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were unsafe for children to walk, cycle or piay in and almost half felt that their neighbours went their own way, rather than doing things together or trying to help each other.

Brighton’s New Road, once a stretch of uninviting tarmac, represertts a new start. Having been redesigned and reinvented, it is now a beautifui and inviting Street, one of the most popular places in town with a 175% increase in pedestrian activity and a 600% per cent increase in people deciding to shop or simply stop, sit and enjoy the new space. lt has become a Street instead of a road, where the fastest vehicle recorded has been a bicycle (at 13 mph as it happens). Firpping the hierarchy is at the heart of its success, putting pedestrians at the top of the pyramid, vehicles at the bottom, with cyciists and public transport users in between. The re-opening was celebrated by tango and theatre. In the end, the best thing about morę civilised streets is that they generale a sense of community. it encourages us to !ive our iives in a different way. And what better benchmark for our country^ streets than a place where you can ask your neighbour to dance.

Proposed OUESTIONS

1.    How is thinking about Street design changing?

2.    What is "shared space”?

3.    What are ”civilised streets”? What are their benefits?

4.    How shouid we design and manage streets to ensure that they are safe for all?

5.    Give examples of badly designed streets in your town/city.

6.    Are there any shared spaces or civi!ised streets in the area you live?

7.    What makes a high - quality Street? (think of kerbs, paving, colours, materiais, maintenance, Crossing points, traffic level, lighting, sense of security, signage, public spaces etc)

8.    Have you got a favourite Street in your town/city?

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KEYWORDS

vehicle

people - centered conception

dysfunctional places

shared surface

conduit

cyciists

residential areas kerbs planting swings play spaces guide dogs civiiised streets pavement residents

flipping the hierarchy community interaction

pedestrians

public transport users

(physical) distinctions

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design Solutions be prioritised over housing developments redesigned and reinvented