A "shared place" on the roads - Page 2

WillowTheWhisp · 09-01-2005, 22:17

At least we've got pavements there but I think it does confuse people when the roads are "paved" with the same kind of brickwork giving pedestrians the idea that they have right of way.

I totally agree with you that the centre is a complete mess and could do with a total re-vamp. How many roads have we got which lead to a roundabout which sends you back the way you came?

park381 · 09-01-2005, 23:03

It is, may be this new partnership with Blackburn will sort it out, who knows, Accy may loose the title of The £1 centre of the north

vorlon24 · 10-01-2005, 09:36

If Exhibition Road was to be 'shared' as the article suggests, I would certainly avoid it. My childrens' lives are not going to be gambled with - you only need one numpty for a tragedy to happen

park381 · 10-01-2005, 09:56

Don't think you need to look at Exhibition Road,just look at Union st.bottom of Broadway and Blackburn rd. in Accy. you take yer life in yer hands as you cross any of those

Round by the Halifax, and Bank people just park, or stop anywhere.

WillowTheWhisp · 10-01-2005, 10:24

Don't blame you Vorlon. I feel exactly the same.

The point is Park that they do intent to make Exhibition Road a "shared space" with no pavement, (at least we've got pavement areas on Broadway/Union St) no road markings and everyone having right of way, cars, buses, pedestrians INCLUDING CHILDREN! It's difficult enough trying to teach road sense to groups of young children who are excited about being out on a "school trip" without complicating the issue like this. I know, I've accompanied groups of junior school children to Manchester and trying to keep them ON the pavement and not spilling over onto the road is challenge enough.
Of course with the new "risk assessments" that schools have to do before planning a school trip it may well be that they will consider it far too dangerous to even contemplate and as a consequence children will lose out because these museum trips do form part of their education.

As for taking my own children - I'd be giving it some serious thought too.

There's also a very busy church on there which gets lots of visitors not only on Sundays as they have a "visitor's centre" where people can just drop in and find out what they're all about. I think there may well be a Family History centre too. I know there used to be. ON Sundays there are a lot of young children spilling out of that building all at once - with no pavement and a sudden unanticipated influx of small bodies.......... it doesn't bear thinking about.

vorlon24 · 10-01-2005, 11:04

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Originally Posted by park381

Don't think you need to look at Exhibition Road,just look at Union st.bottom of Broadway and Blackburn rd. in Accy. you take yer life in yer hands as you cross any of those

Round by the Halifax, and Bank people just park, or stop anywhere.

I'm not from the area, so I don't know where you are talking about.

There's plenty of dangerous roads in Tunbridge Wells, though