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The search for perfection

Is unimprovable ever achievable; how good is good enough; and how can you sleep at night?

John Dales
20 February 2015
Wile E Coyote searching for perfection, but only finding the acme
Wile E Coyote searching for perfection, but only finding the acme
This shouldn’t happen. But somehow – amazingly – life goes on happily enough
This shouldn’t happen. But somehow – amazingly – life goes on happily enough
A bloke in a cycle track, but not on a cycle. It’s anarchy
A bloke in a cycle track, but not on a cycle. It’s anarchy

 

The questions above represent a wide diversity of those that are often asked, in one form or another, and more or less politely, of people whose work involves some aspect of urban design. The questions are also of the kind that practitioners like me often ask of themselves.

I challenge myself with such thoughts because I want to do a better job this time than I did last time. I want to learn, from both success and failure; I want to apply what I’ve learned; and I want to reflect...

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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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