Speed limit is dropped to 20mph in Plymouth road
TRAFFIC chiefs have imposed a 20mph speed limit in a street to help make cycling safer.
Plymouth City Council has ordered vehicles to slow down in Richmond Walk in Stonehouse.
Cllr Mark Coker, the cabinet member responsible for transport, has signed off a traffic regulation order reducing the 30mph speed limit.
Decision documents show the authority want to promote cycling and walking to promote links between different parts of the city.
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A report said Devonport and Stonehouse were divided from the rest of the city by busy roads, hills and military and private land not accessible to the public.
The council said that cycling in Plymouth has increased by a quarter since 2005.
The authority has spent £800,000 on cycling-related infrastructure, including a new cycle path through Stonehouse Creek close to Richmond Walk.
The council said that most residents supported the reduction in the speed limit during a consultation in May and June.
The authority said that because it is quiet, the low speed of traffic and its character, the road is suitable for an on-street path.
The Richmond Walk route forms part of the wider Connect2 network of cycling and walking routes.
Comments
by jabbathebutt
Monday, October 22 2012, 11:23PM
“Its virtualy impossible to do 30 mph in Richmond walk unless your one of those idiots chased by police . Its all relative . The road is so narrow and full of sharp bends that doing 30 feels like 60mph . Even cars that come round a bend at 15 mph feel fast when suddenly appearing - because you are doing 15 mph as well . A 30 MPH head on crash in Richmond walk equates to 60 Mph smash if both were doing the same . A very strange decision because of "cyclists" who have actualy more room to keep left than cars do.
I am in and out of there on a daily basis and to be honest .. if anyone is doing more than 15 mph already its a flaming miracle .”
by Dan_Spartan
Monday, October 22 2012, 9:47PM
“What a strange move. Cycling would be safer if people used cars instead.”
by Phil79
Monday, October 22 2012, 11:40AM
“In reply to IvyBiker:
Cyclists don't need to obey speed limits which only apply to motorised vehicles....check the Road Traffic Act.
But you can get prosecuted for 'cycling furiously' if riding too fast/dangerously.”
by IvyBiker
Monday, October 22 2012, 11:24AM
“i trust that the cyclists will be obeying the reduced speed limit too??
Wont be holding my breath......”
by Hearald
Monday, October 22 2012, 9:56AM
“so everything takes longer and prices go up again, more people can't afford to live, more crime, think people! not bike!”
by trudie2010
Monday, October 22 2012, 9:41AM
“All they have to do now is change the weather, and give us a flat landscape like Holland.”