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Source: nurpax, flickr.com For most of us, when we’re walking in the city, the safest place to be is on the pavement or sidewalk. However a new movement in urban street design, called ‘Shared Space’, is challenging this kind of thinking.
Riskier Street = Safer Streets?
Are Complete Streets Incomplete?
“The desire to go ‘through’ a place must be balanced with the desire to go ‘to’ a place.” — Pennsylvania and New Jersey DOTs’ 2007 “Smart Transportation Guide.” The “complete streets” movement has taken the United States by storm, and has even taken root in countries such as Canada and Australia. Few movements have done so much to influence needed policy change in the transportation world. As of today, almost 300 jurisdictions around the U.S. have adopted complete streets policies or have committed to do so. This is an amazing accomplishment that sets the stage for communities to reframe their future around people instead of cars.
La rue pour enfants : un projet fédérateur pour sensibiliser aux modes doux
Les enfants sont des usagers comme les autres. Une évidence dont les constructeurs de voitures se sont emparés : plus de 90 % de publicités liées à la mobilité mettent en scène berlines et autres cabriolets, contre moins de 10 % pour le vélo ou les transports en commun. De quoi conditionner nos bambins dès leur plus tendre enfance. C’est pour remédier à cet accablant constat que le projet « Bambini » a été déployé et porté par L’ ARENE (Agence Régionale de l’Environnement et des Nouvelles Energies) depuis juin 2009 en Ile-de-France. Soutenu par le programme européen « Energie Intelligente » de la Commission européenne, l’idée est de « partir du contre-pied de l’hypersociabilisation de la voiture pour motiver les enfants et les parents à utiliser ultérieurement les modes doux », expose Céline Meunier, chef de projet mobilité à l’ARENE.
November 21, 2011 by JoJo Pewsawang Bicyclists utilizing the newly greened First Street bike lanes This past weekend, First Street in Boyle Heights got the distinct honor of having L.A.’s first completed green bike lanes. Merging areas and bus zones along First Street were colorized using green thermoplastic. The green colorization was applied on select areas along the 1.6 mile long bike lanes that stretch between Boyle Avenue to Lorena Street. Colorization has been shown to be affective in other jurisdictions at increasing motorist’s yielding behavior, improving bicyclist visibility, and increasing perceived safety for bicyclists.
First Street merging areas and bus zones greened « LADOT Bike Blog