Tag Archives: shared space

US article about Poynton

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Martin Cassini

Thanks to Ian Walker for bringing this article by Sarah Goodyear to my attention. Judging by many of the comments, a lot of people still don’t get it. The phrase “shared space” has a life of its own. Equality Streets … Continue reading →

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The brain dead give us brain damage

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Martin Cassini

You can be the safest, most aware driver, but the bass turds are out to get you and get you they will. Paid savants devise cryptic regulation that builds into the vast public disservice known as traffic management. The other day I drove along … Continue reading →

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Calls for 5mph limit in Exhibition Road

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Martin Cassini

On Monday 13 Feb 2012, in shared space Exhibition Rd, a man on foot was hit by a lorry (see here). Thankfully he was not badly hurt. This is no reason to ditch shared space, but it backs my view that streetscape … Continue reading →

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Exhibition Road

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Martin Cassini

I’ve said as much before, but in response to this Observer piece about Exhibition Road, I’ll say it again. Is streetscape redesign enough on its own? Not in my view. People need to unlearn the bad habits of a lifetime instilled … Continue reading →

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Shared space pedestrian casualty

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Martin Cassini

I’ve always said that to achieve Equality Streets (or Roads FiT for People), deregulation is not enough on its own. Nor, in my view, is streetscape redesign enough on its own. News of a serious pedestrian casualty at one of Coventry’s … Continue reading →

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Is street design enough?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Martin Cassini

Ben Hamilton-Baillie, street designer and proponent of shared space (he penned the phrase), thinks streetscape redesign is enough on its own, and that streets are designed to express a social context, road-users will instinctively start behaving sociably. I accept that to a degree, … Continue reading →

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