Accident in East Dulwich Road ( February 23 2012)

[henryb]

> The interesting thing to me are the trials

> currently on various roads in London where signage

> and kerbs, crossings etc have been removed. All

> the evidence seems to be that everyone behaves far

> more responsibly and safely in those open shared

> environments....so perhaps the suggestion that

> it's the removal of boundaries and rules that lead

> to safety more than vice versa has some

> demonstrable truth to it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space

They are called shared spaces. They generally come with 20 mph or lower speed limit and pedestrians can cross wherever they want i.e. the idea is a child wouldn't have to run the gauntlet across a stream of speeding traffic but rather vehicles would actually stop to let them cross. Amazing it seems to just work and both journey times and accidents are much reduced.

[N V Green]

During September, Southwark Council are planning to consult on the introduction of two (uncontrolled) pedestrian crossing points on EDR. One west of Fenwick Road junction and one west of Gowlett Road junction.

[Chick]

N V Green Wrote:

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> During September, Southwark Council are planning

> to consult on the introduction of two

> (uncontrolled) pedestrian crossing points on EDR.

> One west of Fenwick Road junction and one west of

> Gowlett Road junction.

Have you any more info please?