22nd January 2007

Speakers 20's Plenty Ian Smith, Team Leader Transportation Services. Fife Council Get a Grip Richard Jenman, Market Manager - Highways & Airports, Blastrac

Effectiveness of 20 mph Zones in Fife
Ian Smith, Team Leader, Transportation Services. Fife Council

Ian’s interesting 40 minute presentation covered many aspects of 20mph mandatory and advisory zones along with traffic calming measures in Central Fife. Using a series of drawings, statistical tables and a comprehensive power point presentation, included the following;

• Minimizing deaths with 20mph zones
• Background info with Fife population stats.
• Reasoning behind 20mph zones
• Casualty reduction measures (Fife was 1st to meet Government Targets)
• 3 year funding programme
• 20’s Plenty schemes phased out for mandatory 20 schemes
• 3 year monitoring results
• Consultant assisted designs
• School schemes
• Consultation Process
• Crash plot drawing
• Rational behind residential zones
• Rational behind part time 20’s at schools
• Objections
• Example schemes
• Pedestrian Crossings

The following design considerations were then discussed

• Cushions
• Raised Junctions
• Mini Roundabout
• Nibs/Narrowing
• Consultation
• Statistics
• 2008 Programme for 20 zones and Pedestrian Crossings
• Zebra Crossings (Fife has more than both combined neighbouring Councils)
• Pegasus Crossings
• Speed Surveys (Radar / Pneumatic tubes)
• Crash statistics
• Speed statistics

Get A Grip!!
Richard Jenman, Market Manager - Highways & Airports, Blastrac

Richard’s presentation started with an excellent technical summary of carriageway skid resistance before moving on to the techniques, benefits and uses of Blastrac for the recovery of skid resistance on worn surfaces. Towards the end of the presentation IHIE members and assembled guests were given an insight into of events that led to the infamous Bristol Airport skidding story that appeared in the press recently.

• Surface Texture, mega/macro/micro
• Testing procedures
• Skid resistance testing
• UK Policy HD 28/04 Jan 04
• High Friction Surfacing
• Bituplaning – early life skid resistance
• TRL PPR060 Aug 05
• Blastrac Blasting equipment and procedures
• Case Studies (A530 Cheshire, France, Algeria)
• Other Uses (Demarcation, safety, aesthetics, decorative)
• Airports

Information will be distributed when the machines are next working in Scotland to allow the opportunity to visit the site and see the results first hand.