Since the introduction of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme to Kings Heath in 2020, it has resulted in heavy levels of traffic on the High Street and Vicarage Road. As a result, car drivers have been taking shortcuts down Springfield Road. The speed limit is 20 miles per hour, but many are exceeding this. Residents have yarn bombed lampposts and bollards all the way down the road.

Related

The message from the residents of Springfield Road, Kings Heath is clear: "SLOW DOWN 20 IS PLENTY!"





Since the introduction of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme to Kings Heath in 2020, it has resulted in heavy levels of traffic on the High Street and Vicarage Road. As a result, car drivers have been taking shortcuts down Springfield Road. The speed limit is 20 miles per hour, but many are exceeding this. Residents have yarn bombed lampposts and bollards all the way down the road.


The problem with Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Kings Heath

While the Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme in Kings Heath has been designed for pedestrians and cyclists. It has created issues for car drivers. Residents live on those streets, and how do they get their cars out? As a result, traffic is now always busy up and down the Kings Heath High Street, as well as Vicarage Road, due to so many streets being closed to motorists. Residents of Vicarage Road have signs in their windows, such as "We need clean air too!".

 

Yarn bombing on Springfield Road, Kings Heath

Over on Springfield Road (from Poplar Road, Valentine Road and Cambridge Road towards Brook Lane) the speed limit is 20 miles per hour. There is even speed bumps. But idiot car drivers continue to exceed this speed limit.

So local residents have been getting busy during the last lockdown, knitting, and yarn bombing lampposts and bollards up and down the road. As you will see in the examples below.

Photos taken on the afternoon of Sunday 27th June 2021. Starting from near Cambridge Road Methodist Church.

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (1).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (2).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (3).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (4).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (5).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (6).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (7).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (8).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (9).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (10).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (11).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (12).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (13).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

dndimg alt="Slow Down 20 Springfield Road Kings Heath" dndsrc="../uploadedfiles/Slow Down Springfield Rd KH (Jun 2021) (14).jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

Instead of driving a car down here at 100 miles per hour, perhaps walk, or ride a bike? Or catch a bus? (note that riding private electronic scooters is illegal on roads or pavements, even in Kings Heath).

 

This is near the Outer Circle bus route 11. The 11A bus stop on Brook Lane near Moseley Golf Club, while the bus stop for the 11C is on Addison Road. The 35 and 50 are a short walk away on the High Street (walk via Valentine Road, Poplar Road, Heathfield Road, Institute Road or Addison Road).

 

Photos taken by Elliott Brown. Can be found on Twitter: ellrbrown