Monthly Archives: June 2013

Mastering traffic control

Posted on 22nd June 2013 by Martin Cassini

In his comment piece on Mastering the Internet through surveillance of  emails, etc. Henry Porter laments “the complacency [of] centre ground commentators … who seem happy with losing a little liberty to make the world safer. None … compared their government’s … Continue reading →

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Blame the children?

Posted on 18th June 2013 by Martin Cassini

A half-heard news item on Today was about 11 year-olds immersed in their mobile phones being three times more likely (than 10 year-olds?) to be hit on the roads. No doubt the usual suspects will blame children’s lack of awareness. … Continue reading →

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What’s weirder?

Posted on 11th June 2013 by Martin Cassini

The ideas behind Equality Streets have been called “counterintuitive” (a polite word for weird?). Are equality and filter-in-turn weird, or is the traffic system – by imposing unequal rights and subverting our social nature – more than a bit weird?

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If

Posted on 6th June 2013 by Martin Cassini

If I’m right: that the edifice of traffic control, based as it is on anti-social priority, is flawed and misguided; and that self-control on streets designed for equality are safer and more efficient than streets governed by priority and signals, … Continue reading →

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