{"id":30158,"date":"2022-11-22T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=30158"},"modified":"2022-12-14T23:25:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:25:52","slug":"campaign-in-roath-to-stop-drivers-using-residential-streets-as-short-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/campaign-in-roath-to-stop-drivers-using-residential-streets-as-short-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign in Roath to stop drivers using residential streets as short cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People in Roath are calling on the council to introduce traffic calming measures near Albany Road because the streets have been &#8220;taken over&#8221; by drivers trying to avoid traffic congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Bell lives on Inverness Place and is frustrated by drivers &#8220;who want to shave a few minutes off their journey&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says the lack of traffic calming measures on the long and straight streets allows drivers to &#8220;just put their foot down&#8221; making &#8220;speeding a real problem&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The residential streets between Albany Road and Roath Park have become rat runs&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-770x427.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-293x162.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-770x427.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2-293x162.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Image-2.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Bell is unhappy with the busy traffic on his street.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s especially dangerous as these streets are home to many young families, so there are lots of kids around. The streets simply aren&#8217;t safe for them to use unsupervised&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re seen as dangerous spaces for cars passing through. We want to change that and reclaim these spaces for the people who live there&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roath Living Streets Group, who are a community-led campaign group , are also calling for traffic calming measures to deal with speeding drivers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say &#8220;over the last few decades, many previously quiet residential streets have been taken over by rat running drivers who are just passing through the neighbourhood&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group will be visiting London this Thursday for a tour of Waltham Forest\u2019s \u201csuccessful walking friendly neighbourhood\u201d. Traffic calming measures have been in place there for years, with the group hoping to see &#8220;what lessons we can learn for Roath\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People on Roath Court Road are also concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another successful play street this weekend. And to all those drivers who thought it a good idea to use our street as a short cut to bypass the roadworks on Albany Road, and who were frustrated by our road closure, we are so sorry for those 45 seconds you&#39;ll never get back. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KtApOCcKom\">pic.twitter.com\/KtApOCcKom<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Roath Court Road Play Street (@RCRPlayStreet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCRPlayStreet\/status\/1594746993326301185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Cardiff Council confirmed that traffic calming measures are already in place in Roath. Inverness Place and streets like Roath Court Road are in a 20 mph zone.  &#8220;Any restricting traffic measures have to be consulted with the public as a statutory requirement&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Roath are calling for traffic calming measures to deal with rat runners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":30200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[955,21,38,356],"coauthors":[900],"class_list":["post-30158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjsnewsteam","tag-albany-road","tag-cardiff","tag-cardiff-council","tag-roath"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Campaign in Roath to stop drivers using residential streets as short cuts - 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