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October 19, 2004
English Heritage - York response
Yesterday's Evening Press had a two page spread (pages 10-11) on the English Heritage campaign. It raised the issue of street in clutter in central York, and also questioned the need for 'over-engineered' solutions to traffic management. Our own surveys here in Bishopthorpe (see the article here) reveal that people are concerned about pedestrian safety here, in spite of, or perhaps because of such traffic management installations. I have always thought that traffic calmimg was more about people calming, and it was interesting to see the views aired in the Press article about less is more - "research in Britain and elsewhere suggests that fewer signs and less control allows social and cultural constraints to be more effective." Yes - speeding down Main Street is anti-social behaviour!
Posted by martin at October 19, 2004 9:09 AM
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