Recent road collisions in the area have resulted in the serious injury of schoolchildren and unless positive action is taken, our children, young people and other members of the community will continue to be put at risk. Evidence shows approximately 16 children are killed or seriously injured in road crashes every week on their way to or from school (ref: Public Health England 2018). Over 4,000 children and young people walk, cycle and travel by bus and car each day to the schools, colleges and early years settings in the area all of which are located on 30mph streets, including: • Oatlands Infant School • Oatlands Junior School • St John Fisher’s Catholic High School • St Aidan’s Church of England School • Harrogate FE College • Busy Bees nurseries at South Drive & Hornbeam Park. A further 5,000 children travel in, to and around the Pannal Ash Area: to Harrogate Grammar School, Ashville College, Rossett School, Rossett Acre Primary and Western Primary and Busy Bees Nursery- Pannal Ash. This petition complements the similar initiative by Pannal Ash Safe Streets, also calling for 20mph. Recent road collisions have resulted in the serious injury of three school children walking to and from school and highlight the urgency and importance of a maximum speed of 20mph. There was one on Beechwood Grove in January 2023 in which a child required hospitalisation and a second collision on Yew Tree Lane in February 2023 where two teenagers suffered severe and potentially life changing injuries. Change is urgently needed. Without it the safety, health and well-being of the children, young people and the wider community remains at stake and road safety will continue as a barrier to walking and cycling in the area and across Harrogate. Maximum speed limits of 20mph have been delivered in other rural and urban areas of Yorkshire and the UK including Calderdale, Cornwall, Oxford, Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders, London and in Wales (in September 2023). We want these improvements for south and west and other communities within Harrogate. Evidence highlights the significant impacts a maximum speed of 20mph can deliver – the Edinburgh change to 20mph limits in 2021 reduced road traffic casualties by 40 per cent (ref: Jepson R et al. Public Heath Res 2022) and recent evidence from Transport for London (TfL) shows people hit by a vehicle at 20mph are around five times less likely to be killed than at 30mph (TfL February 2023). These show the significant positive impacts of a lower maximum speed of 20mph. Urgent action is needed now to protect lives. A maximum speed of 20mph has the potential to make an enormous impact to our community. Please sign this petition for North Yorkshire County Council to deliver a maximum speed of 20mph across south and west Harrogate. References: 1. Public Health England. Reducing unintentional injuries on the roads among children and young people under 25 years. 2018. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/695781/Reducing_unintentional_injuries_on_the_roads_among_children_and_young_people_.pdf 2. Jepson R, Baker G, Cleland C, et al. Developing and implementing 20-mph speed limits in Edinburgh and Belfast: mixed-methods study. Public Health Res 2022;10 (published online Sep). https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/phr/XAZI9445#/abstract 3. TfL: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2023/february/new-data-shows-significant-improvements-in-road-safety-in-london-since-introduction-of-20mph-speed-limits 13 February 2023

15% of bus services could be scrapped due to a funding shortfall when the Government’s recovery grant introduced to keep buses running after the pandemic comes to an end. Buses are the most popular mode of transport in England. People rely on buses to get to work, school, hospital appointments and more. But with bus routes and services set to be scrapped, it could leave millions of people feeling isolated and unable to travel in and around their local area and beyond. Together we need to demand the Government takes action to protect these vital bus routes and make sure England can stay connected.

As residents of Blackley Village we are subjected to high volumes of traffic in a neighbourhood which provides more car infrastructure than walking infrastructure. Pavements along Old Market Street, Oakworth Street, French Barn Lane, Plant Hill Road, Bank House, Hill Lane, Chapel Lane, Tweedle Hill Road are often narrow. At the same time roads are narrow and bendy. These roads are used by high volumes of vulnerable pedestrians, including school children of Pike Fold Primary School, the Co-op Academy, Crab Lane Primary School and Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School. Additionally, there is a high proportion of elderly road users, who access the shops on Old Market Street and Hill Lane as well as the GP practice on Old Market Street. Given the limited shared space for both motorized traffic and foot traffic, we ask that you reduce the risk of collisions and injury by reducing the speed limit to 20miles per hour throughout the entire residential area. Currently there are some 20miles zones outside some schools, such as parts of Old Market Street/Chapel Lane for Pike Fold Primary School and parts of Plant Hill Road outside the Co-op Academy. At the same time, Bank House outside Prospect House only has a recommended speed limit of 20miles per hour. Given the size of the neighbourhood and the high frequency of change in speed limits throughout the area, we ask you to consider introducing a blanket 20miles zone for the entire neighbourhood. The residential roads and their footpaths in Blackley Village are narrow and bendy. We also have hundreds of school children and their families using them every day. There are already 20miles per hour zones directly outside of the schools - which means 1) drivers have to change their speed several times and 2) most part of the children's way to school is not protected from fast cars. Additionally, we frequently have races occuring in the area. Petitioning for a 20miles per hour zone will pave the way for more physical traffic calming measures to stop these races.

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The traffic lights at Duke Street/Bernard Street/Talbot Street urgently need pedestrian signals. This has been a problem for many years. During rush hour there is no safe time to cross the road as there is always a stream of traffic coming from one direction or the other and the configuration of the roads makes it very difficult for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to view the traffic from every direction. We need to encourage more active travel in the city, enabling people to walk and cycle more. But this junction is so dangerous it puts people off walking, especially if they are not able to move quickly. It endangers commuters walking or going by bike into town in the mornings and out again at night. And families, young people and children travel to and from school each day. Car drivers are also at risk at this difficult and dangerous junction from trying to dodge people crossing. So they would also find appropriate safety road measures to their advantage. See the video here. https://youtu.be/GLPskLwasmM

The 575 provides a vital service, connecting Horwich to Bolton Town Centre and to the rest of Chorley New Road. Between Diamond Bus and Arriva Bus, the service currently runs 6 times an hour, giving locals plenty of opportunity to get to and from Bolton. With the removal of the Diamond service, the frequency halves to once every 20 minutes. Diamond Bus were the only service running along Lever Park Avenue, connecting the far end of Horwich to the rest of Horwich and Bolton. With the removal of the Diamond Bus service, there will be no bus connecting the Lever Park area of Horwich to Bolton. The removal of this service will leave countless Horwich residents isolated and unable to get to where they need to go.

With the cost of living crisis affecting everyone across the city, it has never been more important for these charges to within reach of people's budget. This is the very opposite of what people need in this time of severe inflation.

The Corran narrows link is being managed by The Highland Council with two ageing vessels. Their plans are now to replace these vessels with two new electric ferries at a cost of £60 million. The peninsula needs a fixed link to stop depopulation of the areas, businesses growth and to allow better opportunities for our children. Fixed link for the emergency services, as the ferries don’t operate after 21.30 and start again 6.30am. The ferries are susceptible to weather - breakdowns - and are off for bank holiday period of the Christmas and New year. Mull & Iona use the Corran narrows as their life line to the mainland when the Craignuire ferries is off or cancelled. It is time funding from transport Scotland is spent on this peninsula as it is well overdue.

There have been numerous serious accidents on Howard Road in the last 5 years, one of them fatal. We urgently need speed control measures on Howard Road in order to reduce the risk of further damage, casualties or loss of life. With the recent development of the all through school at St Marks there is expected to be many more school children using Howard Road to get to school and we need to keep them safe.

Everyone deserves to be able to use a regular reliable bus service to connect them to the places and people that matter to them. Recent changes by Arriva Yorkshire to the 118 service so that it terminates at the White Rose Centre and changes to the frequency of the 110 service, as well as First's decision to scrap evening services on the 47 and 48 mean that workers, students and shoppers can not get around easily. We're calling on the bus companies to review their decisions, put people above profit and provide better services for residents. Please sign and share our petition.

We are concerned as local councillors, that 2 important bus routes have been withdrawn from our area, without an adequate replacement service. X26/X27 – Leeds – Thorpe Park (via York Road) These routes serve our social and economic centres and are important to our local community. All sorts of people living in East Leeds used these buses to get to and from town, to the hospital, to work and to visit family, as well as to use the leisure facilities at The Springs. We have therefore written to the Managing Director of First Group and asked for this decision to be reconsidered. Other local routes have been withdrawn but replaced by other services. This is not the case with the X26/X27. We will continue to campaign for better bus services across our area. Bus services should be affordable, accessible and make good connections - with the profits being put back into the service, rather than skimmed off the top for shareholders while services are reduced!

The lack of free parking is killing our High Street (Kirkcaldy), the cost of living and changes in spending is hitting our high street businesses hard. Introducing FREE parking will encourage public onto the High Street more. The cost of living is hard, we don't need the added expense of parking our car ontop of our shopping. Our High Street is suffering, hundreds / thousands of people are employed to work on the high street in various cafes, shops, salons and more, without sales and footfall the businesses will struggle. Costs are rising for businesses and lack of footfall is hitting them hard, to save jobs and save our High Street change needs to happen.