Man – > Technology – > Speed – > Distance – > Destruction of proximity
This out of control bulimic spiral begins with man’s uncontrollable tool-making itch, and from thence ,and unknown to us at the time, to tools which take on transforming lives of their own — one of...
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Safe Streets is a collaborative worldwide project of World Streets which will aggressively network over the whole of 2012 in our search for shaping ideas with some of the leading thinkers, groups and...
View Article“What are the top 3 things Paris has done in the last 10 years to deliver a...
The other day the phone rang and I heard the voice of my long time friend and valued collaborator Professor John Whitelegg telling me: “on 8th November I am giving a presentation in London at a...
View ArticleSpeeding to a standstill
This is an interesting and useful article. The topic is timely and important. The approach and methodology are interesting. And in it you will find a certain number of points which I regard as...
View ArticleChange has to take root in people’s minds (before it can be legislated)
Professor John Adams has spent quite some years in researching, thinking, talking and writing about risk, and about risk when it comes to how people get around in their daily lives. This posting is...
View ArticleCome out and claim the road – by Sunita Narain
I write this column from my bed, recovering from an accident that broke my bones. I was hit by a speeding car when cycling. The car fled the scene, leaving me bleeding on the road. This is what happens...
View ArticleParis to limit speeds to 30 km/hr over entire city
The just-elected new Mayor of Paris, Madame Anne Hidalgo, has prepared a revolutionary sustainable mobility project whereby virtually all of the streets of the city will be subject to a maximum speed...
View ArticleHow Can Higher Speed Limits Save Lives
Before your blood pressure start to go off the chart dear colleague, have a careful look at what Dr. Aaron Carroll, also known as the Incidental Economist, has to say on what may appear to be a...
View ArticleMore on Illich, Energy and Equity
Further to our recent posting on “Climate Change 101: Thinking about Illich, Energy and Equity” we have just received he following commentary from Chris Bradshaw (See author note below.) Eric, I used...
View ArticleVision Zero: Good enough for Sweden, soon for Britain, and tomorrow for you!
“Road traffic crashes are predictable and therefore preventable … the time to act is now. Road users everywhere deserve better and safer road travel” * In the calendar year 2014 two elderly...
View ArticleTwelve Principles for Healthy and Sustainable Places
In support of project underway of United Nations University’s Global Health Institute COHABIT – Design with nature. Human and ecosystem health stand centre stage in good place design. If it is good for...
View ArticleThe Mobility Complex: John Whitelegg lights a fire.
Important announcement: Mobility has been priced to move. Available in both paper and eBook form for less than USD 10.00. See http://tinyurl.com/zxclcz4 (Thank you John for thinking about students,...
View ArticleTransport minimization: Bridging time and space in different ways
The TMAPP Planners Toolbox: Transport/Mobility/Access/ Proximity/’Presence’ To take full advantage of the fundamental structural differences between Old and New Mobility, it can help to reflect on the...
View ArticleArchives: Homage to Hans Monderman
Unexpected interview in Groningen (On the street and straight to the point) 1 min 20 sec – May 30, 2006 Description: What? You know all about transport in cities and you have never heard of Groningen?...
View ArticleTread softy because you tread on their lives.
Rikshawala from Kathmandu, Nepal: तैयारी जीवन बचाउँछ (“Preparedness saves lives”) What you are looking at here is nothing less than a lesson in: (1) Mobility (2) Affordability. (3) Zero carbon (4)...
View ArticleA Safe City Primer from the World Resources Institute ______________ THE NEED...
Four Surprising Ways Slower Driving Creates Better Cities Text extracts from article from TheCityFix of 9 May 2016. Full text and excellent didactic graphics at https://goo.gl/9tydC6 Lower speeds...
View Article________________ SAFE CITY READER ________________ From the Archives of World...
Useful background references from the archives of World Streets to lend a hand to planners, policy makers, researchers, NGOs, students, media and others concerned with the challenges of sustainable...
View Article52 Better, Faster, Cheaper measures that your city could start to do tomorrow...
We often hear that transportation reform is going to require massive public investments, large construction projects, elaborate technology deployments, and above all and by their very nature are going...
View Article. . . . . . . . . . . . MOBILITY, DEATH AND INJURY. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
This posting is intended for informal peer review and comment here on World Streets in the context of a new international collaborative program of New Mobility Master Classes in the making for 2018....
View Article______________ THE NEED FOR SAFE SPEEDS ______________ A Safe City Primer...
Four Surprising Ways Slower Driving Creates Better Cities Text extracts from article from TheCityFix of 9 May 2016. Full text and excellent didactic graphics at https://goo.gl/9tydC6 Lower speeds...
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