Fordham School Bus Appeal

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• Fordham School Bus Appeal
• 13 July 2006

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Agenda

• Safety
• Practicality
• Other Dangers
• Alternatives
• Green Damage
• Summary

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Safety Reports

• Incomplete Inaccurate
• Report 1/1.2 missing criteria
• The volume, nature and frequency of traffic,
  with heavy lorries on a narrow road travelling
  close to the pavement, the pavement in parts so
  narrow that a child would be unable to walk
  abreast with an accompanying adult, and the speed
  of the traffic in a 60mph area such that heavy
  vehicles caused a backwind which could knock a
  child of their feet
• Omission of speed limits
• Grass verge(s) not in good condition
• Incorrect footpath widths

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Overview of route
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Footpaths
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And when its wet
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Traffic Volumes Calming

• Volumes
• Volumes of traffic has decreased
• Because of this speeds have increased
• Traffic Calming
• Mildenhall Road safer route to school for
  primary school
• Carter Street calming is ineffective
• Carter Street still used as rat run
• Carter Street experiences excessive speeds
• Market Street, Soham Fordham Roads experience
  excessive speeds
• HGVs still use the route rather than the by-pass

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Traffic Surveys

• Survey 1
• Locations 1 2
• Location 1 unsuitable
• 4,000 vehicles not tracked
• Durations
• Location 1 1558 11 Apr 1528 27 Apr - 16
  days
• Location 2 1627 11 Apr 0635 25 Apr? - 14
  days
• As an average 35.5 of drivers were speeding
• Survey 2
• Locations 3 4
• Sensor at location 3 failed
• Durations
• Location 3 1002 22 Jun 0923 29 Jun - 7
  days
• Location 4 1031 07 Jun 1728 18 Jun - 11
  days?
• As an average 56.5 of drivers were speeding

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Cambridgeshire Safety Camera Partnership
If a child on foot is hit by a vehicle travelling
at 35mph, they are more than twice as likely to
die than if they were hit at 30mph. Staying well
within speed limits is therefore essential for
the safety of children who are walking and
cycling.
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How fast were cars travelling?
UK Department for Transport If you hit a
pedestrian while driving at 40mph the
pedestrians chance of dying is 90
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School Transport Policy

• Is a policy framework
• Isnt legally binding
• Is outdated for todays society
• It clearly needs looking at, and the one size
  fits all situations isnt working. We need to be
  able to adapt to differing situations.
• Conservative councils are already setting a
  clear path towards a new generation of school
  transport services

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The white elephant!

• At no stage were Fordhams residents asked a very
  important question

Would you prefer a free school bus, or a very
expensive bridge which nobody uses?
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The County say its safe
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Do you think its safe?