CANBERRA PEDESTRIAN FORUM NEWS
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June
23. ACT Government re-launches online FIX MY STREET, where Canberrans can report neighbourhood issues such as cracked footpaths. Canberrans can also use the service to track their request online. To report a problem, Canberrans need to simply fill out a form, give a brief description of the problem and the location and click the send button. Users can identify the location via a clickable map and upload photos to accompany their report.
Fix My Street can be accessed through www.act.gov.au and www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au.
April
13. Download our May newsletter.
April
22:
Road
Users Working Group meeting
20:
ACT
Dept. of Territory and Municipal Services advises that it will not
progress the proposal for motorcycle
parking on footpaths.
March
29
March. Better car
design could save pedestrians.
Centre for Automotive Safety Research seminar
31 March and ABC
News report.
Pedestrian
crossings promote walking and cycling to school by children.
A report from the Netherlands shows that a safe traffic situation is
more important than play areas and green surroundings to increase
physical activity levels of children in residential areas. More
...
9 March. Canberra fails Road Rules test (media release).
5 March. Comments due on draft ACT Sustainable Energy Policy.
2 March. United Nations proclaims Decade of Action for Road Safety.
February
25 February. Roads
ACT advises that our test footpath
request has been rated low priority.
23
February. Walking
School Bus Reference Group.
22
February:
Healthy
Communities Initiative Quality Assurance Framework Workshop.
1
February. Our
test footpath
request is submitted to Roads ACT, who commit to contacting us
within ten business days.
2009
22
December: ACT
Government announces funding for cycle path and footpath
maintenance
The
ACT Government has commenced a $2.85 million maintenance drive to
repair and upgrade Canberra's cycle paths and footpaths,.
14
December: Canberra Pedestrian Forum strategic
planning workshop
developed
a Vision and Mission, and a draft set of Aims and Objectives for the
Canberra Pedestrian Forum.
Rodney Tolley visit, 16-17 November.
6
November Media Release – Last chance to ask for a footpath.
The
ACT Government's draft 7-year Pedestrian and Cyclist infrastructure
plans will be on display from Monday 9 November to Sunday 15 November
2009 on the TAMS
website and in Gungahlin, Tuggeranong, Woden, Belconnen and
Civic. The public comment period runs from Monday 9 November to
Friday 4 December 2009. Click
here to read the media release.
“Champions
for Cultural Change” Walking Forum, Melbourne October 26
We
have been invited to attend an important forum for key stakeholders
and champions for walking development across government and
non-government sectors. The forum aims to contribute to shaping
directions and continuing to build momentum for future national
walking development. Click
here for more information.
22 October. The ACT Government has responded to our review of the ACT Road Rules Handbook. Click here to see the response.
Our 19 October Submission on Australian Road Rules 9th Amendment Package calls for a review of traffic light Rules for pedestrians, in the light of their poor road safety and traffic congestion performance.
New
push for safer roads in Canberra
The
NRMA and the ACT Road Safety Trust will fund research into ways to
get the road safety message through to Canberra drivers:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/07/2706688.htm
Walking
Forward in the 21st Century in New York, US (October 6-9)
The
annual international walking conference will be hosted by the New
York City Department of Transportation. The aim of Walk21 is to make
an inspiring and powerful global gathering of the best urban
planners, leaders and visionaries, and a major contribution to the
worldwide effort to achieve sustainable cities for people.
http://www.walk21.com/newyork/newyork.html
23
September 2009: Pedestrian safety and the ACT Road Rules
Handbook
Pedestrians
can safely take their turn in crossing roads, but only if drivers
understand when they should give way to pedestrians. Our review of
the Australian Capital Territory Road Rules Handbook shows some
serious deficiencies in the advice that it provides to drivers.
http://grapevine.net.au/~mccluskeyarundell/Pedestrian_safety&ACT_Road_Rules_Handbook.pdf
The
Benefits of Cycling and Walking
A
leading source of information outlining the benefits of walking and
cycling to public health from Dr. Adrian Davis from Active Bristol,
UK. This evidence is especially useful for helping to strengthen
active travel campaigns. http://www.acttravelwise.org/news/1358
Is
Germany Changing its Transport Usage?
A
study on mobility in Germany from 2002-2008, which shows a huge
increase in the number of journeys people take without a car, and it
seems that more and more Germans are opting to use sustainable
transportation. http://www.x-rail.net/render.asp?o=7168#1
ACT
Transport Roundtable 27 July
See
our Press Release: Footpaths
the key to sustainable transport.
How
walkable is your community?
ELSTERNWICK
is a "walkers' paradise" according to a website tally
designed to help residents find feet-friendly neighbourhoods. The
inner-Melbourne suburb scored 97 out of 100 in data compiled by US
based Walk Score, making it the most "walkable suburb" in
Glen Eira - and one of the most walkable suburbs in Australia.
Read
more:
http://caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/elsternwick-s-a-stroll-in-the-park/
Find your suburb's Walk Score http://www.walkscore.com/
July:
Letter
to the editor on the death of a pedestrian in Canberra.
“Victoria
Walks” website launched: see http://www.victoriawalks.org.au
Media
Release: Pedestrians
take to the streets 13
May 2009
2008
Submission
on bullbars - Australian vehicle standards rules amendment
package 2008 19
September 2008.
Submission
on giving way to pedestrians when turning left - proposed 2008
changes to Australian Road Rules July
2008.
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