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Boardman’s no-brainer. And mine
In this piece, Chris Boardman quotes the number of deaths from nitrous oxide fumes – 23,500 a year – and says investment in cycling infrastructure is a no-brainer. But in the UK you are never sure if it’s going to blow … Continue reading
PS to previous post
So the One Show item was inadequate and the studio comments biased (through lack of information). The negative storm being kicked up by the blind lobby doesn’t mean shared space is wrong. It reveals the power of the delusion which … Continue reading
A Common Sense of Place
6′ video commissioned by the Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure featuring Ben Hamilton-Baillie can be seen here.
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Low-speed environments
Ben Hamilton-Baillie, who coined the term “shared space”, now prefers the term “low-speed environments”, partly because it avoids the confusion that arises between “shared space” and “shared surfaces”. While shared surfaces imply no pavement or kerbs, shared space retains the distinction … Continue reading
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There was a young man in Crewkerne
Who’s demanding the Council make U-turn They want to scrap lights It’s giving him frights He’s raised a petition but (if he reads Equality Streets) he should learn. OK, not my finest poetic hour. I drafted a comment but the … Continue reading
More painful reminders
The claims and counterclaims about austerity versus tax and spend are further painful reminders that politicians and media are missing a massive opportunity, as I tried to explain again in this piece for the NDJ.
Parallels (roads and books)
Last night I made this note: “Day in day out, year in year out, the state encourages endless deeds of anti-social behaviour”. Today I read an article by Sunili Govinnage who decided, over a period of a year, to read books … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Lilit Marcus, Sunili Govinnage, traffic-lights
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Driverless cars
Driverless cars are presented as the answer to road safety. “Accidents” are blamed on human error. No. Roads are dangerous because of the unequal, intolerant priority system.
Clarkson’s not wrong
Clarkson says speed limits are “annoying”. Even worse, they are counterproductive. Traffic regulation treats us like simpletons, or automatons. We should learn to drive by context, not by numbers. Brake! would claim that freedom to choose our own speed would be … Continue reading
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Tagged BRAKE!, Equality Streets, Jeremy Clarkson, Martin Cassini
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Abuse of human nature
On the road, as in other travels in life, freedom+responsibility+education=empowerment. Most traffic regulation disempowers us, upsets our relationships with other road-users. If policymakers used instead of abused our social instinct for cooperation, things could be so simple. But the lords … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate manslaughter, Equality Streets, Philip Larkin
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