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What people have done, people can do

Or can they? As we’re often told, “It may be ‘best practice’ over there, mate, but you can’t do that here.”

John Dales
28 June 2013
It is only a headline in The Standard, but the comparison is at best premature, at worst preposterous
It is only a headline in The Standard, but the comparison is at best premature, at worst preposterous
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A "UK-style" bike lane in Amsterdam! Safe and popular, thanks to traffic management. We could do that
A crossing in Utrecht, where the green
A crossing in Utrecht, where the green "man" is the cartoon rabbit Miffy – imagine the Dutch TSRGD!

 

My headline this month is the inclusive version of an old, allegedly Chinese proverb that refers only to man’s track record. The point it’s making is about the art of the possible: if someone else has done such-and-such a thing, that proves it’s doable. Not that it’s quite that simple, as we shall see.

I was reminded of the proverb this week, specifically in connection with the current debate about the merits and practicalities of ‘Going Dutch’ when it comes...

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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
+44 (0)7768 377 150
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