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Trial by, er… trial

No-one knows exactly what’ll happen when streets change – so why not try it and see?

John Dales
30 October 2015
The crossed arms of disgruntlement: but will their world really end if you implement the scheme?
The crossed arms of disgruntlement: but will their world really end if you implement the scheme?
…or you could keep meeting indoors and just speculate
…or you could keep meeting indoors and just speculate
With a trial, you could experience what might happen when there’s no motor traffic…
With a trial, you could experience what might happen when there’s no motor traffic…

 

As I’m sure you recall, I ended last month’s column on a real cliff-hanger; one that’s probably had you breathless with anticipation these past 28 days. I had queried the ability of the communities we typically engage with properly to comprehend, and therefore debate, the real outcomes likely to arise from changes affecting our streets; and I said this was something I’d return to this month.

What I return with is the contention that talking and showing pictures, and...

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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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