Shared Streets, another viewpoint

http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/sharedst...dex.php?id=198

Not the universal panacea some people think they are ..

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Paul - xxx

On 09/04/2011 07:57, Paul - xxx wrote:

http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/sharedst...dex.php?id=198

Not the universal panacea some people think they are ..

Yet in other jurisdictions where such schemes are commonplace they
manage to accommodate them somehow.

Monderman's approach was to consult and communicate with the various
disability groups at the design stage and cooperate on the incorporation
of cues that those affected could recognise
and follow.

AIUI, the GDBA have a particular problem in that they train their dogs
to recognise kerbs as the interface between "road" and "path". With no
kerbs they are lost. Their current strategy seems to be to campaign
against them rather than try to find a solution that will work with them.

P.S. There's an identical thread on the go on uk.transport.

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Matt B

Matt B wrote:

On 09/04/2011 07:57, Paul - xxx wrote:

http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/sharedst...dex.php?id=198

Not the universal panacea some people think they are ..

Yet in other jurisdictions where such schemes are commonplace they
manage to accommodate them somehow.

Monderman's approach was to consult and communicate with the various
disability groups at the design stage and cooperate on the
incorporation of cues that those affected could recognise and follow.

AIUI, the GDBA have a particular problem in that they train their dogs
to recognise kerbs as the interface between "road" and "path". With no
kerbs they are lost. Their current strategy seems to be to campaign
against them rather than try to find a solution that will work with
them.

P.S. There's an identical thread on the go on uk.transport.

Heh, just seen it...

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Paul - xxx