As someone living on Hope Street, I do not see that these curb bump
outs have worked, and they have been the cause of several major
accidents.<br>Elianna<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Bazik</b> <<a href="mailto:jsb@cs.brown.edu">jsb@cs.brown.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:41:43PM -0400, Brian Sullivan wrote:<br>> I just found these two articles on "shared space", which is what this<br>> particular type of traffic engineering is called.<br><br>I believe that traffic calming and shared spaces are very different ideas.
<br>The basic intent is the same - to slow traffic and make roadways safer<br>for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists by engineering the environment.<br>But shared spaces are a newer and more radical approach.<br><br>Traffic calming makes motorists less comfortable by creating real or
<br>psychological obstacles: bumps, curves, narrowing of roadways, "vertical<br>friction" (trees, bollards, buildings, closing in from the sides).<br>The idea is to slow traffic naturally without stopping it.<br>
<br>As I understand it, shared spaces slow traffic and force drivers to<br>be more attentive by taking away the cues they rely on to navigate,<br>including traffic signs and signals, and road striping and boundaries.<br>Pedestrians, cyclists and autos share a continuous paved space and must
<br>negotiate passage with one another. With increased risk of accidents,<br>the theory goes, comes increased caution.<br><br>For more on traffic calming, visit <a href="http://trafficcalming.org">trafficcalming.org</a>. Also, here's
<br>a really excellent site with lots of pictures:<br><br><a href="http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/livememtraffic">http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/livememtraffic</a><br><br>
To read about shared spaces, just google "Hans Monderman."<br><br>John<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Summit mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us
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