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Let’s call the whole thing off

Off or on, it’s hard to make the right decisions when there’s confusion about what the ‘thing’ is

John Dales
10 July 2015
While kerbs are an important street feature for some, they create an obstacle course for others
While kerbs are an important street feature for some, they create an obstacle course for others
Conventional but ‘fancy-looking’: this layout has been both proclaimed and criticised as ‘shared space’
Conventional but ‘fancy-looking’: this layout has been both proclaimed and criticised as ‘shared space’
It’s a gyratory, and it’s grim. So making it two-way must be ‘the answer’, right?
It’s a gyratory, and it’s grim. So making it two-way must be ‘the answer’, right?

 

My title this month is that of a song by George and Ira Gershwin, from the 1937 film Shall We Dance?, in which Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers’ romance is at risk because they can’t agree on the pronunciation of various words. I’m using it because, well, you’ll see…

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to speak at a seminar on designing for cycling, and given the brief of answering the following, convoluted, two-part question: “Segregation: Dutch, Danish or...

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John Dales

John Dales

John Dales MSC BSC MCIHT CMILT Director, Urban Mov

John Dales is a streets design adviser to local authorities around the UK, a member of several design review panels, and one of the London mayor’s design advocates. He is a past chair of the Transport Planning Society, a former trustee of Living Streets, and a committee member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is director of transport planning and street design consultancy Urban Movement. 

 

j.dales@urbanmovement.co.uk
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