[Carfreeliving] Does London care more about ped & bike safety than SF?

[Dave Snyder]

May I point out the reification in the original question? London is a 
place, not a person or people capable of "caring."

When you ask about the people, it's an interesting sociological 
question (what makes people care about this kind of injury?), but 
still doesn't get at the point. The question is, "Are London policy 
makers more effective at preventing pedestrian and bicycle injuries 
than San Francisco policy makers?" The answer to that is that both 
sets of policy makers are apparently more effective than their 
predecessors in the field, but the Londoners appear to be making 
greater strides.

Dave


>I forgot to answer the question in the subject line...
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>Probably not, based on what I see happening in the DPT office everyday.
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>We apparently don't spend enough energy and resources promoting our 
>work and instead allow others define our successes and failures, 
>often inaccurately.  Hence my defensive emails...  I prefer not to 
>write them.
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>Mike Sallaberry <Mike.Sallaberry at sfgov.org>
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>FYI, see November 2004 report:
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>http://www.bicycle.sfgov.org/site/dptbike_index.asp?id=18784
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>"Jeremy Nelson" <jeremy at livablecity.org>
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>FYI- When it come to improving road safety for all users, it turns out it's
>pretty easy proposition, per London's experience described in the article
>below:
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>1) They set specific target goals and implementation timelines for reducing
>pedestrian/bicyclist injuries and fatalities: "Cut death and serious injury
>on the roads by 40 per cent by 2010".
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>2) They had the leadership from transportation officials, funding agencies,
>and politicians to do what was necessary to achieve these targets:  "Road
>safety is working in London, because we have spent more and more money on
>doing the things which we know save lives."
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>3) With a clear plan and bold leadership, success was achieved:  "The number
>of people killed on London's roads fell by 21 per cent last year new figures
>out today reveal."
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>4) When they achieved many of their targets early, they didn't rest on their
>laurels and head off for a photo-op, they redoubled their efforts: "We are
>now almost within touching distance of our 2010 targets a full five years
>early, [but] I believe the time is now right to raise the bar [...]
>establishing an even more challenging target of a 50 per cent reduction by
>2010 in the number of deaths and serious injuries."
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>Where is the sustainable transportation leadership of our "best practices"
>Mayor and our "progressive" Board of Supervisors?   Maybe some of Ken
>Livingston's resolve (to actually back up his statements of concern for ped
>and bike safety with the real financial and political capital needed to
>re-design urban roads for the safety of all users) will rub off on Mayor
>Newsom and the Supes this week.
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>Full article below.
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>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 22:51:45 -0700
>From: "5/29 TfL" <batn at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: London road deaths down 21%
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>Published Sunday, May 29, 2005,  as a Transport for London (UK) press
>release
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>Capital's road deaths drop by 21 per cent
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>The number of people killed on London's roads fell by 21 per cent last
>year new figures out today reveal.
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>The figures published by Transport for London (TfL) show that 216
>people lost their lives in 2004, 56 fewer than in 2003.
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>There were 939 fewer serious injuries compared to 2003, down to 3,953.
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>These results mean that the Capital has almost reached the Mayor's
>target to cut death and serious injury on the roads by 40 per cent by
>2010.
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>Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "We are now almost within
>touching distance of our 2010 targets a full five years early,
>however, 216 deaths is totally unacceptable and I believe the time is
>now right to raise the bar.
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>"I am asking Transport for London to start work with the boroughs and
>the police with a view to establishing an even more challenging target
>of a 50 per cent reduction by 2010 in the number of deaths and serious
>injuries on the Capital's roads."
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>Jenny Jones, the Mayor's Road Safety Ambassador, said: "Road safety is
>working in London, because we have spent more and more money on doing
>the things which we know save lives.
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>'Amazing success story'
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>"London now has the chance to go beyond the Government targets for
>casualty reduction and to dramatically reduce the daily toll of
>unnecessary bloodshed on our streets.
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>"This is an amazing success story, but while there are still people
>being killed or injured, we need the local authorities and the police
>to do everything they can to make our streets safe for all road
>users."
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>Other key figures include:
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>* Cyclist deaths and injuries down by 23 per cent
>* Government's 2010 reduction target for cyclists killed and seriously
>injured (340 people) already reached -- six years early
>* Car occupants killed or seriously injured down by 24 per cent
>* Power two-wheeler riders killed or seriously injured down by 22 per
>cent
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>Peter Hendy, Managing Director Surface Transport, TfL, said: "Today's
>figures demonstrate the progress that has been made in London in
>reducing unnecessary deaths on the roads, 56 lives saved is a huge
>achievement.
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>"Measures such as 20mph zones, improved road layouts and the further
>roll out of safety cameras mean that we are making great progress.
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>"However, we must not be complacent, only by continuing to work with
>boroughs and the police, and pressing the message of road safety home
>can we help to ensure lives aren't needlessly lost."
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>Ends
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>* A fact sheet with a full break down of the 2004 London casualty
>statistics including a borough by borough list is available at
><http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/downloads/Road-Casualty-Factsheet.rt
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