News on Active Perth Proposals

Hello!

To those of you who have started following us recently, welcome to our new website which aims to promote investment in our streets to make them people friendly. We ask that you take the time, when convenient, to read up on the background and our journey to this point (no pun intended!).

We are driven by the input we receive from you, the public (good or bad!) and request that you try and promote the website as often as you can via social media, to help get the word out. We are in times of rapid social change and this is an opportunity to reinstall civic pride in our public spaces, creating opportunities for social interaction and local economic growth.

You might ask why we are proposing the changes we've highlighted on this website? Well, cars are actually an inefficient way of moving around cities in the modern day, simply because there are too many of them. Whilst we welcome cars into the city centre, statistics show that over 60% of all car journeys are under 3kms. What does that look like? Well, the following link shows that in the context of Perth - 3km boundary around Perth City Centre

This investment is aimed at trying to encourage those who live and work locally to use a bike, every once in a while, by designing streets which deliver safe, direct, coherent and attractive cycle lanes, away from moving vehicles.

So please get commenting and let us know what you think! You can also contact us on the details below

CityDevelopment@pkc.gov.uk (email account)

https://www.facebook.com/PKCCityDev/ (Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/City_Dev_PKC (Twitter account)

https://www.instagram.com/pkc_city_development/ (Instagram account)