11-20-2006, 01:02 PM
Quote:Are streets without traffic signs conceivable? Seven cities and regions in Europe are giving it a try -- with good results.
European traffic planners are dreaming of streets free of rules and directives. They want drivers and pedestrians to interact in a free and humane way, as brethren -- by means of friendly gestures, nods of the head and eye contact, without the harassment of prohibitions, restrictions and warning signs.
A project implemented by the European Union is currently seeing seven cities and regions clear-cutting their forest of traffic signs. Ejby, in Denmark, is participating in the experiment, as are Ipswich in England and the Belgian town of Ostende...
full article: http://www.spiegel.de/international/spie...47,00.html