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20 mph-speed limit towns appeal to 2 in 5 Brits

Photo by Mayr. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Yes, I know it's not the UK. The RAC Foundation (a UK organization dedicated to "protecting the interest of the motorist") warned that the idea of a town with a 20 mile per hour speed limit would grate many drivers, and they're right. But, the UK car supermarket group Motorpoint conducted a survey about the reduced limits and found that two in five British drivers - about 12 million people - would "welcome" a lowered speed limit in their town. We'll see if any of them move to ... Read more →

Portsmouth is first "20mph city" in Britain Jeremy Korzeniewski

Recently, we reported on so-called eco-towns in the U.K. which have imposed 15 mile per hour speed limits in an effort to reduce pollution. We're pretty sure that their end-goal is to remove vehicles ...

20 mph-speed limit towns appeal to 2 in 5 Brits 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Mayr. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Yes, I know it's not the UK. The RAC Foundation (a UK organization dedicated to "protecting the interest of the motorist") warned that the idea of a town with a 20 mile per hour speed limit would grate many drivers, and they're right. But, ...

Portsmouth is first "20mph city" in Britain 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, we reported on so-called eco-towns in the U.K. which have imposed 15 mile per hour speed limits in an effort to reduce pollution. We're pretty sure that their end-goal is to remove vehicles from the roads entirely, not simply forcing them to slow down. It seems that other towns are ...


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