[sustran] Shared space

[Todd Edelman]

Hi,

There was some discussion a number of months ago based on a video which
showed an intersection in India (I think) where all users ignored signals
and just moved through it using eye-contact, body language and so on and
mostly things went okay.

This programme in the Netherlands, Germany and UK packages that system
quite nicely. It proposes creating intersections and city street spaces
with absolutely no signals, signs or even raised curbs... and it mentions
important things like making a street safer with more life rather than
even the most seemingly progressive traffic calming devices.

It really seems like a rediscovery of the way roads used to be, before
signals and separated spaces.

The main thing I dont like about it is that it allows cars.
The best thing about it is that its emphasis on responsibility and
communication.

http://www.shared-space.org
http://www.shared-space.org/files/14445/SharedSpace_Eng.pdf

Walking, cycling, no complicated technology...

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