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Safer Streets: road safety, good practice and knowledge sharing
Kensington High StreetChallenging convention
Mahmood Siddiqi
Bi-Borough Director for Transport and Highways
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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Kensington High StreetChallenging convention
Why change?
What did we do differently
Would we do it again?
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Effective accident reduction measures?
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Establish priority and segregate
(c) Ben Hamilton-Baillie
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Impact on the public realm of a ‘more is more’ approach
fussy paving
street clutter
road marking
coloured surfacing
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Ground rules for Kensington High Street
simplicity
consistency
quality
clutter-free
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Rectilinear kerb line
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Simplified junctions
afterbefore
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Low-maintenance street furniture
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Attention to detail
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Guardrailing removed…
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... even on staggered pedestrian crossings
• statutory regs met
• advice/ guidance/ practice rejected
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Accidents
Casualties went down at a
faster rate than the rest of
the borough
Before: average annual rate between March 98 and February 2001
After: average annual rate between September 2003 and March 2005
Drop in casualties ‘before and after’ scheme
-22
-26
-14
-18
-43
-25 -26
-35
-64
-18
-35
-44
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
Pedestrian Cyclists Motorcyles All
%
London
RBKC
KHS
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Streetscape policy
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Manual for Streets – place & movement