Organisation: Living Streets
Date uploaded: 16th April 2013
Date published/launched: August 2012
This report looks at how better street management policy and practice can help to create safe, attractive and enjoyable streets.
• What we mean by better streets in create streets for people.
• Who should be taking responsibility by working better together.
• How to improve the state of our streets in protect the streetscape.
It concludes that:
• Transforming streets into welcoming spaces builds communities and improves the
happiness and wellbeing of everyone.
• Strong communities are built around active and busy streets. Living Streets experience has shown that making streets attractive and safe encourages more people to actively use them.
• When streets are transformed into welcoming public spaces, local communities thrive, neighbourhoods become safer, and we all become fitter and healthier.
• Improving streets is simple and achievable. And, as the case studies in this report show, local councils have a key role in helping to improve the state of streets.
• Local political leadership is crucial; street champions are needed in every local authority to ensure that pedestrians and streets gets the priority they deserve.
For more information contact:
Living Streets Enquiries