[sustran] Re: Pedestrian Budget

[Ian Perry]

Hi,

I have managed to find some information from the UK - though more a split of
how money is spent on pedestrians/road safety than for the entire budget.  I
hope this is interesting, if not useful.


In Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government's Local Road Safety Grant (2008/09)
of £313,000 to the Vale of Glamorgan council was budgeted as follows:

·       £98,500 to provide revenue for Road Safety Education Training and
Publicity.

·        £210,000 will be used for Road Safety Engineering Projects

·        £4,500 as a contingency fund.

>From the £210,000 budget, the change of a zebra crossing to a puffin
crossing in Cowbridge, cost £45,000 (£30,000 for the crossing plus an
additional £15,000 because they moved the crossing 20 metres down the road
to improve traffic flows).

http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/our_council/council/minutes,_agendas__reports/reports/cabinet/2007/07-05-09/road_safety.aspx

nb. "some" of the budget went on consultants and employee salaries.


In Bridport in Dorset (UK), 2 years ago a Puffin crossing cost £26,000 to
install, at the same time a four way lights controlled junction was upgraded
from Pelicans to Puffins costing £85,000.  Last year the removal of a Zebra
crossing, resurfacing and installation of a Pelican crossing with pedestrian
'refuge' (caged) island cost £100,000.

For more information as to what traffic and pedestrian measures cost in the
UK, see Appendix A of:
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/item/wrap/Council/committee/2010/ne/ne003/0216_9.pdf

Shared space costs £75,000+

Zebra pedestrian crossing £15-25,000

Pedestrian ‘refuge’ island £10,000+


Infrastructure is expensive business!

Ian Perry



On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Sudhir <sudhir at cai-asia.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We are searching for % of Budget allocated for pedestrians in our cities
> and
> unfortunately could not find many Asian cities.
>
> Do you know how much % of money authorities are planning  to invest on
> pedestrians in your city?
>
> thanks,
> Sudhir Gota
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