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English councils to get guidance on designing safer streets for women and girls
UK NewsPolitics•March 25, 2026 at 12:01 AMNational

English councils to get guidance on designing safer streets for women and girls

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Local transport minister describes initiative as fundamental issue of fairness in people’s ability to walk in their neighbourhoodsCouncils are for the first time to receive guidance on how to create streets that are safer for women and girls, as ministers try to tackle what they describe as systemic unfairness in people’s ability to walk around their own neighbourhood.The guidance, being drawn up by Active Travel England (ATE), is still being finalised but is expected to include measures such as better lighting and CCTV, and replacing dark underpasses with street-level crossings. Continue reading...

Local transport minister describes initiative as fundamental issue of fairness in people’s ability to walk in their neighbourhoods

Councils are for the first time to receive guidance on how to create streets that are safer for women and girls, as ministers try to tackle what they describe as systemic unfairness in people’s ability to walk around their own neighbourhood.

The guidance, being drawn up by Active Travel England (ATE), is still being finalised but is expected to include measures such as better lighting and CCTV, and replacing dark underpasses with street-level crossings.

Continue reading...

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