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PumpkinAle

(1,210 posts) Thu May 1, 2014, 02:11 PM May 2014

No traffic lights experiment in English village [View all]

I found this fascinating - it is a little long but well worth watching.

"Shared Space" = No traffic lights. No traffic signs. No painted lines in the roadway. No curbs. And 26,000 vehicles passing every day through a village center with busy pedestrian traffic.

Poynton is a small town of about 14,000 people.

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/no-traffic-lights-experiment-english-village

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No traffic lights experiment in English village [View all] PumpkinAle May 2014 OP

No traffic lights, no signs, no lines, no curbs?... PoliticAverse May 2014 #1

This is in Addis Abada........... PumpkinAle May 2014 #8

Cool stuff. We're getting more roundabouts MineralMan May 2014 #2

Roundabouts are an absolute delight compared to 4-way stop signs (nt) Nye Bevan May 2014 #3

Oh, I agree, but you should see people scream when some MineralMan May 2014 #5

The trick is to slowly drive up to one so that there is no confusion as to who goes next. Lars39 May 2014 #10

When they work they are great, though PumpkinAle May 2014 #7

Shared space has been a trend in Europe for a number of years wickerwoman May 2014 #4

They did think of the disabled and PumpkinAle May 2014 #6

Dogs are mostly colourblind. wickerwoman May 2014 #11

Interesting - it's busier than I expected it would be possible for, but it looks to have worked well muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #9

Excellent! struggle4progress May 2014 #12