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1 August 2002 |
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Other
news in brief…
A song
has been written to encourage children to participate in the Walk
to School initiative. The song was written and produced by Michael
Redway of Redrock and is available free of charge. Information about
how to obtain and use the song can be obtained from Michael Redway,
redrock@mike83.freeserve.co.uk
or Robert Smith, r.smith@dorset-cc.gov.uk,
who heads up the Walk to School initiative.
July
saw the start of operational trials of the Cambridgeshire Safety
Camera Partnership’s mobile enforcement vans. "The operators
of these units have been fully trained and the equipment has been
rigorously tested," said the Partnership’s Andy Chatfield.
"However, as this is the first time mobile cameras have been
used in this way in Cambridgeshire we needed to test the system in
operational conditions." The bright yellow and blue vans operated
on several of the county’s ‘A’ class roads in locations
where there is a history of KSIs - as required by the recently introduced
Government guidelines.
The updated
Safe Routes pages on the NTWA website, www.travelwise.org.uk,
have provoked a reaction from people working in the field. "On
the whole this new resource has been welcomed," said webmaster,
Mike Motteram. "Our latest update takes on board developments
in research and responds to those who felt we rather skirted over
some subjects." The new entries include; behaviour on school
buses; the social and health benefits of walking to school; the Yellow
Bus pilot scheme; and car sharing. A further update is planned for
September and comments and ideas can be emailed to mike.motteram@et.suffolkcc.gov.uk
The Bedfordshire
road safety team has a seatbelt sled that it is offering free
of charge to anyone who might have a use for it. The sled is ten years
old and was donated to Bedfordshire in 1998. It’s hardly been
used since then but is apparently looking a little the worse for wear.
Anyone interested should contact Bill Brady at bradywa@deed.bedfordshire.gov.uk
and will need to be prepared to come and collect it.
Suffolk
County Council has published three draft strategies for the future
of public transport in the county – on buses, ticketing and information
- for public consultation via council’s website, wwsw.suffolkcc.gov.uk/e-and-t/transport/draftstrategies.html.
"It is a key priority for the council to encourage more people
to use public transport," said Joan Girling, a
member of the council’s executive committee. "These strategies
have been drawn up using feedback from service users and service providers
and contain many innovative ideas on how we can make public transport
in Suffolk more attractive."
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