20mph: Love Your Street!

20mph zone

Living Streets, together with our local activists, is launching a new campaign to push for default 20mph within individual local authorities wherever people live, work or play. 20mph speed limits have proven to reduce vehicle-related injuries and fatalities, improve air quality, cut carbon emissions, reduce noise, and encourage walking and cycling.

We have started lobbying on a national level for policies that make it easier for local authorities to approve a 20mph speed limit. By working with our local contacts and groups we will be able to campaign effectively at a grassroots level to build support throughout the UK for 20mph limits.

In January 2006 new DfT guidance came out (DfT circular 01/2006) allowing local authorities to implement 20mph speed limits across large areas without having to install new traffic calming measures. Since then, a growing number of local authorities have decided to adopt 20mph as the default speed in their area. The list now includes Leicester, Norwich, Oxford, Portsmouth, Newcastle, large areas of Bristol, and the London Borough of Islington.

We have created 20 mph campaign packs for our local activists, with press releases, fact sheets, template letters to local authorities, and other materials. These are all available to download below. You can either download the documents as individual files or as one pdf.

We believe that the time is right to put people first and make 20mph the norm in all our neighbourhoods. Please join us and get active where you live! If you have questions or want to find a local group to volunteer with, please contact
Joshua.hart@livingstreets.org.uk

Click on the link below to download the whole campaign pack in PDF format:

20mph Campaign Pack PDF (3916Kb)

Alternatively you can download the documents within the pack separately:
20mph Introduction letter

20mph Intro Letter PDF (96Kb)

20mph Front Cover

20mph Front cover PDF (100Kb)

20 mph campaign pack contents
20mph Campaign Pack Contents PDF (76Kb)

Dispelling Myths

20mph Dispelling Myths PDF (88Kb)

20 mph Case Studies provide a glimpse of how three London living Streets groups successfully lobbied for 20mph in their boroughs.

20mph Case Studies PDF (96Kb)

Sample letters to MP's and Local Councillors will allow you to generate a large number of constituent letters to your elected representatives.

20mph MP letter MS Word (644Kb)

Give Westminster your views on the future of road safety in Britain:

Supporter Letter and background to A Safer Way MS Word (51Kb)

Strength to Strength: Building Local Capacity has tips about how to grow and develop your group.

20mph Strength to Strength PDF (77Kb)

The Win: Planning a Campaign from Start to Finish provides guidance on how to get the public and your local politicians on board.

20mph The Win-Planning a Campaign PDF (87Kb)

Media Tips for a Successful Campaign will help if you haven't had much experience with the media.

20mph Media Tips PDF (81Kb)

Sample 20mph Press Release can be adapted and sent out to local media to build support for your campaign.

Press Release Template for Local Groups MS Word (182Kb)

How to Write a Successful Press release provides guidance on how to write your own release. Our media team can assist you with advice if needed.

How to write a press release PDF (78Kb)

Order Form for Campaign Materials can be used to order materials to use to promote your local group and 20mph campaign, including 20mph Stickers, a Driven to Excess research summary posters.

Local groups ordering sheet PDF (3554Kb)

80th Anniversary Street Party Guide: we're encouraging our volunteers to hold a series of street parties to celebrate Living Streets' 80th anniversary in August. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbours, help people see their street in a new light, and build support for 20mph.

80th Street Party PDF (94Kb)

Joshua Hart

Network Development Manager
For more information or if you have questions about the content of this page, please contact Joshua Hart
Email: joshua.hart@livingstreets.org.uk