Redirecting Road Funding - Walking and cycling infrastructure generally gets low priority for funding...
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - Health Benefits
A London study recently investigated 6 years of travel survey data for major active travel infrastructure upgrades in Outer London. The active travel infrastructure upgrades included improvements to walking and cycling facilities and low traffic neighbourhoods. The study determined that 20 year health...
Spike in Cycle Accidents During Sydney Lockdown
Covid lockdowns spurred a new wave of cycling enthusiasm in Sydney, and with it, a spike in bike-related injuries. New data shows a 78% increase in bike-related injuries in New South Wales as compared to 2020. There are more people cycling than usual, there are new types of people that are cycling…
Mobile Phones and Driving
Queensland drivers face $1000 fines and four demerit points if they’re caught on camera using their phones behind the wheel or not wearing a seatbelt. Roadside cameras will be permanently rolled out across the state’s roads later this month as part of the Queensland government’s $1.69bn road safety plan…
Aucklanders Are Driving More Than Ever
According to an article in the UK Guardian newspaper, efforts to get Aucklanders out of their cars have been failing. Aucklanders drove an average of 1.6bn kilometres a year more in 2017 than they did in 2013, and half of peak-time trips are under six kilometres. New Zealand has the 4th highest per capita...
Increase in Cycle Fatalities in Britain
The number of cyclists killed on British roads increased by 40% in 2020, official statistics show. In total, 140 cyclists were killed on the roads over the 12 months, up from 100 the year before, an increase the AA called “staggering”. Fatalities fell for all other road user types, ranging from a drop of 15% for people in cars...
Safe Systems in the USA
A new report from a consortium of experts reckons that applying ‘Safe System’ principles in the US could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle related deaths and injuries. Studies of Safe System measures indicate that they lead to dramatic drops in traffic deaths - for example, a roughly 80 percent reduction...
Crash Trend in NZ During Covid 19
Crash data in NZ shows that from 2019 to 2020, the total number of reported crashes in NZ decreased by around 28%. This is a substantial decrease, and far greater than the equivalent preceding time period (2018/2019), which had a 4% decrease. Also, crash reductions for cyclists (20%) and pedestrians (23%) are...