London Road Safety Council one-day conference

Story from Road Safety GB.

The agenda has been published for a one-day conference taking place in London next month, which will examine the future of road safety in the Capital.

Organised by the London Road Safety Council (LRSC) , the free-to-attend conference takes place at Palestra – the Southwark-based home of TfL – on 2nd November.

The conference is intended to be of interest local authority road safety professionals and elected members from London and beyond, as well as other stakeholders.

The event will see David Davies, executive Director of PACTS, outline the case for the restoration of national casualty reduction targets – referencing a new report which urges the Government to adopt a set of road safety ‘performance indicators’.

Liz Knight, vice-president of the LRSC, and Saul Jeavons from the Transafe Network, will present the results of a project looking at the future of road safety education in London.

Rory McMullan (City of London) and Mark Bland (Waltham Forest) will discuss ‘Vision Zero’ in their respective boroughs, while Michael Cordon from Cycle Confident will explain to delegates how to get their communities cycling.

Other topics on the agenda include:

• changes to rider and driver training legislation
• reducing speed limits
• school streets
•  social media

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