Traffic Management

TfL committed a substantial level of investment on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN) over the last year to address the inherited backlog of maintenance and produce an overall improvement in its quality.

In November 2007 the London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No.2) Bill was deposited in Parliament.

The Streetscape Guidance report gives advice and information to Transport for London staff who look after the design, appearance and upkeep of London's streets and roads.

This is a website designed for transport professionals and politicians at all levels, from local authorities, PTEs, government bodies and transport consultancies. The Network will provide you with the means of sharing good practice, carrying out process and performance related benchmarking and will enable the development of transport policy ideas on a national level.

The UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) brings together national and local government from across the UK to consider roads infrastructure engineering and operations matters.

The Influencing Travel Behaviour programme is designed to promote sustainable travel and reduce congestion on England's 'strategic road network'. Through this the Agency aims to cut congestion by influencing travel behaviour, providing access to information to help people make *smarter travel choices and introducing demand management measures in areas prone to congestion. Our strategy in taking this forward aims to balance the needs of people to travel with the available capacity of the road network. We aim to support the country's economic success whilst addressing environmental objectives. Key to achieving this is to reduce the amount of traffic on the road, in particular, the demand for private car journeys.

In February 2005 the sixth Parking Forum reported on Parking for Disabled Motorists. That paper made eighteen recommendations to improve conditions for Blue Badge holders. The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of two impor tant current initiatives which embrace many of those recommendations, to consider the current validity of the remainder and to use the wide experience of Forum members to identify further recommendations.

The third good practice manual jointly prepared by GRSP, WHO, the FIA Foundation and the World Bank, on speed management, was launched by GRSP ahead of the United Nations General Assembly discussion on road safety later this month. Speed has been identified as a key risk factor in road traffic injuries, influencing both the risk of a road traffic crash as well as the severity of the injuries that result from crashes. For instance, pedestrians have a 90% chance of survival if hit by a car travelling at a speed of 30km/h or below, but less than a 50% chance of surviving an impact of 45km/h or above. This speed management manual proposes simple, effective and low-cost solutions to excessive and inappropriate speed that can be implemented on a national or local level. It targets governments, non-governmental organizations and road safety practitioners, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries. The manual is based on a modular structure that provides evidence, examples, case studies and practical steps on how to manage vehicle speed. The manual essentially provides guidance on the following: The background evidence on why speed is a risk factor and why it is important to start a speed management programme; The steps needed to undertake a problem assessment in a country; How to plan and implement a programme, including setting up a working group, developing a plan, examples of laws and enforcement, how to develop public education and publicity campaigns; and finally How to evaluate the programme.