1'Story So Far

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Kingston upon Hull

• 1. Story So Far
• Background
• Number of 20mph zones
• Funding of zones
• Types of Measures installed
• 2. A Success? What Lessons Have Been Learnt
• Accidents Speed
• Emergency Services Bus Operators
• Public Consultations

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Kingston upon Hull

• 3. The Future (Our Plan for the next 5 years)
• Revisiting Existing Schemes After Surveys
• Home Zones
• More 20mph Zones
• 4. MACSI (Midmere Area Child Safety Initiative)
• What We Are Trying To Achieve
• Community Participation

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Kingston upon Hull
The Story So Far
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Background

• Population approx. 258,000 (320,000 greater Hull)
• Very flat
• Around 37 Council tenants
• Hull 51 households with no car - National 32
• 10 walk to work, 14 cycle to work
• Traffic growth less than 1
• Known as "Hump City" (over 1400 road humps)

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The story so far
First scheme with road humps First 20mph zone
installed First speed cushions (on minor bus
route) 50th 20mph zone in Hull Changed to 75mm
humps 100th 20mph zone in Yorks Humb 85 20mph
zones in Hull
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Funding of zones

• Local safety scheme 38
• Corridor scheme 26
• Single Regeneration Budget 8
• Housing Action Area 9
• Total funded from mixed sources 46

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Types of measures installed so far

• 46 schemes with humps only
• 14 schemes with cushions only
• 2 schemes with no physical measures
• 24 schemes with mixed cushions humps
• 16 schemes including road narrowings / priority
  workings
• 1 scheme with pedestrian priority signals
• Various other usual measures (tables, raised
  crossings etc..)

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Kingston upon Hull
A Success ? What Lessons Have Been Learnt
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Road casualties
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Overall Casualty Picture
All casualties
Child casualties
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Typical accident reductions within zones
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Typical speed reductions
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Emergency Services Bus Operators

• Position until late 1998
• all measures supported by all Emergency Services
• annual meeting approval of minutes
• occasional site trials

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Emergency Services Bus Operators

• Current position
• regular meetings 3-4 times each year
• schemes to include minimum number of measures
• vertical measures to be a maximum 75mm high
• cushions to be 2.1m wide with 550mm side slopes
• cushions must be protected by waiting
  restrictions
• speed table ramps on local distributors to be
  1800mm long

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Emergency Services Bus Operators

• Current position
• bollards to be placed adjacent to measures as
  markers
• revisit early schemes to make Ambulance
  Friendly
• street renaming for all one ways closures
• looking at crime disorder issues with Police
• improve bus stops facilities as part of scheme
• disciplinary action will be taken against any bus
  driver caught exceeding 20mph in zones

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Working with Bus Operators
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Public consultation

• Currently
• leaflet questionnaire to all households on all
  schemes
• presentations to Ward Forums and Residents
  Associations
• public exhibition on some schemes
• feedback sessions leaflets to update residents
  on progress

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Typical response rates

• 10 - 40 response rates to questionnaires
• 80 - 90 in favour of 20mph zones
• 70 - 80 in favour of humps/cushions
• 60 in favour of narrowings/priority workings
• We still have over 70 sites where
  petitions/requests for traffic calming have been
  received

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Customised signs
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Kingston upon Hull
The Future Our Plan For The Next 5 Years
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Revisiting existing schemes

• For next few years we plan to spend 70k/year to
• revisit at least 3 zones/year
• carry out after perception attitude surveys
  (Best Value)
• address Emergency Services' concerns
• update measures to latest designs
• amend measures to satisfy residents where
  possible.

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After Studies
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After Studies
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Home Zones

• 1st Home Zone (phase 1) complete mid-June 2000 as
  part of an area 20mph Zone (Local Safety Scheme).
  Phase 2 starting soon
• Recently received requests for Home Zones (one
  from an existing 20mph Zone)
• Considering home zones as part of future traffic
  calming/20mph zones

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More 20mph Zones

• Where scheme can be justified on accident terms
• Outside schools as part of SRTS
• Must ensure that there is no significant affect
  on Ambulance response times. We may need to
  adjust nearby schemes as part of proposals
• As part of strategic speed review
• The 1st authority with 100 zones?

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Case Study - MACSI
Midmere Avenue Child Safety Initiative
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MACSI

• Population 3500
• 26 inj acc in 3 years
• 4 schools
• established bus route

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MACSI - What we are trying to achieve?

• Reduce casualties by at least 50
• Improve access for emergency services
• Provide 4 safer routes to school packages
• Install 20mph zones and traffic calming where
  appropriate
• Develop home zones where residents are in favour
• Improve public transport facilities
• Extend cycle and pedestrian links throughout the
  area

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MACSI - Community Participation

• Residents Committee
• School Council
• Neighbourhood Forums / Meetings
• Public exhibitions
• Leaflets questionnaires

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MACSI - Decision Making
Area Committee
Neighbourhood Forum
Officer Working Group
Residents Committee
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MACSI

• Year 1
• Emergency access road
• 20mph zone on main route to address accidents
• School zones
• Year 2
• Extend safer routes initiatives
• Play Facilities
• Year 3
• Home zones

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