2025-12-19 16:40:58 +0000
To: Councillor Lucy Hodge - BANES Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport Delivery
Make Bath a 20mph City
We demand the implementation of 20mph limits across all of the remaining 30mph roads in Bath by the end of 2027. The routes are:
We want to a street environment where crashes are less likely to happen and less likely to cause injury. 20mph has been proven repeated to help deliver that.
The Bath 20mph City website is here. Let's make it a reality!
Why is this important?
Most people already personally know someone injured in a road crash.
20mph is not a silver bullet- it is a basic plank of road safety just like people wearing seatbelts in cars. It is proven to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes.
Speed limits need to be judged not only in the context of what is safe, but also what makes for a liveable city in terms of noise, tailpipe and brake dust emissions, ease of crossing roads, pleasantness of being on the pavements and so on.
The remaining 30mph roads are largely single carriageways with homes and businesses each side, schools on or very near them and often in busy pedestrian areas. For example:
- Outside Widcombe Junior School (A36)
- Along Bear Flat High Street (Wellsway A367)
You can view a map here to view what is left to do to create a 20mph city.
We will look back on 30mph in urban areas just like smoking in pubs, and be shocked at how long we tolerated the prioritising of speed over safety.
Enough is enough.
20mph is not a silver bullet- it is a basic plank of road safety just like people wearing seatbelts in cars. It is proven to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes.
Speed limits need to be judged not only in the context of what is safe, but also what makes for a liveable city in terms of noise, tailpipe and brake dust emissions, ease of crossing roads, pleasantness of being on the pavements and so on.
The remaining 30mph roads are largely single carriageways with homes and businesses each side, schools on or very near them and often in busy pedestrian areas. For example:
- Outside Widcombe Junior School (A36)
- Along Bear Flat High Street (Wellsway A367)
You can view a map here to view what is left to do to create a 20mph city.
We will look back on 30mph in urban areas just like smoking in pubs, and be shocked at how long we tolerated the prioritising of speed over safety.
Enough is enough.
How it will be delivered
This will be delivered in person
