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The great guardrail ‘greenwash’

Doug Stewart
25 June 2010
Doug Stewart is an independent road safety consultant and the inventor of Visirail and its successor Visiflex high visibility guardrailing.
Doug Stewart is an independent road safety consultant and the inventor of Visirail and its successor Visiflex high visibility guardrailing.
A comparison of the view through Visiflex (left) and basic guardrail (right)
A comparison of the view through Visiflex (left) and basic guardrail (right)

 

Londoners are mystified. Why are pedestrian guardrails throughout their city being removed in vast quantities, particularly as London has the highest pedestrian casualty rate in Britain? By August 2010, 60km of guardrail will have become scrap metal, at a cost of about £3m.

According to Transport for London, its guardrail removal programme aims to remove a “barrier to movement which can discourage walking”, to “encourage sustainable travel”, and to “improve...

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