Hi Nuovo!
I located a number of publications and articles regarding the removal
of traffic lights and signs which resulted in increased traffic
safety.
?In Friesland, northern Holland, traffic controls have been removed at
busy junctions, and the number of deaths and injuries has fallen by 50
per cent without any effect on traffic flow. Similar results have been
achieved in many parts of Denmark.?
[David Harrison, Transport Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph, 10 March
2002]
http://www.can.org.nz/ecan/ecan30.htm
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Intrigue & Uncertainty
Towards New Traffic-Taming Tools
?There are engineers now using ambiguity for safety. One such engineer
is Hans Monderman from Friesland in Northern Holland. In the village
of Makkinga, all the signs and road markings relating to traffic have
been removed. Not only has this improved the physical look of the
village, accidents are down by 10% and speeds have been reduced
significantly. In Oosterwolle, the traffic lights have been taken out
and the corner cuts removed. As a result people have begun using the
intersection as a traditional town square, which helps reduce traffic
speeds even further. Hans Mondermans argues that traffic signs insult
the intelligence of the driver and that roads should "tell the story
of their surroundings". In the words of Hamiliton-Baillie, 'removing
certainty, consistency and clarity' can make streets safer.?
Less Traffic
http://www.lesstraffic.com/Articles/Traffic/Intrigue.pdf
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A Dutch experiment to scrap traffic lights has led to empty roads and
fewer crashes
Joanna Walters, transport editor
Sunday June 30, 2002
The Observer
?Experiments in towns in the northern Friesland region found that busy
junctions where two or three people had been knocked down and killed
every year dropped to a zero death rate when they took the traffic
lights away and put a tree in the middle of the street instead.
(..)
?In many Dutch towns, traffic lights and pelican crossings have been
removed, cyclists are not given bike lanes and there are no speed
limits, so cars and bicycles weave in and out of each other and even
blind people can just step safely out into the street - because
traffic is moving so slowly it can react quickly to any obstacle.?
?Hamilton-Baillie said he was encouraged by town planners in Friesland
to walk across a busy junction with his eyes closed. He reached the
other side safely without the sound of screeching brakes and curses
from drivers.?
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,746880,00.html
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?(..) discovered traffic engineers in Holland and Denmark who were
deliberately introducing uncertainty into the design of junctions and
spaces by removing all traffic signs and line markings as a means of
improving safety. One such engineer is Hans Monderman from Friesland
in Northern Holland. In the village of Makkinga, all the signs and
road markings relating to traffic have been removed. Not only has this
improved the physical look of the village, accidents are down by 10%
and speeds have been reduced significantly. In Oosterwolle, the
traffic lights have been taken out and the corner cuts removed. As a
result people have begun using the intersection as a traditional town
square. Hans Mondermans told Ben Hamiliton-Baillie that traffic signs
insult the intelligence of the driver and that roads should "tell the
story of their surroundings". In the words of Hamiliton-Baillie,
'removing certainty, consistency and clarity' can make streets safer.?
Play for Change
http://www.playforchange.com/Articles/Traffic/intrigue.htm
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The following document contains an article Has Traffic Decency
Disappeared? Can this be restored? By Hans Monderman, Province of
Friesland
Source:
FEVR Symposium "Innovations in Traffic Safety and Victim Assistance"
17 October 2002 Haarlem (The Netherlands)
http://www.verkeersslachtoffers.nl/verkeersslachtoffers/congres/2002-fevr.doc
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?Of greater interest were the increasing number of examples of busy
junctions designed to remove all indication of priority, where traffic
signs and guidance had been removed (along the principles of Hans
Monderman?s work in Friesland and Joost Vahl?s junctions on the
approaches to Culemborg). In Christiansfeld, a historic town in
Jutland, the former traffic lights, road markings and signage on the
busy central crossing in the town have all been removed. Measures have
been installed to slow cars on the approaches, but otherwise the
junction works efficiently and safely entirely on the principle of
requiring eye contact between drivers, and an emphasis on the
historic, civic and social functions of the space.?
Home Zones - Reconciling People, Places and Transport
http://www.whitbybird.com/press/papers/homeZones_adaptions.pdf
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?Hans Monderman, the leading practitioner of the Friesland programme,
has drawn on research in behavioural psychology to combine a detailed
local understanding of urban form and history with an analysis of road
safety and traffic management.?
http://tinyurl.com/2dtyk
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Rural Transport Futures
http://www.transport2000.org.uk/library/RuralTransportFutures_summary.pdf
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Search criteria:
Denmark traffic controls OR lights OR signs +removed
Holland traffic controls OR lights OR signs +removed
Friesland traffic controls have been removed
Monderman safety traffic
I hope you find this information useful! If anything is unclear with
my answer, please ask for clarification.
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
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