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Pavement (Civil Engineering)

(i) a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare; (ii) the material used in paving

John Dales
14 November 2014
Marginal gains. I didn’t like it; I complained; the council acted; the pub responded
Marginal gains. I didn’t like it; I complained; the council acted; the pub responded
The daily obstacle course. “We had to put it somewhere…”
The daily obstacle course. “We had to put it somewhere…”
“I had to park here: otherwise I’d have blocked the carriageway”
“I had to park here: otherwise I’d have blocked the carriageway”

 

I’m a big fan of Bill Bryson’s books. His Notes from a Small Island – in part, a wonderful layman’s take on urban design in Britain – is one I urge you to read. But it’s one of his non-travel books I’m really thinking of this month: Made in America: an informal history of the English language in the United States. It sounds pretty dull, but it isn’t at all; and it challenged my innate sense of the superiority of the Queen’s English over the...

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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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