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Friend of mine is an urban planner. He talks about letting the environment inform the speed of cars more than speed limits, which I've always found interesting.
by prawn 10y ago
Friend of mine is an urban planner. He talks about letting the environment inform the speed of cars more than speed limits, which I've always found interesting. Narrower streets and bollards that encourage drivers to slow down to avoid damage to their car are good examples of that.
- masklinn 10y ago> Narrower streets and bollards that encourage drivers to slow down to avoid damage to their car are good examples of that. Speed bumps, chicanes and chokers have become very common in france over the last 10 years or so. They used to only be found in centers of pretty large cities but these days you can find them on any old "local" country road.
- prawn 10y agoI was in France for three weeks last month so saw exactly what you're talking about. They also have very narrow streets in villages, and avenues bordered by plane trees exceptionally close to the road!
- masklinn 10y ago> They also have very narrow streets in villages, and avenues bordered by plane trees exceptionally close to the road! These are more historical remnants, new codes don't really allow for that but if a village was there at the time people still mostly used horse-drawn carts (which was very common until post-war) they weren't going to tear down all the houses to build the road. It leads to interesting situations e.g. A380 parts heading to the final assembly line near Toulouse go through Levignac, some parts have inches of clearance from the houses.