30km/h news for Australia and New Zealand
December 2022:
30Please supports the newly founded Better Streets movement. The group aims to supercharge the process of reclaiming street space for walking and cycling in our cities and towns. One of their 5 key asks involves 30km/h speeds in residential streets. https://www.betterstreets.info/
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June 2022 – Australia:
“Smith and Dr John Crozier, chair of the national trauma committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, both advocate for urban speed limits of 30km/h, noting this halves the risk of pedestrian death.”
Experts push for 30km/h limit as traffic incidents lead youth deaths (The Age)
May 2022 – Australia:
“Speed limits on inner-city suburban streets could also be cut to 30km/h in some areas to make roads more appealing to cyclists and pedestrians, while country speed limits are also being reconsidered.”
Congestion tax in the mix for Sydney CBD, secret document reveals (SMH)
April 2022
30Please founder Lena Huda was invited to speak at a panel at the NSW Mobility Summit.
February 2022 – Australia:
Safe Streets to School Wollongong urges our federal politicians to keep kids safe on roads (Illawarra Mercury)
“New alliance makes lower urban speed limits number one transport priority.“
November 2021 – Australia:
“Dropping speed limits to 30km/h is the easiest way to revitalise Sydney’s high streets, a report has found.“
The ‘easiest way’ to revive Sydney’s cherished high streets (SMH)
October 2021 – Australia:
“Australian governments should consider lowering urban speed limits to 30km/h, as Paris and other global cities are doing, to reduce pollution and accidents.”
October 2021 – Australia:
“The new speed limits in Paris are part of the World Health Organisation’s 2020 Stockholm Declaration, which recommends cities establish a 30km/h limit where there is a mix of vulnerable road users and motor-vehicle traffic, and otherwise limit speeds on all urban roads to 50km/h. If Melbourne signed up, we’d be joining London, Washington, DC, New York, Berlin, Bogota, Ho Chi Minh City and many more cities.”
Safer roads for cyclists, pedestrians would get us back on public transport (WAtoday)
October 2021 – Australia:
“Moruya is the first regional town in NSW to drop a speed limit to 30”
Could the rest of Moruya’s CBD become 30km/h? (Narooma News)
September 2021 – Australia:
“On Monday, speed limits on almost all streets in Paris decreased to 30kph. They say it’s aimed at both decreasing emissions and making the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Should Paris’s 30kph speed limit be adopted in Australia? – The Backstory with Matt Bevan (ABC Radio RN Breakfast)
It’s in keeping with a UN agreement to reduce speeds in areas where vulnerable road users and vehicles frequently mix”
August 2021 – Australia:
“Bus lanes on the Princes Highway, more 30km/h zones and turning the Wollongong CBD into a “cycling city” are among the proposals in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Regional Transport Plan.”
‘Get out of your car’ – govt’s transport plan for the future (Illawarra Mercury)
“The final plan also includes delivery of a 30 km/h zone in Helensburgh town centre to improve pedestrian safety, and proposes investigations into safety and reliability upgrades for Appin Road.”
Transport Plan to provide blueprint for Illawarra-Shoalhaven travel (Infrastructure Magazine)
May 2021 – Australia:
“Research shows 30km/h speed limits on local residential streets could reduce the Australian road death toll by 13%. The economic benefit would be about A$3.5 billion every year.”
Busted: 5 myths about 30km/h speed limits in Australia (The Conversation)
February 2021 – Australia:
“Wollongong local Lena Huda, who moved to the city from Europe, founded 30 Please, which advocates for safer speed limits near schools and works alongside council members in the Cycling Champions Advisory Group of Wollongong Council. The group plays an active role in hosting the world championship, and rolling out the 2030 strategy.”
From steel city to bike city: Wollongong pins hopes on becoming world-class cycling destination (The Guardian)