2. Safer Streets: road safety, good practice and knowledge sharing Kensington High Street Challenging convention Mahmood Siddiqi Bi-Borough Director for Transport and Highways Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

3. Kensington High Street Challenging convention Why change? What did we do differently Would we do it again?

4. Effective accident reduction measures?

5. Establish priority and segregate (c) Ben Hamilton-Baillie

6. Impact on the public realm of a more is more approach fussy paving street clutter road marking coloured surfacing

7. Ground rules for Kensington High Street simplicity consistency quality clutter-free

8. Rectilinear kerb line

9. Simplified junctions afterbefore

10. Low-maintenance street furniture

11. Attention to detail

12. Guardrailing removed…

13. ... even on staggered pedestrian crossings statutory regs met advice/ guidance/ practice rejected

14. Accidents Casualties went down at a faster rate than the rest of the borough Before: average annual rate between March 98 and February 2001 After: average annual rate between September 2003 and March 2005 Drop in casualties before and after scheme -22 -26 -14 -18 -43 -25 -26 -35 -64 -18 -35 -44 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 PedestrianCyclistsMotorcylesAll % London RBKC KHS

15. Streetscape policy

16. Manual for Streets – place & movement

17. traffic@rbkc.gov.uk