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Up the junctions

What can we learn from new thinking about the old challenge of ‘junction improvement’?

John Dales
06 September 2013
Coventry, looking from Gosford Street east to Jordan Well. Different. Better
Coventry, looking from Gosford Street east to Jordan Well. Different. Better
Herne Hill – a slightly raised, panoramic view of the junction after the changes
Herne Hill – a slightly raised, panoramic view of the junction after the changes
Southampton, looking across the High Street towards the old Holyrood church
Southampton, looking across the High Street towards the old Holyrood church

 

All three of the schemes short-listed for this year’s Urban Transport Design Award – presented in July at the 11th annual Transport Practitioners’ Meeting – involved substantial changes to important junctions. Two were in city centres (Coventry and Southampton) and the third was at a very challenging location in Herne Hill, South London. It’s often said – both in relation to capacity and safety – that links aren’t half as problematic as the...

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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
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