Living Streets

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Living Streets, formerly The Pedestrians' Association is a British pedestrians' advocacy group. It is a registered charity and voluntary organisation, founded in 1929.

Its claimed aims are to seek:

the provision of safe, convenient ways for people on foot;
the improvement of pedestrian access and provision including safety aspects;
the creation of pedestrian precincts, priority zones and streets;
a change in attitude on road safety among road users, builders, legislators, Government and motor manufacturers;
and the improvement and increased use of public transport for safety and environmental reasons.

The organisation changed its name in 2001, to take on a more proactive agenda of campaigning for better streets that are less traffic dominated, and more suitable for walking, cycling, shopping, and playing.

The charity is best known for the national Walk to School campaign. It also runs the Walking Works Campaign, to encourage people to walk some or all of their way to work. The charity has around 100 local branches and affiliated groups across the UK, and also undertakes consultancy work for local authorities.

[edit] History

In the 1930s its campaigns helped to persuade the British Government to introduce the driving test, the 30mph urban speed limit and pedestrian crossings.

They also helped write the very first Highway Code.