Transport 2000's New Life for Main Roads Network

Main roads are often noisy, polluted places, dominated by cars and dangerous for people on foot. But main roads are also the places we use to get to the shops, catch the bus, walk to the local park or visit the doctor. Most people use main roads every day to get to work or to walk to school. We need new life for our main roads!

Main roads and high streets should be:

1. Easy to cross where you want to cross
   
2. Places for people
   
3. Safe from traffic danger


4. Green, clean and attractive

Transport 2000’s New Life for Main Roads Network can help you reclaim your main road or high street from traffic.

Learn from Hull who have pioneered an innovative high street scheme

Cardiff must learn from Hull!
A pioneering crossing marking has been used in the raised areas to highlight where people are likely to cross. The scheme makes use of the shared space concept at this junction where the lack of markings encourages drivers to slow down.

find out more about Streets for People

Streets for People
Transport 2000's Streets for People network supports community groups, residents associations and individuals who want to improve their local environment. Streets for People can help you with your campaign for safer streets, slower speeds and traffic reduction and can provide newsletters, briefing sheets, posters and advice.Summer Speed Watch took place in June with a number of Streets for People groups organizing street events. In Dunvant, Swansea, two schools took part, with more than 850 children asking for a 20mph speed limit on streets around the schools. Local people in Bishopston, Buckinghamshire organised an "Exercise your right" demonstration with people walking and cycling up and down the village as many times as possible.Find out more in the Streets for People newsletter and the New Life for Main Roads newsletter. click here to find out how to campaign for safer streets.

Keep the road narrowing at Heol Llanishen Fach

Heavy traffic kills people. Traffic also kills communities, with parents' fear of the dangers making streets no-go areas for children. The higher the traffic volume, the less time people spend outside - and the lower the likelihood that they will know their neighbours.
Reducing vehicle speeds by traffic calming is vital.

Keep the road narrowing at Heol Llanishen Fach
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Put Pedestrains First

1. Pedestrians - then...
2. People with mobility problems
3. Cyclists
4. Public transport users (includes bus, coach, water, taxi & rail)
5. powered two wheelers Commercial/business users (includes deliveries and HGVs)
6. Car borne shoppers and visitors
7. Car borne commuters
Note: Pedestrians with mobility problems should be given the highest priority

Anti-social behaviour in Whitchurch 2

Parking on double yellow lines near the bus stop.

Anti-social behaviour

Inconsiderate parking in Whitchuch village which doesn't allow the bus to pull in making it difficult for passengers to board.

Not a post box in sight!

The driver appeared to be taking a nap on double yellow lines in Rhiwbina!

find a dry path?

or shall we try to cut through on this paved area to the shopping area?

Shameful conditions for pedestrians in Cardiff North

Shall we carry on along the pavement?

Water world

Caerphilly Road crossroads near the shops.

Wet crossing Caerphilly Road crossroads

Do something about these wet crossings!

Crossing the road in wet wheather is challenging!

Death junction traffic lights bid

Pensioners David and Diana Evans have taken action to see a new set of traffic lights added to the road where they live. Mrs Evans, 65, of Broad Street, said: 'We have lived here for 41 years and in that time we have seen the roads get more and more dangerous. Nov 10 2006 Gareth Rogers, South Wales Echo

Traffic should be banned from Cardiff city centre

A grieving mother has called for all traffic to be banned from city centres on the night of big sporting events, after her son was hit by a bus and killed in the hours following a Wales international. Western Mail 16 Nov

Blame the police not the council says Chief Transport Officer Cardiff County Council

Not us to blame says council official - read his reply here

My Ref: TIW/RC/NRG/26603
Your Ref:

Date: 17th November 2006

Dear Madam

Cardiff: Inconsiderate Parking

I refer to your e-mail enquiry and associated website and I would respond as follows.

The Council is continuously striving to improve conditions for all road users, and numerous traffic regulation orders have been introduced to assist in alleviating parking and congestion problems.

The photographs taken at various locations around the city have in the main indicated offences of driving on the footway, causing an obstruction and failing to comply with local traffic regulation Orders. These are all breaches of legislation which can be dealt with by enforcement action.

The enforcing authority for both national legislation and local Orders is the police not the Council.

Yours faithfully
Neil Godfrey
For Chief Transport, Infrastructure and Waste Officer


PLEASE REPLY TO: Transport, Infrastructure and Waste, Room 301, County Hall, Cardiff CF10 4UW
Tel: (029)20873256 Fax: (029)20873302
email: TIW-CH@cardiff.gov.uk

Droped kerb cowboy!

This has to stop!

Bus stop parking

Anti-social behaviour - who is responsible for enforcing traffic rules?

Whose brilliant idea was this to stick this in the middle of the path!

Double poles? What a daft idea - do we pay people to plan where to locate these signs?

4x4s are a blight on the road Horseman1960

4x4s are a menace

Hotseman1960@aol.com writes to me

No, other than stupid people who don't look at the facts. Do you really think that an 1800 engine is a fuel monster. Go and do some homework then put your stupid notes on cars. Do you know what climate change is? can you prove that it is taking place and that cars are to blame?Your a fool