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The only road improvements that seem to be getting made involve the suggestion of a 20mph limit and a pelican crossing. Can Mr MacIntyre explain to me why he is so confident that the children are not at risk?
There was a great deal of emphasis on 20mph zones, not all of which are in our gift—it is up to local authorities to implement those, although the Government has been asked to make it easier to achieve that.
I am a strong supporter of the last of those, because traffic calming also assists enforcement. Frankly, if we put up a 20mph sign, the speed merchants can ignore it.
I would welcome an indication from the minister that we will make more than a nodding acquaintance with 20mph limits and streets that are safe for everyone to use.
It has been doing similar work in its consultation on 20mph speed limits in Edinburgh.I have certainly seen a significant change in local authorities in the past 15 or 20 years as regards their awareness of the issues and their willingness to engage at scale with those issues.
They want safety measures to be taken, but they also want to put out the message that cycling is safe, because the perception that it might be unsafe may hold us back from achieving our targets to increase cycling.Many of the points in the pedal on Parliament manifesto—for example, 20mph speed limits—rely on local government action.
Patricia Ferguson and Nanette Milne noted how physical activity was part and parcel of life in the not-too-distant past. If we were to introduce more 20mph zones and the Living Streets model, that would provide far more opportunities for young people to play outside and for their parents to be more relaxed about that.