Traffic calming, etc.

[Matt O'Toole]

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.

 

[Fritz M]

Matt O'Toole wrote:

> 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

 

[Matt O'Toole]

Fritz M wrote:

> Matt O'Toole wrote:
>
>> 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.

 

[Jym Dyer]

=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

<_Jym_>

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[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
Jym Dyer <[email protected]> writes:

> =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

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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