Impact of All Lane Running on emergency services examined

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• Inquiry: All lane running
• Transport Committee

Witnesses

Monday 18 April 2016, Grimond Room, Portcullis House

At 4.15pm

• David Bizley, Chief Engineer, RAC
• Edmund King OBE, AA

At 4.45pm

• Simon Wickenden, Metropolitan Police
• DCI John Oldham, Metropolitan Police
• Tim Cutbill, London Fire Brigade
• David Bulbrook, London Fire Brigade

At 5.25pm

• Dave Allen, Prospect
• Neil Turner, Prospect

Purpose of the session

This session focuses on how All Lane Running impacts on the ability of emergency services, motoring organisations and Highways England traffic officers to attend incidents on motorways.

The Transport Committee also discusses the public's attitude to use of a motorway without a hard shoulder and whether the advantages that All Lane Running brings in terms of journey time and reliability also come with a risk to safety.

Background

Several "all-lane running" motorway schemes in sections of the M1, M4, M5, M6, M42 and M62 are in operation either as part of a managed motorway or with the hard shoulder used as a full-time running lane. Use of all-lane running looks set to expand and the Transport Committee would like to evaluate the evidence generated to date and gather information on the experiences of road users.

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