Comments on: Hamilton-Baillie on ‘Shared Space’ in Ashford http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/27/hamilton-baillie-on-shared-space-in-ashford/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:08:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mikey2gorgeous http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/27/hamilton-baillie-on-shared-space-in-ashford/#comment-10825 mikey2gorgeous Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:28:58 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1368#comment-10825 Tom, the first reaction I got from my local newspaper's online forum when I posted a link to this article was to quote http://www.guidedogs .org.uk/sharedstreets/index.php?id=252 . I would like to be able to respond properly to this but can't seem to. If blind and partially sighted people are put off the area, how can we be sure the zero accident level is an accurate statement given that the current users may differ from the previous 'controls'? Tom, the first reaction I got from my local newspaper’s online forum when I posted a link to this article was to quote http://www.guidedogs
.org.uk/sharedstreets/index.php?id=252 .

I would like to be able to respond properly to this but can’t seem to. If blind and partially sighted people are put off the area, how can we be sure the zero accident level is an accurate statement given that the current users may differ from the previous ‘controls’?

]]> By: townmouse http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/27/hamilton-baillie-on-shared-space-in-ashford/#comment-10822 townmouse Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:07:59 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1368#comment-10822 @Cycler - there were <a href="http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/07/28/streets-ahead-in-ashford/" rel="nofollow">before and after pics</a> which make it look a little more appealing. It may be the trees are taking a little time to grow in @Cycler - there were before and after pics which make it look a little more appealing. It may be the trees are taking a little time to grow in

]]> By: Cycler http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/01/27/hamilton-baillie-on-shared-space-in-ashford/#comment-10807 Cycler Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:50:09 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1368#comment-10807 While I support the principles behind shared space, and applaud this effort and its success, I must say that my initial reaction to that photo is that it looks like the kind of barren hardscape that I normally associate with auto-centric infrastructure. Perhaps it's an improvement over what was there before, but the scale of street furnishings relative to the overall, and the lack of plantings makes it seem pretty desolate. While I support the principles behind shared space, and applaud this effort and its success, I must say that my initial reaction to that photo is that it looks like the kind of barren hardscape that I normally associate with auto-centric infrastructure. Perhaps it’s an improvement over what was there before, but the scale of street furnishings relative to the overall, and the lack of plantings makes it seem pretty desolate.

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