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Heavy duty control
No doubt traffic engineers puff with pride at their ability to apportion equal green time to the multiple movements at interchanges such as Vauxhall Cross and Trafalgar Square (6 secs per min). Does it bother them that their complex algorithms … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Trafalgar Square, traffic control, Vauxhall Cross, wisdom of crowds
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Google + Equality Streets v the TCD
High on Google’s list of good management tips is “empower your team and don’t micromanage.” If the TCD (traffic control dictatorship) had a list, its core directive would no doubt be the polar opposite, along the lines of “stamp on initiative, … Continue reading
No traffic controls = civilised streets
Below is a link to some early 20th-century footage shot from a tram progressing along a US city street teeming with people on foot, horse-drawn carts, motor vehicles, trams – all human life is here, in all its beautiful, harmonious … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Hamilton-Baillie, East Cheshire Council, Equality Streets, FiT Roads
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Road signs are signs of failure
Most instructional road signs are signs of failure; failure to forge a culture that stimulates empathy, and failure to design roads in a way that stimulates considerate conduct. Official fixation with control = official neglect of civilised solutions based on equality … Continue reading
