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01/28/2005 Entry: "why don't we denude it in the road?"

This is interesting:

MARK RICE-OXLEY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - Annoyed at how their
upscale neighborhood has been ruined by incessant traffic, local
authorities [in London's Museumland neighborhood] are planning to unveil
a radical solution Monday: remove the conventional insignia of the road
- traffic lights, white lines, guardrails, sidewalks - and create a
single "shared space" for everyone, motorized or not.
At first glance, the idea seems a little reckless. After all, it is only
the presence of the crossing signals on Exhibition Road that seems to
keep the bewildered, stray tourists from a nasty accident. And
governments the world over have long since concluded that the safest way
to avoid catastrophe on the roads is to segregate vehicles from
pedestrians.