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“Was that modal filter always here?” the senior policy advisor of the city of Utrecht, Herbert Tiemens, asked me when we rode past the house I grew up in. I knew it wasn’t, and I suddenly realised that the story …

In 2018, a street in the heart of Utrecht city centre was reconstructed. However, the result was slightly disappointing. This was mostly due to the fact that private cars were still allowed in this narrow street. The parked cars, in …

         Monday 11 December 2023: 1400-1600

PROGRAMME

Baroness Jenny Jones (President RDRF) “Welcome !” 

Session 1  Harm Reduction: Enforcement

Dr Robert Davis (Chair RDRF) : “30 years of RDRF, why we were set up – and what are our achievements? “

Amy Aeron-Thomas (Action Vision Zero) : “Context of harm reduction over 30 years”.

Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox  (Metropolitan Police) : “Speed reduction and tackling dangerous driving”.

Former PC Mark Hudson (MPH Collective) : “Close Passing Operations The relevance of Enforcement.”

  Cycling Mikey (3rd Party Reporting Campaigner) : “Third Party reporting”.

Sara Dowling (RoadPeace) : “The importance of Road Justice”.

Q& A      

Session 2  The Role of Active Travel 

Lucy Saunders (Healthy Streets) : “How healthy streets encourage active travel“.

Stephen Edwards  (Living Streets) : “How more people walking makes streets safer, and safer streets make more people walk”.  

Tom Bogdanowicz (London Cycling Campaign) : “How cycling makes streets safer”.

Q& A      

Session 3 Removing danger by reducing motor traffic

Brenda Puech (RDRF) :  “LTNs and other measures to reduce motor traffic”.

Roger Geffen (Low Traffic Alliance) : “Traffic reduction affects Climate Change and pollution – not just road danger”.

Dr Robert Davis (Chair RDRF)    Closing Words.

…and here’s how to attend. Go to: https://rdrf-30yrs-webinar.eventbrite.co.uk/

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