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28/08/2018

Shared Spaces

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Shared Spaces

The future of 'shared spaces' after the government calls a halt to new projects.

Few issues provoke quite as much fury among blind people as the blurring of lines between roads and the pavement. So will new advice on 'shared spaces' make a difference?

Blind people know the theory. 
The term "shared spaces" is a blurring of the lines between the road and the pavement, the thinking being that if cyclists, drivers and pedestrians simply slow down and look at each other - all will be well. 
It's a theory that has dictated more than a hundred planning projects in towns across the UK - but that theory breaks down if you're blind or partially sighted. As a new government strategy calls for a halt to new shared space schemes we check out a project in Lancashire - and talk to Lord Holmes whose 2015 report Accidents By Design called for their abolition. 
Presented by Peter White
Produced by Kevin Core.

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