Pedestrian Liberation has just topped 25,000 page views since it started and is now regularly getting 2,000 page views a month which seems like a great time to launch a new Pedestrian Liberation Facebook group where people can discuss issues, ideas and plan responses. If you are interested in creating a better pedestrian environment then please sign up to the group and get talking. The group is ‘closed(open)’ which means that the discussion is only visible to members of the group(visible to everyone). There is no restriction on joining. Just just click ‘join group’ and you are in.
Fyi, here is our usage since we started:
Pageviews on Pedestrian Liberation to August 2011
And just here are the search terms people used to find the site over the past month. My favourities include:
- “which campaigns deals with pavements,road signs
- “can wheelie bins be left on dropped kerb
- “how to convince parents not to park their cars outside school gates for their own children’s safety
- “why are cars allowed to park on pavements?
- “how much does cow need living space” (not sure about that one!)
- “why are roadsigns placed on pavements to block pedestrians?
- “are people allowed to park on dropped kerbs?
- “cars obstructing pavement law definition uk
And here are some of the more popular search terms:
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can wheelie bins be left on dropped kerb 4
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dropped kerbs law 2
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Pedestrian Liberation 
I won’t be joining you on facebook, I can’t stand it.
I do understand. Facebook and Twitter are however great ways for people to encourage and support each other when standing up to all the nonsense and aggression out in the ‘real world’. It may also be a good way to start ‘democratising’ Pedestrian Liberation to a point where it is more of a collective project than a personal project. Possibly we need an group email list to discuss stuff as well, but for now lets see what response we get from others to the Facebook group invitation and take it from there.