When the regulatory framework of traffic control is removed, as when traffic lights break down, we rediscover our humanity and make common cause. As soon as we are free from the coercive control that prevents infinite filtering opportunities and expressions of fellow feeling, the traffic and the milk of human kindness begin to flow.
To support the sociable interaction that blossoms when we’re free of regulation and free to use our own judgement, these elements are required:
New rules of the road and a new driving test, based on equality for all road-users.
Roads and streets re-designed to express equality.
On Equality Streets, all road-users are equal, but some – the vulnerable – are more equal than others.
