article_snippet: London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday revealed that eight pilot schemes will be run on ‘Red Routes’ – the main arterial roads that carry a third of the capital’s traffic.
article_snippet: Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and many other towns and cities say Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and many other towns and cities also intend to introduce the new limits.
article_snippet: A spokesman said: ‘These 20mph zones are popping up like spring daffodils.
article_snippet: If the 18-month trials in London are judged a success, the new limits will be made permanent and imposed on 30 miles of key ‘Red Routes’ considered by transport bosses to be ‘more local road than motorway’.
article_snippet: Following a pilot scheme, Bristol has spent more than £2.3million installing 20mph signs.
article_snippet: Manchester is consulting on half the city being similarly covered, and 6,000 Edinburgh residents have signed a petition against a £2.2million scheme to make up to 80 per cent of the capital a 20mph zone.
article_snippet: Other councils which have implemented or are committed to adopting new 20mph limits include Portsmouth, Oxford, Bristol, Newcastle, Warrington, Sheffield, York, Middlesbrough, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Brighton & Hove, Leicester, Cambridge, Coventry, Bath & North East Somerset, Darlington, Wigan, Rochdale, Shipley, Bury, Bolton, Nottingham, Calderdale, together with numerous London boroughs.
article_snippet: A Department for Transport spokesman said: ‘Research shows 20mph zones can save lives and this government has made this government easier for councils to introduce councils.
article_snippet: A Department for Transport spokesman added: ‘We are undertaking a three-year research project to better understand the effect of 20mph zones and a three-year research project impact on local communities.