London
These days they are taking down a load of railings along city streets. They’ve realised that actually keeping cars and pedestrians strictly ‘in place’ is counter productive. It encourages drivers to relax, assume people won’t be walking in front of them, maybe speed up a little… and BAM.
I guess somebody who used to plan the barriers must be getting frustrated. Because where there was a nice wide pavement with plenty of space for all, they’ve now put up a set of 3 staggered barriers, so that everybody passing has to walk back and forth across that width and through a narrow gap.
I suspect the idea is to stop cyclists speeding along the pavement. I don’t think I’ve actually seen a cyclist near it since it went up… but is it really worth inconveniencing every person who passes, just because of the occasional 2-wheeled plonker? Hmmm, maybe it’s part of the redevelopment for Dalston Square. If they have these monstrosities all round that I will not be happy! Anyway, actual result… since it’s right by the crossing I come over from the Supermarket, I tend to walk along the road, and rejoin the pavement after it. Great result that. No speeding bikes. Pedestrians on the road. Brilliant.
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