With the way that the road is currently painted and
the change in level at the curb it is easy to assume that cars own the road. But
should they?
Hamillton-Baille Associates, leading experts in the
development of shared space suggest that the conventional division of the space of our
streets is no longer valid. Bombarding the driver with traffic signals removes
the need to think. By introducing ambiguity into the streetscape where zones
are less clearly defined, the speed of traffic is reduced. Baille states that, ‘Treating streets as merely
corridors or sewers for moving people and vehicles about ignores the real
purpose of cities and of public space.’
(http://www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk/, 2014)
Promoting a shared space approach with one level of road
surface and less aggressive zoning will allow for everyone to have equal right
to the road and for cyclist to feel safer in amongst the traffic.
'I see no need to separate or segregate urban traffic from other aspects of civic space.'
Ben Hamilton Baillie
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