streets and street use
February 7, 2012 - Mary Portas and the Local Government Minister, Grant Shapps, have launched a competition to choose 12 towns to become 'Portas Pilots', with the winners benefiting from a share of £1million to help turn around their 'unloved and unused' high streets.
For details on exactly how your town can bid, please visit DCLG... more >
February 2, 2012 - The Times has launched a public campaign, Cities for for Cycling, and an 8-point manifesto calling for cities to be made fit for cyclists. On the urban roads of Britain today cyclists need to be fit for cities, says the paper. Cycling should be both safe and pleasurable. Ministers, mayors and local authorities must build cities that are fit for cycling.
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The idea that free parking is a ‘basic’ for the future success of high streets is like insisting that: 'The more you park, the more you spend'. Which, of course, is not just mostly tosh, but entirely tosh. The longer I live, the truer the following statement by the New Urbanist, John Norquist, seems to become: 'It often seems as though the chief end of human endeavour is to park'. By John Dales
'Better Streets: What Really Works?’ sought to answer this question through an honest analysis of both whole schemes and specific issues, all within a context set by an assessment of what a ‘Better Street’ consists of. Flush surfaces, uncluttered desire lines, safe space, expensive materials and such should be understood clearly as catalysts for enabling people to use and enjoy streets better, not as ends in their own right, says John Dales
The wellbeing of town centres has always been closely linked to the transport system and how it delivers activity in the form of customers for retail and people engaging in other forms of economic and social life. By Phil Goodwin
December 19, 2011 - Philips has announced details of the 'transformation' that its LED lighting solutions brought to Zurich's Hardbrucke, adding life to the neighborhood while reducing energy costs, says the company.
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December 13, 2011 - As is being widely reported in the media, a third of high streets are 'degenerating or failing'; according to new research published by the Government, outlined in the Portas High Street review. Many of the solutions designed to aid suffering high streets were put forward at the RUDI/LTT Better Streets event at the end of November, which featured a debate on the future of the high street. more >
December 5, 2011 - The DfT’s new guidance on shared space street environments, the Shared Space Local Transport Note, is based on flawed research and makes exaggerated claims about the benefits of the design, according to academics. They add that the flagship Ashford shared space scheme in Kent is actually disliked by many local people. more >
Changed attitudes, not just designs, are essential if better-shared streets are to become a reality, says John Dales
October 17, 2011 - A new Department for Transport document sets out a policy framework for ensuring our traffic system meets the future needs of all road users, while building upon the existing and established traffic sign system. It sets out recommendations for improving the information that traffic signs communicate to road users by providing more freedom for decisions about signing at the local level. more >
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