Tag Archives: shared space

“Shared space” — longer video and discussion

Posted on March 7, 2012 by jsallen

This post is a companion to my earlier one titled “No Rules.” The video here shows my entire ride on Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with a forward and rearward view, while the one in “No Rules” shows only highlights … Continue reading →

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No rules?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by jsallen

Quite by chance, I encountered an advocate of “shared space” and had a conversation with him at the start of a ride I undertook to illustrate the concept. The advocate expressed that there are “no rules” in this kind of … Continue reading →

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German town’s traffic plan: retrenchment, not radicalism

Posted on January 27, 2008 by jsallen

Parts of European cities have a modern streetscape, — Paris, due to Baron Haussmann‘s urban-renewal projects in the mid-19th century; many other cities, due to bombing in World War II and subsequent reconstruction. But ancient, narrow streets without sidewalks are … Continue reading →

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