Founder & Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

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Rod King

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  • published 2015 - The Tipping Point Year for 20's Plenty in Blogs 2016-01-05 08:10:45 +0000

    2015 - The Tipping Point Year for 20's Plenty

    At this time of the year it is traditional to take stock of achievements and progress in the preceding year. For 20’s Plenty for Us then perhaps 2015 will be seen as the “tipping point” when the whole campaign took on new dimensions and success. It does not mean that in 2015 we achieved our aims of delivering a 20mph limit as the norm for all residential streets in the UK, but was the year when we started to see that that aim was going to be deliverable in the foreseeable future.

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  • published 20mph Council Myth Buster in Briefings 2015-12-04 15:24:01 +0000

    20mph Council Myth Buster

    Whilst many urban councils have pressed ahead with 20mph limits, some County and, particularly Shire Councils have not always told the truth if reluctant to implement 20mph. We bust the common 20mph myths.

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  • commented on Independent Age 2015-11-27 10:12:31 +0000
    Thank you Bob. A perspective from the Alliance of British Drivers is always useful.

    I am sure that other readers can make up their own minds regarding “progress and dogma”.

  • published France expands 20mph (30km/h) cities in Blogs 2015-10-15 09:03:55 +0100

    France expands 20mph (30km/h) cities

    French cities are adopting wide-area 30km/h (20mph) limits with their 30 zones. Here we reproduce a translated page of "Rue de l'Avenir" website who campaign for better a better and more live-able urban environment in France.

    You can view the original page (in French)  here

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  • commented on Campaign 2018-06-17 11:22:53 +0100
    Hi Jane

    I think that you will find the parking charge issue will come and go. But unless people campaign for lower speed limits then it is unlikely that the consensus change about how we drive in the presence of people will ever change. Waiting for some sort of technical solution will take some time and needs that consensus change.

    Across the country and county campaigns are making a difference and making the strong support for lower speed limits visible to councillors so that they can set the correct speed limits. We will contact you to see how we can help further and also link up with other campaigns in the area, including the Kent wide campaign.

    Best wishes

    Rod

  • commented on Important new wins for 20mph speed limits in London 2015-10-07 21:36:53 +0100
    Martyn

    Thank you for your comment. However, I would suggest that if you drove 14 miles across London, then unless you were taking all residential roads then very little of it would have been on roads with 20mph limits. I would further suggest that your average speed was not due to the speed limit but due to the number of cars on the roads. You will find data on our site which shows that 20mph limits actually reduce emissions from diesel cars.

    The comment about speed bumps increasing emissions is only where people illegally speed between the bumps. It is acceleration which causes most emissions, plus brake and tyre emissions from braking. Hence this is not a factor in the wide-area 20mph limits without speed bumps that we campaign for.

  • commented on Form a campaign 2016-11-13 17:19:52 +0000
    Hi Luke

    We would be pleased to help. I will email you.

    Best regards

    Rod

  • commented on Massive NOx and PM10 emission reductions from 20mph limits 2015-10-11 11:41:02 +0100
    See the new report from Brake calling on government to cut the red tape on 20mph limit and implement a national 20mph limit. http://www.brake.org.uk/news/1488-government-red-tape-puts-brakes-on-20mph-limits

  • published 20mph: A Litmus Test of Public Health Outdoors in Briefings 2015-09-19 17:11:54 +0100

    20mph: A Litmus Test of Public Health Outdoors

    Road injuries hurt an estimated 1% of people a year and its rising. Tackling road risk is key to public health improvement outdoors for all ages. Community-wide 20mph limits confer huge health economic returns in casualties avoided and in active travel exercise gains.  

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  • commented on 20mph Places 2016-01-06 12:22:42 +0000
    David

    We can do that. Note that current DfT guidance states quite clearly that arterial and main roads can be set with 20mph limits. What we say is that any speed limit above 20mph should be justifiable and take full account of the needs of vulnerable road users. Local officers, councillors and communities are best placed to decide such exceptions and inclusions.

  • 20’s Plenty - The Foundation for Active Travel

    Being active is the ‘wonder drug’ that more Britons should be taking regularly.  The greatest gains in health are from regular activities like walking or cycling locally.  20mph speed limits are a crucial platform for people to choose active travel. All local transport methods and journeys become safer and more pleasant. 20mph helps keep people safe and gets their legs moving more often!

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  • Campaigners - Get 20mph on Group Meetings/Agendas

    Successful ways to campaign for 20mph limits include demonstrating community support to local politicians. Getting on the agenda of each major Party political group meeting can really help councillors to understand and vote for a Total 20mph policy. Win by speaking direct to those with power to set local road speeds

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  • published Videos in Info 2015-08-12 06:08:35 +0100

    Our Videos

    20's Plenty for Us are featured in these videos:

    On 9th Oct 2024 20's Plenty hosted a conference with Landor LInks and sponsored by the Project Centre. 

    Presentations were made by Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall and Surrey councils on how they are delivering 20mph limits as a norm to communities. The Project Centre also gave a perspective.

    The online conference was attended by 500 delegates and demonstrates the huge interest from councils around the country in setting 20mph as a norm.

    For more information contact [email protected]


    20's Plenty were asked to present at the European Transport Conference in Antwerp on 20th Sep 2024. Here the presentation is re-recorded.


    Not a video but a podcast discussion between Rod King and Wendy Nash of "Getting around Cabo Carfree" in Queensland, Australia.


    Our presentation at the Irish Road Safety Authority International Conference on Speed in October 2022


    Anna Semlyen presents on 20's Plenty and the environment


    The UK national 30mph limit is no longer fit for purpose. This is our presentation at the Road Safety GB Festival of Road Safety where we present on why the national urban speed limit should be changed to 20mph.


    Anna Semlyen talks about how Parish Councils can get 20mph for their place 


    At the Spotlight on Wales webinar looking at their national 20mph plans we feature several speakers

    Dr Adrian Davis reports on the results from the 2020 implementation of 20mph across Scottish Border roads.

    Dr Sarah Jones makes the case for the national 20mph limit for Wales.

    Rod King puts the Welsh 20mph plans into the international context.


    We host a webinar on setting 20mph and 30km/h default urban limits at national level. 


    We collaborate with the Global Alliance of Road Safety NGOs in a 2hr webinar on effective activism. 

    This two-hour session explores the major factors in successfully influencing decisions made by politicians and those in authority. It will discuss the issues from an activist’s perspective and will explore the key elements in successful activism. 

    Download PDF of Mind Map used.


    We take part in the Act on Road Danger Webinar to prospective Police and Crime Commissioners


    And here is another on compliance


    A new video from Anna Semlyen, Campaign Manager on how we can help communities gain a 20mph limit.


    We were delighted to have a webinar in the Green Transport Recovery series dedicated to 20mph/30kmh limits. 


    Recently medics and Public Health Professionals called for a national 20mph limit to reduce the road traffic casualty baseline load on the NHS. This appeared in the British Medical Journal at https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/03/24/can-we-improve-the-nhss-ability-to-tackle-covid-19-through-emergency-public-health-interventions/

    In response we have created a video in support of this and adding some of our own perspective.


    We created a webinar on campaigning for speed reduction for the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. This is used to empower campaigners across the world as part of their "Capacity Building" program for NGOs


    10 reasons why Scottish Government should support Safer Streets Bill


    Welsh Government announces default 20mph limit


    20 Questions on 20's Plenty


    We love this video from Auckland Transport in New Zealand explaining the benefits of 30km/h limits.

     


    Short Debate in the Welsh Assembly on a default 20mph limit for Wales


    Jago's Story

    What happens when an incident turns into a casualty?


    Founder and Campaign Director of 20's Plenty for Us, Rod King,  was asked to speak at the annual Academic Lecture held by the Road Safety Authority of Ireland on the subject of 30km/h speed limits at the start of their annual Road Safety Week on 2nd October 2017.


    Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation on the importance of reducing vehicle speeds for the 4th UN Global Road Safety Week, 8th-14th May 2017. We are delighted to have been chosen by WHO to write the Slow Down Day Toolkit for use by campaigners around the world.


    Thanks to StreetFilms of New York who have recently created a new video that shows our success.


    They also produced a video showing the way that 20mph limits arte being used in the City of London


    Also see how they have been rolled out across the London Boroughs from 2012 to Sept 2015


    and Transport for London is now progressively upgrading its arterial roads to 20mph


    Here is a presentation made at the International Child Road Safety Conference in Dublin. You can watch it in Vimeo.


    In April 2015 The Middle Way Society approached us with an interest in the way that we worked with communities and councils to deliver a more balanced use of roads. The interview with Rod King was turned into a podcast which is available here.


    For our 2014 20's Plenty conference we conducted an interview with the Under Secretary of State for Transport - Robert Goodwill MP


    Here is the video we made reporting on road casualties in the London Borough of Westminster


    In May 2013 we were asked to give a Masterclass on campaigning for 20mph limits by the Movement for Liveable London as part of 3Spaces Re:THINK festival held in association with ourselves and Living Streets. The videos were produced by Brian Jones from Media for the Web

    Rod King MBE presented on how to campaign effectively

    Caroline Russell of Islington Living Streets

    Jeremy Leach of 20's Plenty for Us and Jacqueline Saunders of Camden Council


    Here is the first video made by StreetFilms of New York


    And here is the video of one of earliest national conferences in Warrington after they had decided to set a 20mph limit for most roads.


  • followed How 20mph limits benefits bus operators 2015-05-16 23:27:31 +0100

    How 20mph limits benefits bus operators

    Rather than being an added imposition, bus operators should see 20mph limits as benefiting their customers and resulting in lower operating costs .

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  • published Public Health wants 20mph Limits in Briefings 2015-05-15 20:43:16 +0100

    Public Health wants 20mph Limits

    Public Health leaders are increasingly identifying wide-area 20mph limits as key for liveability & health equality. Speed reduction tackles risk, inactivity, obesity, isolation & is child, disability, elderly & dementia friendly.

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  • published Winning with 20mph: Awards and Desirability in Briefings 2015-05-15 20:29:47 +0100

    Winning with 20mph: Awards and Desirability

    Warrington has won 20mph awards and praise as has Brighton.  Bristol was voted ‘most desirable city’ in the UK. Cambridge, Britain’s innovation centre, also has 20mph limits.  The UK’s most celebrated places are winning prestigious prizes for 20mph.

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  • published Our Team (contacts) in Who we are 2015-05-15 18:22:52 +0100

    Our Team

    20s Plenty for Us CIC is a small team who support thousands of residents, councillors & officers, MPs and transport professionals wanting their places to be "better places to be"

    Rod King MBE

    Founder & Chair

    07973 639781

    [email protected]

    @20splentyforus

     RodKing_at_Conference_Gdansk.jpg 83 Pepper Street
    Lymm
    Cheshire
    WA13 0JT

    Jeremy Leach

    Director & community champion, London

    07415 243015

    [email protected]

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    28 Sutherland Square
    London
    SE17 3EQ

    Adrian Berendt

    Director and community champion

    07767 664999

    [email protected]

    @adrianberendt1 

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    59 Queen's Road
    Tunbridge Wells
    Kent
    TN4 9NA

    Sue Nicholls

    Media Co-ordinator

    07810 564432

    [email protected]

    66 Baldock Road
    Buntingford
    Herts
    SG9 9HD

    You can follow us on

    ... Bluesky @20splenty.bsky.social

    ... Facebook www.facebook.com/20splenty

    ... Twitter @20splentyforus

    ... or email [email protected]

    ... or ask to join our 20's Plenty campaigners Facebook site  

    ... and for inquiries outside the UK please email us:

    ... [email protected] for countries using km/h or

    ... [email protected] for countries using mph




  • published Search 2015-05-11 20:35:01 +0100

    search

    You can search the whole of our website here. Note that it uses the Google search engine so will show generic internet results to your search first. Just scroll down further to find the results from this website. 


  • published Transitioning to National 20 in Briefings 2015-05-09 22:37:12 +0100

    Transitioning to National 20

     Presentation made by Rod King at the "20mph It's Miles Better" conference, Cambridge, 12th Mar 2015

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