germanicdogman
Veteran
the bbc seem to think shared road space is "controversial" idea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-13187588
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-13187588
shared space
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pshore
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Not personally, but David Hembrow has written about it a few times (note this in Holland):
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/11/shared-space.html
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2009/11/den-bosch-at-high-speed.html
My experience of shopping areas in English towns and cities is that the traffic falls into line with whatever type of vehicle is the majority - as long as the road section does not look like a road.
So, if one car is trying to get through a busy pedestrian shopping area the car has to go at a slow pace as pedestrians randomly wander in front of the car. But if the cars turn into a stream of traffic, the pedestrian is on the back foot and can have trouble crossing the road.
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/11/shared-space.html
http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2009/11/den-bosch-at-high-speed.html
My experience of shopping areas in English towns and cities is that the traffic falls into line with whatever type of vehicle is the majority - as long as the road section does not look like a road.
So, if one car is trying to get through a busy pedestrian shopping area the car has to go at a slow pace as pedestrians randomly wander in front of the car. But if the cars turn into a stream of traffic, the pedestrian is on the back foot and can have trouble crossing the road.