Scary stuff was going on at Halloween in Oxford in 2002. This year there are road closures for events in Los Angeles, in Washington and also in in New York.
Road Witch trial 2002
Pedestrians are discriminated against
"In contrast to the changes made to every town and city to ease motor transport, walking has been made ever more unpleasant. Pedestrians have been treated with contempt. In a myriad of ways when we walk we are treated with less respect than when we drive". (quote for a cross-party parliamentary select committee report on walking in towns from 2001).
This blog documents how this discrimination works, what laws underpin it and what people are doing to counter it. Please take action and share your experiences in the comments section, on twitter or join our facebook group. Add photos to the Flickr pool. All photographs cc-by-sa 3.0 unless otherwise stated or obvious from the source.
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Recent Posts
- Today in Ipswich
- G4S – The public should not have to try to resolve civic issues like this
- Tell your story to the world!
- Puddles and splashes – poll
- Think ahead, think Streets Ahead – Campaign video from Guide Dogs
- Driving on the pavement
- Reclaiming the term ‘road user’ from the motoring lobby
- ‘Strengthing’ maximum parking standards by weakening them??
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- Anti-oppression theory
- At War With The Motorist
- BBC h2g2 Pavement parking
- Bristol – Bristol Traffic
- Community Severance
- DfT – Pavement Parking Management Research Report 2006
- DfT Traffic advisory leaflet 4/93 (1993 .pdf format)
- DfT, archived advice on combating pavement parking
- Disabled motoring UK
- Guide Dogs – Streets Ahead campaign
- International Federation of Pedestrians
- La banqueta se respeta
- Living Streets – 'Combating pavement parking' campaign
- Local Authorities Parking Website Pages
- Manchester's Advanced Drivers
- Moms on the road (Campaign in Greece)
- Mumsnet on pavement parking
- National Federation for the Blind – Pavement parking
- Oxford Pedestrians Association
- Parliamentary Select Committee report on Walking in Towns and Cities (2001)
- Parliamentary Transport Select committee – Parking accessibility (7th report 2006)
- Pedestrian Liberation Facebook group
- Pedestrian liberation twitter feed
- Pedestrian Safety
- Reinventing parking
- Responsible Parking Alliance
- RNIB – Pavement parking campaign
- Transport for all
- Waltham Forest – Cycling and walking blog
- Wiral Pedestrians
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