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Re:Traffic-weary homeowners and Waze are at war by spuz on Monday June 06, 2016 @07:22PM (#11851296)
The opposite of this is also a viable option in some cases. Create a shared road space where there is no delineation between sidewalk and roadway and pedestrians maintain right of way. It is a planning solution used in some city centres [1]

I remember watching a programme about how they introduced this on a busy city centre road and weirdly it increased traffic flow while also allowing more pedestrian traffic (presumably because people and cars can move simultaneously).

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space

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Re:Traffic-weary homeowners and Waze are at war by bartvk on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @01:28AM (#11852577)
Here in Utrecht, The Netherlands, we have something similar. Asphalt that's red in color, usually means "cycling lane". But some roads are completely red, with signs saying "cars are guest users".
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Re:Traffic-weary homeowners and Waze are at war by hakanensari on Monday June 06, 2016 @07:54PM (#11851451)
"By creating a greater sense of uncertainty and making it unclear who has priority, drivers will reduce their speed." - so un-binary and fascinating.
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Re:Traffic-weary homeowners and Waze are at war by msandford on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:40PM (#11851612)
There's a lot of science behind the idea: http://jalopnik.com/5533260/why-street-signs-make-traffic-mo...

http://thecityfix.com/blog/naked-streets-without-traffic-lig...

http://www.wired.com/2004/12/traffic/

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Re:Traffic-weary homeowners and Waze are at war by terom on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:12PM (#11851949)
This sounds familiar to the traffic models in some parts of large Asian cities, although more as an organic result of a lack of planning solutions? :P

Writing based on the experience in e.g. Kathmandu's Thamel district, where the same tiny roadways are shared by all pedestrians, bicycles, rickshaws and dual-way taxi and moped traffic alike. Traffic signs??

It's a totally different traffic culture to what you're used to in Europe, and it does work in its own way.

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