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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Speed reductions, inequalities, and transport
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Editor,—We read the editorials in the BMJ and Injury Prevention about speed limits with interest1, 2 and would like to share some of the Scottish experience on speed reduction.
Councils throughout Scotland are conducting trials of advisory 20 mph limits as part of a Scottish Executive initiative. In Lothian these are generally in residential areas and often linked with Safe Routes to Schools projects run by the councils in partnership with Lothian Safe Routes, SPOKES (an Edinburgh based cycle group), Lothian Health, and the police. In addition a small number of mandatory 20 mph zones exist, with proposals in Edinburgh for a city wide 20 …