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CTV News
12 hours ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Traffic calming curbs coming to Winnipeg streets
The City of Winnipeg is looking to improve road safety with a plan to install traffic calming curbs to select city streets. The city announced the temporary measure on Monday, saying the premade curbs – often referred to as TC curbs – are affordable; will minimize conflict between pedestrians, cyclists and cars; and will reduce safety risks until the installation of permanent traffic calming measures. The city added it selected locations for TC curbs in areas where speeding is known to be an issue, intersections have wide corners and visibility at crosswalks is poor. The curbs, which will be installed in August, will be made of yellow concrete and marked by signage and poly posts. Winnipeg is also working with Art City Inc. to install asphalt art at some locations to increase visibility and beautify the area. The city will monitor driver behaviour on streets with TC curbs and make adjustments as needed.
BBC News
12 hours ago
- BBC News
Tributes paid to 'devoted' man killed in crash in Peterborough
A man who died when his car crashed with a lorry "gave us everything, and asked for nothing", his family has said. Steven Bowden, 64, of Framlingham Road, Park Farm, Peterborough, died when his white BMW 320 was in collision with a lorry on the A605 between Elton and Peterborough at about 12:45 BST on 14 Bowden was pronounced dead at the scene of the five-vehicle crash, and the driver of a Mercedes, a woman in her 60s, was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with serious Bowden's family said he was "a devoted husband, father and grandfather". In the statement released through Cambridgeshire Police, the family said: "It's not every day you meet someone who genuinely puts others first."He was a devoted husband to Ade, the kind who remembered anniversaries and could still recall what they both wore on their first date. "As a father to Samantha and Shaun, he was the kind of man who could fix anything, never the Wi-Fi though, but he tried."They added: "So, here's to the man who gave us everything, and asked for nothing, and somehow made selflessness look effortless. "We'll always be together - you've left your mark on all of us in the best possible way."Police have been appealing for witnesses following the collision. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
CBS News
15 hours ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Butler County leaders asking for input to help reduce traffic-related crashes and improve road safety
Butler County leaders are asking for help from the public as they look to pinpoint problematic areas for drivers when it comes to crashes and road safety. Cranberry Township, Jackson Township, Zelienople Borough, and Harmony Borough have teamed up to create the Southwest Butler County Multi-Municipal Safety Action Plan, which aims to reduce traffic-related crashes and create safer roadways. The plan, which is funded by the United States Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program includes identifying high-risk areas and crash patterns where changes to the existing infrastructure could be made to make things safer for both drivers and pedestrians. The main goal of the plan is to lower the amount or stop serious crashes in southwestern Butler County. Members of the public can now share their thoughts with a safety survey as the townships and boroughs are looking for feedback that they say is critical to find places where things can be improved. In the survey, which will be open until August 15, you can use an interactive map, pin concerns on that map, and submit comments or questions.
Khaleej Times
16 hours ago
- Automotive
- Khaleej Times
Video: Unauthorised bikes, e-scooters are banned on UAE roads, police warn
Ajman Police on Tuesday issued an advisory asking riders of e-scooters and two-wheelers to follow rules on the road. The authority warned against the use of unauthorised electric bicycles and scooters. In a video shared by Ajman Police, multiple violations could be seen committed by different riders and motorists — including going the wrong way. Some of the violations that can be seen in the video are: riding without appropriate safety gear, going the wrong way on a one-way road and entering a road from an exit and even using a pedestrian crossing. Watch the video below: شرطة عجÙ�اÙ� Ø°Øذر Ù�Ù� اسذخداÙ� اÙ�دراجاذ Ù�اÙ�سÙ�Ù�ذراذ اÙ�Ù�Ù�ربائÙ�Ø© Ø°Ù�ر اÙ�Ù�ØµØ±Ø Ø¨Ù�ا عÙ�Ù� جÙ�Ù�ع طرÙ� اÙ�Ø¥Ù�ارةØ� ØÙ�اظاÙ� عÙ�Ù� سÙ�اÙ�Ø© Ù�سذخدÙ�Ù� اÙ�طرÙ�Ù�Ø� Ù�اÙ�Øد Ù�Ù� اÙ�ØÙ�ادث Ù�اÙ�Ù�خاÙ�Ù�اذ اÙ�Ù�اذجة عÙ� اسذخداÙ�Ù�ا. — â��ajmanpoliceghq (@ajmanpoliceghq) July 22, 2025 Authorities across the UAE repeatedly issue advisories to those who use two-wheelers to discourage violations and make sure they stay safe on the road. Recently, 19 motorcycles were recently impounded after delivery service regulations were violated by riders in Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority said. The violations include failure to wear protective gear, reckless driving, and operating a motorcycle without the mandatory professional training certificate issued by the RTA, noted Ahmed Mahboob, CEO of Licensing Agency at RTA.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Milton Keynes council to consult on safety of road after campaign
A council is to consult on plans to make a village road safer after campaigners described it as an "accident waiting to happen".Dubbed a "classic rat run", Walton Road in the village of Wavendon, Milton Keynes, has a S-bend with "two blind spots" which locals fear is Keynes City Council has been presented with a 230-strong petition calling for safety measures, and is considering options including a one-way system, speed humps - and closure.A spokesperson confirmed the authority would "install a bespoke device to alert motorists if there are pedestrians detected" despite "no incidents being reported to them since records began in 1980". The device is due to be installed next month and the authority said it will consult on options once "they have some weeks of safety data from the device". Trevor and Myra Hutton from the Walton Road Safety Group were among 20 residents who took the petition to a council meeting, but Mr Hutton said they were disappointed with the felt "the council still did not really get it" and that "they have been pushed into pledging to start the consultation".Mrs Hutton said the S-bend had "two blind spots and if you are on them and a car comes whizzing round, you don't stand a chance".She added the road would only be safer if a footpath was councillor David Hopkins said it was a "classic rat run" situation where drivers were seeking alternatives to the city's grid road said a lot of incidents on the road were "scrapes and bumps" but did not want "to see a child or adult lose their life to prompt the council into doing something". Wavendon is a village on the south-east edge of Milton Keynes that was featured in the Domesday is home to just a couple of hundred people, but is only two miles away from the Glebe Meadows development of almost 3,000 homes, and one of the largest distribution parks in the UK at Magna Park, where Amazon, John Lewis and Waitrose have to the Walton Road Residents Road Safety Group, between five and seven cars per minute drove through the S-bend on the morning school run, equating to more than 400 cars per council records suggest road safety has been a concern there for more than 30 years and the bend itself was considered so challenging that it was used by John Lewis for its driver training programme. Nadege Pierron told the BBC she had to wheel her pram up on to people's driveways to avoid cars on the said it was "scary for my daughter to walk as I always have to grab her" and added that her "eldest daughter uses the road to go walk to school and has nearly been crushed between two vans".Cliff Riley has lived on the road for four years and described the increase in traffic as "significant".He said when he tries to pull out onto the road he "personally gets abuse on a weekly basis from people flying around the corner".Amy Bicknell added she had "been nearly run over on the bend a few times because cars come flying around bend all the time".She wanted the road closed and said it could happen "if enough people say yes, because there are other routes around here" they could use instead. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
