Friday, July 15, 2011

When does driving slowly become congestion?



Through his World Streets blog, Eric Britton provided the focus for today’s review which is about the need for vehicles to slow down and the added risks to life and limb from speeding which is accentuated with the You-Tube video above. A useful collection of links to earlier posts on Word Streets is given HERE

SLOWTH: Or why it is so very important (and so very easy) to slow down traffic in cities
(World Streets, Jul. 8, 2011)

Key Quotes:

“Slowth is a new mobility transport planning concept, usually deployed in congested urban environments, where transport is calibrated for lower top speeds, but the result is shorter overall travel times across the entire system” (Wiki)

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