Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Pavement curb ramps for pushchairs & wheelchairs
I've noticed that on several roads, for instance the junction of GL & Falkland south-side, the new curbs are quite high and rather than having a proper level change there's just a 45 degree tarmac ramp from pavement to road level.
Is this permanent or are they going to dig up the corners again at a later date?
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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I asked Rob Tao to respond to a similar comment the other day, See what he said here.
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Permalink Reply by adamvietnam on
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Don't lower the pavement - raise the road. Genius!
Wasn't there a song about something similar once?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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This was actually addressed by my favourite HoL contributor, Bob Ruggles, in 2008 on HoL. See here.
Basically, raised junctions save lives.
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Nice one - who knew!
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Oh I am such a nerd about this. They guy who came up with the idea and pushed for its implemetation is Herman Meyer (sorry I have no idea about the spelling) who lives in Hampstead and works in Public Policy. Statistically he has saved a lot of lives. Not much about him on the Internet though...
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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John, the expert you have in mind is Mayer Hillman.
I previouasly posted a link to this article which I heard about from Juliet Solomon - one of the LibDem councllors - who was once one of his colleagues.
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YES! That's the guy. Goodness, I have even emailed with him many years ago. How terrible of me.
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I've been browsing Mayer Hillman's website as I wanted to download and re-read a couple of his publications on children and safety. Here are some links in case anyone else is especially interested.
One False Move: a Study of Children’s Independent Mobility (with John Adams and John Whitelegg), Policy Studies Institute, 1991
Children, Transport and the Quality of Life Policy Studies Institute, 1993
Children’s rights and adults’ wrongs Children’s Geographies, Vol. 4 Issue 1, April 2006
In case these titles sound too theoretical and academic, you may be pleasantly surprised. Mayer Hillman writes about very practical issues. Here's a quote from Tim Gill another well-known writer in this field, who endorses and builds on Hillman's work.
"The home habitat’ of a typical eight year old – the area in which children are able to travel on their own – has shrunk to one-ninth of its former size. Actually, that was between 1971 and 1990."
Mayer Hillman says that we treat children as "second class citizens". He
points out the similarity between the lives of most children and another group of people who have to live their lives within strict boundaries; under constant surveillance; and who are rarely allowed out on their own. People in jail.So what should be done? Based on our worries, he says we've withdrawn children from perceived danger. But not properly tried the alternative: "withdrawing danger from children - to reflect their rights to a safe environment outside their home ..."
For me another interesting aspect of his website is how he's partly made his own published work freely available. He's posted scanned copies. Simple, easy, obvious - and profoundly democratic.
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