Play Sufficiency in Active Leeds
00:00 News from around the country and beyond. Hear: the first results from a full year of 20mph limits in Wales, and a recommendation to note the Impact from Active Travel England as relayed to Transport Committee this week.
12:41 Jenny Rutherford, Play Strategy Officer at Leeds City Council, talks about rolling out Play Sufficiency in Leeds - groundbreaking work to ensure that all children have places to play that they can access safely. Jenny notes the need for streets that allow children to play and carry them to play opportunities, and gives snapshots of children’s voices. Plus the lifelong impact of play on health and mental health, and gathering decision making support for Play.
Plus some brilliant links from the chat:
- Chris Boardman (Commissioner, Active Travel England) at All Party Parliamentary Group Transport Committee (highly recommended) parliamentlive.tv/event/index/34967ec7-4f96-4f44-9eff-c20ef99a94be
- Active Travel England monthly newsletter signup: activetravelengland.gov.uk/
- Wales 20mph on BBC Wales radio 4 - Esure insurer reporting fewer claims and lower premiums in Wales, bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027bnh around 20 mins into the programme (20splenty.org).
- How to talk to people about the future of their streets: Rethinking public engagement to deliver better streets for all (LCC) :
lcc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/People_Future_Streets.pdf - Interim casualty figures in London have blipped up for 2024, as reportd (quite well) in the Evening Standard:
standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-road-deaths-pedestrians-cyclists-killed-tfl-b1209012.html - Treasury Spending Review input deadline 9-Feb!: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SpendingReview25
- Bedford Borough Council job - "Team leader for public transport and sustainable travel":
bedfordboroughcouncil-career.talent-soft.com/job/job-team-leader-for-public-transport-and-sustainable-travel_1944.aspx