Shared Space

About thirty years ago the Dutch started a revolution in street design. Traffic calming was born where cars, pedestrians and bicycles use the whole width of the street supported by the Highway Code. In the meantime traffic calming had become one of the most successful export article from The Netherlands all over the world. Initially traffic calming was restricted to residential areas. Growing motorized traffic has impaired more and more quality of life in urban main roads and city centers. A great variety of schemes had been developed (pedestrian precinct, limited speed zones and so on) in Europe which addressed the needs of all users as well as the economic, social and ecological functions. The lastest evolution is “Shared Space” (The Netherlands) and “Begegnungszone” (Switzerland). There are schemes where all road users are mixed up to drive or walk at the whole cross-section or place. The effects of decreasing accidents, air pollution and noise as well as increasing quality of urban space at nearly 800 examples – and a lot of them with high traffic volumes – are very encouraging. The procedures such as “Complete Streets” and “Context Sensitive Design” in the United States are very similar but in contrast to the European schemes they emphasize mainly the separating of road users.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ite.org/membersonly/techconference/2012/CB12C3102.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Schlabbach, Klaus
• Conference:
  • Managing Operational Performance...Exceeding Expectations. 2012 ITE Technical Conference and Exhibit
  • Location: Pasadena CA, United States
  • Date: 2012-3-4 to 2012-3-7
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: Managing Operational Performance...Exceeding Expectations. 2012 ITE Technical Conference and Exhibit

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Complete streets; Context sensitive design; Traffic calming; Urban design; Vehicle mix
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shared-use streets
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383614
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:38PM