What happens when you remove all traffic signs?

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Iemand die dus nadacht, ZONDER uit te gaan van de bestaande situatie ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Monderman
http://www.sharedspace.eu/en/sitemap

Jammer genoeg zijn die mensen met een lantaarntje nog niet eens te vinden.

Groet / Cees

Ernst Debets wrote:
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> Cees,
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> Klinkt een beetje als woonerven, maar daarvan hebben we er meer dan 100 in
> Nederland.
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> Ernst Debets/
> Zaanstad
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> Van: owner-d66 at nic.surfnet.nl [mailto:owner-d66 at nic.surfnet.nl] Namens Cees
> Binkhorst
> Verzonden: woensdag 31 maart 2010 23:20
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> Onderwerp: What happens when you remove all traffic signs?
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> Iemand een idee waar die 100 plekken zijn?
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> Groet / Cees
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> What happens when you remove all traffic signs? A German town finds out.
>
> In a counterintuitive approach to reducing car accidents and making
> streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, a German town has nixed all
> traffic signs and traffic lights in the town center.
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/
> By Isabelle de Pommereau, Correspondent
> posted March 31, 2010 at 3:45 pm EDT
> Nieder-Erlenbach, Germany
>
> This unpretentious villagelike neighborhood in Frankfurt's far-northern
> tip is known for the idyllic character of its old half-timber homes and
> its views of rolling hills.
>
> Now it is a symbol of Germany's effort to rescue its streets from the
> hegemony of cars and give more space to pedestrians and cyclists.
>
> To prod drivers to better share the road, in February Nieder-Erlenbach
> got rid of all traffic signs and traffic lights in the town center. It
> also erased marked crosswalks, leaving only one sign that says "common
> street" and calling for a reduced speed of 30 km/h (18 m.p.h.). The only
> other rule: "Always give way to the person on the right."
>
> Thus Main Street turned into a "naked" square shared equally by bikes,
> pedestrians, cars, and trucks. With the change, Nieder-Erlenbach adopted
> a radical traffic-management philosophy gaining popularity in Europe.
> Pioneered by a Dutch engineer who thought towns were safer with fewer
> rules, "shared space" envisions open surfaces on which motorists and
> pedestrians can "negotiate" with one another by eye contact, other
> signals, and a greater consideration for one another.
>
> Segregating cars and pedestrians was wrong, argued Hans Monderman, the
> Dutch engineer who put in place more than 100 shared-space schemes in
> the Netherlands. Prodded by European Union funding for shared-space
> initiatives, seven European towns have launched shared-space
> initiatives, including Ostend in Belgium, Ipswich in England, and the
> small northern town of Bohme, Germany.
>
> But in Nieder-Erlenbach, not everybody is enthused. With no indications
> as to where to park, drivers tend to park everywhere, stalling traffic.
> Ulrike Markus finds the lack of sidewalks unsettling. "Children don't
> know where they feel secure anymore," Ms. Markus says.
>
> While it's too early to assess the impact of the changes on traffic
> incidents, the no-traffic-sign rule is forcing everybody to behave more
> responsibly, most residents agree. Juarita Lascarro says that the
> changes have created a new atmosphere on the street. "We all have to be
> careful all the time."
>
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