Managing transport risks: what works?

"What does a transport safety regulator have in common with a shaman conducting a rain dance? 

They both have an inflated opinion of the effectiveness of their interventions in the functioning of the complex interactive systems they purport to influence or control..."

More at: http://john-adams.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Management-of-the-risks-of-transport2.pdf

Shared Space on YouTube

Videos about Shared Space at  https://www.youtube.com/user/Sharedspace

e.g. Introduction to Shared Space (1 of 2) http://is.gd/8uzGP0

       Introduction to Shared Space (2 of 2)  http://is.gd/ozPF2L

      

Talking Shared Space With Ben Hamilton-Baillie

by Payton Chung

...These distinctive design treatments signal to people passing through the shared space that they will need to slow down and look around. As such, shared space has been a huge boon to economic development whenever it’s been introduced to a retail district...

more at: 

http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/07/03/talking-shared-space-with-ben-hamilton-baillie/

Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only city in America with a city law that defines “shared streets,” passed to provide wider walkways along Winthrop Street near Harvard Square. Photo: Leslee/Flickr