Action Vision Zero, the campaign for safer, people-friendly streets and roads, has joined the London Boroughs Healthy Streets Scorecard (HSS) coalition. The HSS coalition is made up of transport, health, road safety and environment campaigns who have come together because we understand that the same… Read More »Action Vision Zero join HS Scorecard coalition
Healthy Streets are streets with minimal road danger. That’s because a key barrier to more walking and cycling is fear of collisions. And the most dangerous vehicles on our roads are HGVs which are involved in 50% of cyclist road deaths and 20% of pedestrian… Read More »Lorry standards to keep us safe
What are your borough’s ‘healthy streets’ targets? The Mayor develops the London-wide transport strategy and is responsible for Transport for London (TfL). The Mayor’s Transport Strategy (commonly referred to as the MTS) has three key targets: To increase the trips made by ‘sustainable mode of… Read More »The health of your borough’s streets
The impacts that noise can have on health may not be obvious, but they can be significant. As the London Mayor says in his Environment Strategy (March 2018): “As a world city, sound is an inevitable part of everyday life for Londoners… The impacts that… Read More »Health impact of noise pollution