Getting There - On Foot, By Cycle - Priority 9 Part 2
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A strategy to advance walking and cycling in New Zealand transport
February 2005
Improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists a priority for Road Safety to 2010 strategy
The Government's Road Safety to 2010 strategy, released in October 2003, aims to reduce road casualties to no more than 300 deaths and 4 500 hospitalisations a year by the end of 2010, achieving this through combined engineering, enforcement and education action.
One of the Road Safety to 2010 strategy's key priority areas is improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Efforts in this area recognise that safety is critical to and must support and encourage walking and cycling.
As part of the Road Safety to 2010 strategy and in response to the draft Getting there - on foot, by cycle strategy, in 2003 the Land Transport New Zealand - Safety (formerly Land Transport Safety Authority) began work on a draft Pedestrian and Cyclist Road Safety Framework. The draft Framework, which was the subject of extensive consultation with stakeholders, expands on the safety issues and approach outlined in Priority 9 of Getting there - on foot, by cycle.
It also identifies an initial plan of action for improving pedestrian and cyclist safety, in particular the research required to underpin further activity. Research undertaken in 2004 focused on developing further understanding about:
- best practice safety education and promotion initiatives
- the relationship between school travel plans and improving safety
- why people may not walk or cycle, including the role of safety perceptions within their decision making.
Ongoing refinement of the Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety Framework and further development of its action plans will be incorporated into the collaborative planning processes and implementation plans of Getting there - on foot, by cycle.
Other Road Safety to 2010 strategy initiatives introduced in 2003 for pedestrian and cyclist safety included the development of a 'Safe Routes' programme for communities where pedestrians and/or cyclists may be at high risk of injury, and the production of new facility and network design guidelines for walking and cycling (described on page 21).
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