tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post8534573477547261319..comments2024-03-28T11:13:48.581+00:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: Successful city spaces; a place for playibikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-48413393568249129392012-01-24T15:52:27.949+00:002012-01-24T15:52:27.949+00:00We have a similar problem where out locl governmen...We have a similar problem where out locl government has put in a 'Shared Space' residential street without really making it harder to drive down fast, so people driving to work just sweep past the '7 km/h' sign at 30 and storm through. I've seen them do this in the dark when there are children walking up the road, assuming the awkward squishy things will get out of the way -except that of course there's nowhere to get out of the way because it's a shared space street so there's no pavement, just parked cars...Andy in Germanyhttp://www.workbike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-82410839066701521962012-01-24T15:14:37.497+00:002012-01-24T15:14:37.497+00:00I have just popped in the Bycicle Library in old s...I have just popped in the Bycicle Library in old spitafields market! It is brilliant http://www.bealondoner.com/fr/blog/nadege/the-bycile-library-passe-par-le-old-spitafields-marketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-58584612840424962982012-01-24T14:08:44.137+00:002012-01-24T14:08:44.137+00:00Mark - thank you for this excellent article, the t...Mark - thank you for this excellent article, the timing of which could not have been better. <br /><br />My local councillors are currently canvassing opinion on the '20's plenty' scheme for our area and also asking for alternative ideas. I am in the process of draughting a fairly long reply about the 'livability' of our streets. <br /><br />I'm not in London, but your article and the comments above are perfectly applicable to where I live. I will be sending a link to this web-page if that's OK. <br /><br />Many thanks!Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-57134917708873583692012-01-23T18:59:54.873+00:002012-01-23T18:59:54.873+00:00Playfulness takes many forms. But I agree with you...Playfulness takes many forms. But I agree with you that one of its most compelling and significant forms is the kind of playfulness shown by children when they are freely exploring and enjoying their neighbourhood. I will indeed be exploring this territory in my streettalk next month - thanks for the plug!Tim Gillhttp://www.rethinkingchildhood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-26115451568285120712012-01-23T17:33:41.661+00:002012-01-23T17:33:41.661+00:00Oh that sun sounds superb just now - and the bench...Oh that sun sounds superb just now - and the benches too. Will definitely try and see it next week when I'm in London for the bash<br /><br />Hope to see you there ...townmousehttp://cityexile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-8070742460073062942012-01-23T17:18:40.366+00:002012-01-23T17:18:40.366+00:00@Paul M Haslemere sounds very much like where I gr...@Paul M Haslemere sounds very much like where I grew up. SO much potential for a nicer urban environment for people of all ages, if only a bit more thought went in to the application of it all.ibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-70006990313283512822012-01-23T16:46:01.686+00:002012-01-23T16:46:01.686+00:00I have the good fortune to live not on a street, b...I have the good fortune to live not on a street, but a lane - in a rural setting, with the National Trust-owned Hindhead Common just behind my back fence. I have no qualms about my kids playing anywhere around here, at least not in terms of traffic.<br /><br />However, within a mile from me, still in the leafy Surrey town of Haslemere, I would be less sure. For example there is a residential road, wide and straight but with a fair bit of "dead ground" due to its contours, which forms part of an unofficial bypass, a rat-run for motorists who wish to avoid driving through the town centre where those pesky pedestrians use the pelican crossing (only one) with irritating frequency.<br /><br />This detour must be 50% longer than going direct, ie an etra half-mile, so of course they have to make up the "lost" time - I have rarely seen through traffic doing less than 40mph on this 30 limit street. The only thing which slows them down is that during the working day the street is also a vast free car park for the nearby railway station. That itself is the subject of proposals for on-street parking charges which are attracting the sort of venom which we have just seen in Westminster.<br /><br />Of course, being Surrey, the kids get ferried around in their parent's Volvos from violin lesson to cricket practice so that they are rarely left the time to simpoly play in the street!Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com