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Better streets: What really works?

We’ve seen the promo shots; we’ve heard the spin: but are ‘Better Streets’ actually better?

John Dales
02 December 2011
Britannia Junction in Camden. Will it be better? It could hardly be worse…
Britannia Junction in Camden. Will it be better? It could hardly be worse…
Does Exhibition Road really work? I hope it will, but no-one can say just yet
Does Exhibition Road really work? I hope it will, but no-one can say just yet
Ashford: it has had its problems, but overall the scheme is safe and has achieved its objectives
Ashford: it has had its problems, but overall the scheme is safe and has achieved its objectives

 

Delighted as I was, last week, to see the work of my colleagues featured positively in a double-page spread in the London Evening Standard, one particular statement within the piece struck me as rather odd, to say the least. The article was about the changes currently in hand at Britannia Junction in Camden Town, and the paragraph in question ran, “It is hoped the £1.3m project will mirror the success of Exhibition Road in Kensington and Chelsea.”

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John Dales

John Dales

John Dales MSC BSC MCIHT CMILT Director, Urban Mov

John Dales is a streets design adviser to local authorities around the UK, a member of several design review panels, and one of the London mayor’s design advocates. He is a past chair of the Transport Planning Society, a former trustee of Living Streets, and a committee member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is director of transport planning and street design consultancy Urban Movement. 

 

j.dales@urbanmovement.co.uk
+44 (0)7768 377 150
www.johndales.com

 

 
 
 

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