Re: A New Word: Home Zone | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H. Olson (fholsoncohousing.org) | |
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 09:58:05 -0500 |
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Sharon Villines wrote: > Home zones are residential streets in which motor vehicles take > second place to people. "Home zones" is a new term to me, tho I am somewhat familiar with the term "woonerf". "Traffic calming", a term that is somewhat more general, is more common here. Whatever the term used, it's a great community building idea. I was on a parkway evaluation group last year that was considering traffic calming measures to slow traffic around our parks e.g.- traffic circles, speed humps, constrictions, parking bays, even longitudinal lines that make drivers feel the road is narrower. The general conclusion is that people drive at a speed that they percieve is reasonable and safe based on their perception of the roadway design and environment with little regard to posted speeds. So the task becomes attaining a design that drivers perceive as having slower "reasonable" speeds. In our attempt here in Minneapolis to organize a "retrofit cohousing community ** , I have hopes / dreams that someday our alley and street will become a home zone. ** "retrofit cohousing community" is the term I advocate for a cohousing-like community that evolves in an existing residential neighborhood. See: http://freenet.msp.mn.us/housing/cohousing/retrofit I plan to go on the Cohousing tour to Denmark this June and spend a day or two in Stockholm as well. I'd love to see examples of home zones. If anyone has knowledge of specific examples there, please write to me. Fred -- Fred H. Olson fholson [at] cohousing.org Minneapolis,MN 55411 (612)588-9532 Amateur radio: WB0YQM List manager of: Cohousing-L See http://www.cohousing.org and Nbhd-tc -- Twin Cities Neighborhood issues list. See http://freenet.msp.mn.us
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A New Word: Home Zone Sharon Villines, April 17 1999
- Re: A New Word: Home Zone Fred H. Olson, April 17 1999
- Re: A New Word: Home Zone Suzanne Buice, April 17 1999
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