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With traffic calming being the long OT drift of another thread -- I thought I'd
suggest reading an article in the Dec. 2004 issue of Wired Magazine -- "Roads
Gone Wild."
Basically it's about traffic control solely by architecture of roads and
intersections, eliminating all traditional control devices (lights, signs, etc.)
I can't find it on the web, but it's a quick read at the
newsstand/bookstore/library.
Matt O.
Matt O'Toole said:I can't find it on the web...
news.google.com is your friend :-)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html
RFM
Fritz M said:Matt O'Toole said:I can't find it on the web...
news.google.com is your friend :-)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffic.html
Yes, Google is everyone's friend -- in this case a better friend than Wired's
own search engine!
While we're at it, here's another:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/05/20/traffic_design/
You have to watch the ad to see the article, as usual with Salon. It only takes
a second or two.
Matt O.
=v= That _Salon_ article was much-discussed online a few months
ago, when it first appeared. The author's anecdote-based views
about traffic in China do not accord with most observers', and
she seems to have had some basic misunderstanding about traffic
calming.
=v= Basically, the meaning of "traffic calming" has eroded over
the years, with municipalities implementing old-school traffic
devices and *calling* it "traffic calming." Putting in speed
bumps and calling them speed humps, for example.
=v= So David Engwicht has (cleverly?) coined the phrase "second
generation traffic calming" to mean, basically, a philosophy
that was already part of traffic calming but has been getting
overlooked. Plus a slight shift in emphasis. He describes it
very well at his own website:
http://www.lesstraffic.com/Articles/Traffic/SGTC.htm
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Jym Dyer said:=v= So David Engwicht has (cleverly?) coined the phrase "second
generation traffic calming" to mean, basically, a philosophy
that was already part of traffic calming but has been getting
overlooked. Plus a slight shift in emphasis. He describes it
very well at his own website:
Thank you for that link; I found it a most intriguing read.
I'd be tempted to call that approach "traffic rehumanizing".
cheers,
Tom
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