Liz Sharp

20mph What more evidence do you need? 40 per cent fewer people killed, and 75 per cent fewer children killed. Facts that can’t be ignored…. standard.co.uk/comment/20mph-…

#NBSUpdates #water

Yesterday I made the Sheffield Water Centre submission to the Independent Commission on Water. It is the outcome of an online conversation between 10 academics. Some of our key findings are... (thread!)

5/ The regulation process should enable long term planning including adaptive investment and the maintenance of assets. Regulators' responsibilities should encompass all sources of pollution: as well as water companies, pollution from highways and agriculture need to be managed.

4/ Regulators (including the Environment Agency and local planning authorities) needs sufficient funding to do their job

3. Government should coordinate 'soft' infrastructure a) data sharing platform for transparency, including citizen science b) public engagement strategy with key messages (e.g. 'respect for water') and infographics c) attention to the chronic shortage of water-trained personnel.

2/ Democratically steered catchment bodies should specify regional standards, coordinate monitoring, invest in infrastructure, and support partnerships (with local authorities&communities) to enable responsiveness to regional circumstances and clarity for developers/landowners.

1/ We need a government water plan emphasising respect for our water systems. Taking a whole systems approach, it would coordinate priorities between water services (supply, flood resilience and river health) and with related sectors (agriculture, transport and urban planning).

PhD apportunity on UK #uplandfires at @ScienceShef @sheffielduni with @UniOfYork and @UKHSA @sheffield_dust @DarpanDas13

@vicwhittamITV @LeePitcherMP @LeePitcherMP Respectfully disagree.... I feel the economic growth would be more likely were the money directed to local & regional transport. Flying just makes holidays abroad cheaper. And whatever is said, green aviation fuel is a long way off.

Doncaster's @LeePitcherMP has called on the Government to commit to getting the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport 'over the line'. Last night he told the commons that losing DSA was a bitter blow. The Aviation Minister said they will work with the Council & Mayor

Great podcast on how transport contributes (or not) yo economic growth. open.spotify.com/episode/65lpZS…

@floodmary @anne_staveley

This infographic illustrates the many ways you can better protect your home from a #Flood.

@richsulley_ crash is a better word than accident (which implies that these things will always happen due to some act of god). Collision might be better still.

Is it a "crash" when a car driver hits a pedestrian?

@icecreamavfc @_systemupdate @jonburkeUK Yes, but increasingly they will be asked to cover the costs they impose on society. Imagine a new technology that could do wonders for mobility but killed 1500 people in accidents each year (not mentioning pollution, land take and obesity). Would we allow it?? No way!

@SharpLiz @_systemupdate @jonburkeUK But he might not like cycling at all or want to cycle to work or catch the bus etc And if thats the case that’s perfectly fine it’s THEIR choice

In less than 20 years, car culture has destroyed the traditional British suburb, with enormous environmental, social, and political consequences.

@_systemupdate @icecreamavfc @jonburkeUK It all depends on local authority boundaries rather than the real size of cities! Eg Hull is a big city but the Council boundaries are far tighter than Sheffield including no rural areas.

@ian_m_greenwood @Brakecharity @RoadPeace @racfoundation @AAPresident @PACTS @BBCBreakfast @GMB @SafeRoadDesign @TowardsZeroFdn @PoliceChiefs I hope you succeed. And via @SheffieldSW_LS I’m trying to do my bit in my neighbourhood.

Sixteen years ago today, my beautiful daughter, Alice was killed by five racing young drivers. She should be almost 29 years old. Instead she is forever 12. 💔 I am told that time will heal - it doesn’t! Here is what Remigio David says…. “This is what grief is. A hole ripped through the very fabric of your being. The hole eventually heals along the jagged edges that remain. It may even shrink in size. But that hole will always be there. A piece of you always missing. For where there is deep grief, there was great love. Don’t be ashamed of your grief. Don’t judge it. Don’t suppress it. Don’t rush it. Rather, acknowledge it. Lean into it. Listen to it. Feel it. Sit with it. Sit with the pain. And remember the love. This is where the healing will begin.” The photo is of a sculpture called Melancholie by Albert György. There is a @UKLabour Gvt @Keir_Starmer @LouHaigh @LilianGreenwood @transportgovuk @Kate_Dearden intervention which just might have saved Alice’s life, and many others, called a Graduated Driving License or #GDL. All Prime Ministers since Alice was killed have refused to act. @Keir_Starmer - you promised change - it is now time. Alice’s preventable death is why I campaign to #StopRoadDeath #GDL