On United Kingdom roads, the term red route may refer to a stretch of road with painted red lines signifying that vehicles cannot stop there, or to a road which has historically high accident rates.
38-427: Red routes are major roads with red lines at the sides showing where vehicles are not allowed to stop. The prohibition extends to stopping for loading or unloading, and to boarding or alighting from a vehicle (except for licensed taxis and the holders of blue badges ). Red routes are mainly used on major bus and commuting routes. Red routes are marked by red lines on the sides of the road. Double red lines mean that
76-501: A disabled badge , disabled placard , handicapped permit , handicapped placard , handicapped tag , and " Blue Badge " in the European Union , is a permit that is displayed upon parking a vehicle. It gives the operator of a vehicle permission to special privileges regarding the parking of that vehicle. These privileges include parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities, or, in some situations, permission to park in
114-531: A tram line for much of the first half of the twentieth century, from 1906 until 1952. On 5 July that year the last tram made a ceremonial journey across the bridge. Since the removal of Rennie's New London Bridge in 1967 it is the oldest road structure which crosses the Thames in central London. On 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack started on the bridge and continued into Bridge Street and Old Palace Yard . Five people – three pedestrians, one police officer, and
152-468: A disabled person's parking disc ("clock"). When parking on yellow lines or in other places where there is a time restriction, a clock showing the time of arrival should be displayed. When parking on a no waiting restriction (yellow lines etc.) a maximum of three hours is permitted. The clock should be sent to together with the Blue Badge. If not, a clock can be obtained from the same council that issued
190-408: A general rule include the use of any assistive device such as a wheelchair, crutches, or cane, as well as a missing leg or foot. Some states also include certain cardiovascular, pain, or respiratory conditions. About half of US states (26) include blindness as a qualifying disability enabling the person to obtain a disability parking permit for use as a passenger, and 14 states include a disabled hand as
228-508: A local authority Parking Attendant (in addition to police and traffic wardens) has the power to inspect a Blue Badge; failure to allow this inspection is an offence. There are also proposals to extend the issue of badges to small children and a wider range of (temporarily or permanently) disabled people. In Australia, disabled parking permits are provided under the Australian Disability Parking Scheme, which
266-445: A permanent disability which does not fall directly within the more rigid statutory requirements but which seriously impairs their mobility. Great Britain 's Blue Badge scheme does not apply to parking away from public roads and local authority car parks, with the general concessions often not recognised at ports, airports and railway stations unless the operators have provided voluntary parking privileges. Until 2010 Directgov provided
304-410: A placard that hangs from the rear-view mirror. Plates are generally used for disabled drivers on their personal vehicle, while the portable disability placard can be moved from one vehicle to another with the disabled person, both when driving or when riding with another driver. The medical requirements to obtain a permit vary by state, but are usually confined to specific types of disabilities. These as
342-588: A policy, 50% are planning on implementing one in the future. In England, there were 698 reported prosecutions in the year ending March 2021. A drop of 49% in prosecuted badges may have related to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on citizen behaviour, local authority enforcement practices, and resources availability. In England, 4,396 badges in the year ending March 2021 were reported to be lost or stolen. Of these, 76% were reported to be lost, and 24% were stolen. In England and Wales , Blue Badge holders are required (unless signs show otherwise) to display
380-624: A qualifying disability. Four states include deafness (Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, Wyoming), and two states (Virginia and New York) include mental illness or developmental disabilities as qualifying disabilities. In the European Union (EU), a disabled parking permit allows partial or total exemption from charges or penalties associated with the parking of a motor vehicle used by a badge-holder, and shows entitlement to use of dedicated parking bays and off-street parking (where they are provided). The concession extends in some places to partial or total exemption from tolls or general prohibitions on where
418-409: A service that covered country-wide customised maps for Blue Badge Holders with different base colours reflecting councils' policies on Blue Badge parking. In addition to council policies this service also pinpointed the location of different features specific to disabled community. There are a few dedicated Blue Badge sat-navs available, mainly from the specialist company Navevo. Since the cessation of
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#1732786625659456-682: A time-limited space for a longer time, or to park at a meter without payment. Member Countries of the International Transport Forum , an inter-governmental organisation within the OECD , would from 1978 grant the same parking concessions to people with disabilities as they offered their own nationals. The Resolution was updated and extended in 1997 by "Resolution no. 97/4 on Reciprocal Recognition of Parking Badges for Persons with Mobility Handicaps", and now applies to ITF member states as well as Associated Countries. The condition
494-476: A vehicle can be driven. Council recommendation 98/376/EC recommended that member states issue parking permits adhering to the standardised Community model, and that the permit should be recognized in other member states. The recommendation has since been amended by Council recommendation 2008/205/EC. The recommendations are extended to the European Economic Area (EEA) through incorporation into
532-685: Is an arm of Transport for London (TfL). *Under private-sector contract Part of the London Inner Ring Road Part of the London Inner Ring Road Including Cycleway 7 and London Bridge Part of the London Inner Ring Road Part including Cycleways 3 and 6, and Westminster Bridge Part formerly [REDACTED] M41 In Somerset , the local road safety partnership has designated some of
570-561: Is the Hungerford Bridge & Golden Jubilee Bridges and upstream is Lambeth Bridge . Westminster Bridge was designated a Grade II* listed structure in 1981. For over 600 years (at least 1129–1729), the nearest Thames bridge to London Bridge was at Kingston . From late Tudor times congestion in trading hours at London Bridge (for road goods and carriages from Kent , Essex , much of Surrey , Middlesex and beyond) often amounted to more than an hour. A bridge at Westminster
608-605: Is the display of a badge showing the international wheelchair symbol. The International Transport Forum was called the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) between 1953 and 2007. In the United States, reserved spaces are mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Disabled parking permits generally take the form of either specially marked license plates or
646-649: The A roads within the county as red routes , indicating that they have a higher than average accident rate. The term has been similarly used to denote dangerous routes in Northamptonshire . It was not clear whether the scheme would be maintained following the 2013 closure of the Road Safety Partnership whose initiative it was. Lincolnshire has a scheme similar to the Northamptonshire one. The county of Cheshire , including
684-638: The City of London . In these cities and boroughs special rules and parking spaces are provided for Blue Badge holders. Similar local schemes operate in other large towns or cities in the UK, for example Norwich operates a 'green badge scheme'. The standard scheme only generally applies to on-street parking and is outlined on the Roads Service Northern Ireland website. A "White Badge" is required for access to Pedestrian Zones. In Scotland ,
722-591: The Elephant & Castle in Southwark . By the mid-19th century the bridge was subsiding badly and expensive to maintain. The current bridge was designed by Thomas Page and opened on 24 May 1862. With a length of 820 feet (250 m) and a width of 85 feet (26 m), it is a seven-arch, cast-iron bridge with Gothic detailing by Charles Barry (the architect of the Palace of Westminster ). The bridge carried
760-709: The European Union will need to obtain a clock (obtainable from their issuing office in the UK) to validate their badge otherwise the vehicle will be treated as if no badge were displayed. In London , the volume of traffic has led to restrictions upon the national scheme in some areas with local colour schemes used to restrict standard concessions to local residents, for example the permits are green in Camden , white in Westminster , purple in Kensington and Chelsea , and red in
798-566: The River Thames in London , linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the side of the Palace of Westminster nearest to the bridge, but a natural shade similar to verdigris . This is in contrast to Lambeth Bridge , which is red, the same colour as
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#1732786625659836-584: The United Kingdom , this scheme of permits was originally introduced (using Orange Badges) by the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 . Badges are issued as a right if a person meets certain statutory requirements, most of which are associated with actually being in receipt of certain disability benefits from the national Social Security system; additionally, a local authority can make concessionary issues of badges to persons who have
874-621: The county of West Midlands since 2003 and Leeds since 2019. A similar scheme operates in Edinburgh ; here, however, the routes affected (where marked by the use of green road-surfacing rather than red lines – usually on outer bus lanes on major bus routes) are known as greenways . Away from bus routes, conventional red lines are used. The 390 miles of red routes in London are policed by "Red Route Patrols" and managed by London Streets , an arm of Transport for London . A number of hospitals in
912-665: The EEA Agreement. Since 2000, all general disabled parking permits in the EU have been standardised to a common style and blue colour, leading to the officially-used designation "Blue Badge". A Blue Badge issued in one country of the EU is generally given equal recognition in others with various exceptions as described for the countries below. The privileges vary by area, but some include parking in no parking zones, extended time limit on time-limited parking areas, waived parking fees, and using pedestrian areas in urgent situations. In
950-954: The Network Plan became the responsibility of the Traffic Director rather than localised London boroughs. The lines were first introduced in north and east London in 1991. In 1998, the Traffic Director identified nine priorities for the Red Routes scheme: Between 1997 and 2000, transport policy in the United Kingdom became a devolved matter under Tony Blair , with the Senedd in Wales and the Scottish Parliament assuming control over nationwide and regional transport strategy in their respective nations. When London
988-481: The United Kingdom have mimicked the red road lines, in and around ambulance dispatch and Accident and Emergency areas. These road markings are to allow ambulances and other emergency vehicles uninhibited access in and out of such areas; whilst these road markings are often respected by road users there is very little (if any) enforcement. The Red Routes scheme was developed by the Department for Transport following
1026-617: The abolition of the Greater London Council in 1986 to address concerns that there was no London-wide road transport policymaking body. A Traffic Director for London was appointed by the Department for Transport in 1991 to "streamline the flow of traffic in London" and oversee a London-wide strategy for road transport. The director was responsible for creating a Network Plan, deciding on the priorities for road travel in London and how best to manage traffic flows. Roads in
1064-421: The badge. The time clock must be displayed on the vehicle's dashboard or facia panel, so that the time can be seen clearly through the front windscreen. The clock should be set to show the quarter hour period during which the car was parked. If there is no dashboard or facia panel in the vehicle, the clock must still be displayed in a place where it can be clearly read from outside the vehicle. Badge holders from
1102-572: The directgov service maps have been provided by online services. Some local authorities may use their own information and resources to help provide information for Blue Badges users. Nottingham City uses a popular map base. Misuse and abuse of Blue Badges in the UK can incur fines of up to £1,000. Between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, prosecutions for misuse of the blue badge scheme were supported by specific or general policies in 74% of local authorities (110 authorities) in England. Of those without
1140-595: The expanding West End to the developing South London as well as goods and carriages from the more estuarine counties and the East Sussex and Kentish ports. Without the bridge, traffic to and from the greater West End would have to negotiate streets often as congested as London Bridge , principally the Strand/Fleet Street and New Oxford Street/Holborn. Roads on both sides of the river were also built and improved, including Charing Cross Road and around
1178-694: The highway authority for all roads under GLA control. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 passed the management of motorways wholly within London and trunk roads over to the GLA. This caused several roads to be renumbered in London, including the A102(M) Blackwall Tunnel (to A102), the A40(M) Westway (to A40 ) and the M41 West Cross Route (to A3220 ). Red Routes are managed and controlled by London Streets , which
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1216-466: The population growth by removing the buildings on London Bridge and widening it in 1760–63. With Putney Bridge, the bridge paved the way for four others within three decades: Blackfriars Bridge (1769, built by the City), Kew Bridge (1759), Battersea Bridge (1773), and Richmond Bridge (1777) by which date roads and vehicles were improved and fewer regular goods transported by water. The bridge assisted
1254-411: The rules and regulations apply at all times and on all days. Single red lines means that the prohibition applies during times displayed on nearby signs or at the entry to the zone. Red route clearways are signed but there are no lines on the road. Stopping is only permitted in lay-bys (red lines are only marked at junctions). The lines were first introduced in London in 1991, and have also been applied in
1292-668: The seats in the House of Lords and is on the opposite side of the Houses of Parliament . In 2005–2007, it underwent a complete refurbishment, including replacing the iron fascias and repainting the whole bridge. It links the Palace of Westminster on the west side of the river with County Hall and the London Eye on the east and was the finishing point during the early years of the London Marathon . The next bridge downstream
1330-584: The town of Warrington , also use the idea of red routes to designate roads with historically high accident rates. The former Suffolk speed camera organisation chose the expression red route to denote routes where high levels of accidents justify the frequency use of mobile speed cameras. Leicestershire County Council elected in 2008 not to implement a red route scheme, believing it can be misleading and arbitrary. It believes in identifying or solving individual danger spots instead. Disabled parking permit A disabled parking permit , also known as
1368-467: Was established in September 2010 to harmonise disability permits across Australia. Disabled parking permits are applied for through state and territory organisations, and rules for eligibility differ among jurisdictions. If someone else parks in a disabled zone, they will be fined by either police or the council. Westminster Bridge Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge over
1406-703: Was granted a devolved assembly and authority, which came into effect in 2000, regional transport strategy became the responsibility of the Mayor of London . The Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999 , which established the devolved administration in London, gave the Mayor of London a General Transport Duty to "develop and implement policies for the promotion and encouragement of safe, integrated, efficient and economic transport facilities and services to, from and within Greater London". Transport for London (TfL) became
1444-630: Was proposed in 1664, but opposed by the Corporation of London and the watermen . Further opposition held sway in 1722. However an intervening bridge (albeit in timber) was built at Putney in 1729 and the scheme received parliamentary approval in 1736. Financed by private capital, lotteries and grants, Westminster Bridge was built between 1739–1750, under the supervision of the Swiss engineer Charles Labelye . The bridge opened on 18 November 1750. The City of London responded to Westminster Bridge and
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