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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1105614487492&call_pageid=970599119419

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1427660,00.html

I'd like to see them try this in Cambridge, if only because the clutter on the streets in the city centre is incredibly ugly. This is assuming, of course, that it has the right effect on taxi drivers and other cretins. But given that our councils have very old-fashioned and rules-bound approaches to road design, I don't have much hope.

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I can see one problem: it seems to assume that everyone can pass everyone else. One of Cambridge's main traffic problems is around the bus station, where the road is not wide enough for buses to park and pass at the same time.
They also don't mention visibility - you can't make allowance for something you cannot see, such as a darkly-clad pedestrian or illegally unlit cyclist.
I'm curious how they would get around those two problems. Bright streetlighting may deal with the latter, but brings its own problems - cost, light pollution, annoyance to people in nearby houses trying to sleep, unattractive skyline.

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As far as space is concerned, you have to be selective about where you apply different traffic management designs. In fact common sense is required in general. Don't make yourself invisible, and don't drive so fast that you can't stop in time.