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During the summer, I wrote to the Vale of Glamorgan with regard to some road infrastructure changes in the South Wales towns of Penarth and Cowbridge. The questions and answers follow:
What are the traffic flows on Windsor road and why is the road,…
All Local Authorities in Wales have failed to respond to the offer of training or more information on the Manual for Streets according to one of its authors. The document is based on solid research and has won much praise and many awards and yet Loc…
Well, tell us about the Cuban traffic then! How do road-users interact, what's the culture of the street like? Do different road-users merge in a merry mix? Or do they queue in dismal silence at lights and burn rubber when the lights change?
Good info - thanks. This is a way to go imo, as it would undoubtedly have the effect of evening up the space balance and increasing awareness of cyclists which in turn would ease the somewhat fraught relations between motorists and cyclists (at leas…
Thanks for posting that. As the chief proponent of shared space in England, Ben H-B has been instrumental in the evolution of these ideas and helping realise actual schemes. The idea of egalitarian space-sharing still needs wider public acceptance -…
The following press release has been issued by Ashford Borough Council this week. This is very positive news.
"Where Ashford leads in urban planning and street design, others follow – that seems to be the message after it was revealed that more t…
Debates rage around the world over the merits of naked streets, shared space, traffic calming, speed limits and bicycle lanes. Perhaps the Dutch have found the perfect solution.
On this street, the central white line is missing as in a naked street…
Most "accidents" are "driver failure".
Some 30 years ago, when I was rather shorter than today, an old farmer told me that animals have priority on the roads, then people and finally cars. He was right about this, as he was about farming methods... If he was alive and still farming today…
I came across this:
"At many intersections outside of downtown areas, pedestrians need to use pedestrian pushbuttons. This may require pedestrians who are blind to divert from their path of travel to find and use the pushbutton. When pedestrian pus…
This road is no busier on a weekend when there is an event on... In fact this photograph was taken on a particularly busy day for the pool - and if it is so dangerous to cross this bit of road, then surely it is more dangerous to walk in the ar park…
Presumably that particular road can get packed with traffic on event days. In any case, as long as we live and die by directional priority (main road, or, as at roundabouts, right-side priority), instead of temporal priority (filter in turn), engine…
The footpath from Cardiff International Swimming Pool to the nearby bus stop. Mind the puddles!
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- At 10:46am on February 28, 2009,
Ian Perry said…
- Through your old blog. I like to know what is going on...
- At 12:15am on February 28, 2009,
Martin Cassini said…
- Good to have you on board. How did you hear of this network - through the net or a mutual friend?
- At 10:48pm on February 27, 2009,
Ian Perry said…
- Hello Martin,
I just sprung out from behind one of the ever so many traffic lights in Cardiff... Traffic lights are breeding here faster than rabbits. Not only do we have traffic lights to join a roundabout and on it, but a further set of lights to leave the roundabout! A road which simply leads to a car park even has... a pelican crossing...
I am no longer a "car addict"... Unfortunately the only view of the world that those with power have had is through a windscreen...
When I see what is happening in Europe and beyond and hear what UK politicians often say, I believe that there is hope - than I see what the UK politicians, planners, urban designers and traffic planners do and despair...
- At 10:15pm on February 26, 2009,
Martin Cassini said…
- Hello Ian, where did you spring from?
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Vale of Glamorgan Road Infrastructure Developments
During the summer, I wrote to the Vale of Glamorgan with regard to some road infrastructure changes in the South Wales towns of Penarth and Cowbridge. The questions and answers follow:
What are the traffic flows on Windsor road and why is the road, particularly in the town centre not deemed suitable for “shared space”, when Bristol City Council are planning to follow Ashford and turn Park Street over to “shared space”?
– "Most recent traffic count shows an average of 13,68… Continue
What are the traffic flows on Windsor road and why is the road, particularly in the town centre not deemed suitable for “shared space”, when Bristol City Council are planning to follow Ashford and turn Park Street over to “shared space”?
– "Most recent traffic count shows an average of 13,68… Continue
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 10:30am —
Manual for Streets ignored in Wales.
All Local Authorities in Wales have failed to respond to the offer of training or more information on the Manual for Streets according to one of its authors. The document is based on solid research and has won much praise and many awards and yet Local Authorities continue to design streets as they always have...
Only one person at a presentation on the Manual for Streets organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, held in the council offices of Cardiff Council out of the 20… Continue
Only one person at a presentation on the Manual for Streets organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, held in the council offices of Cardiff Council out of the 20… Continue
Posted on April 10, 2009 at 10:30pm —
Update from Ashford, UK
The following press release has been issued by Ashford Borough Council this week. This is very positive news.
"Where Ashford leads in urban planning and street design, others follow – that seems to be the message after it was revealed that more than a dozen UK towns ar… Continue
"Where Ashford leads in urban planning and street design, others follow – that seems to be the message after it was revealed that more than a dozen UK towns ar… Continue
Posted on April 1, 2009 at 12:39pm — 1 Comment
Shared cycle lane
Debates rage around the world over the merits of naked streets, shared space, traffic calming, speed limits and bicycle lanes. Perhaps the Dutch have found the perfect solution.
On the street in the picture, the central white line has gone, but on both sides are 1.75m wide red cycl… Continue
On the street in the picture, the central white line has gone, but on both sides are 1.75m wide red cycl… Continue
Posted on March 30, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment
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