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Word: delft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1981-1981
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...effort to sort out the two, tame automobiles in residential areas and restore city streets as a place where children can play, old folks can sit, joggers can jog and friends and lovers can meet, began in 1976 in Delft, Holland. "We were trying to stop child murder," says Dutch City Planner Thijs de Jong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Trying to Tame the Automobile | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...Delft system is changing that approach. To achieve peaceful coexistence between cars and people, the Dutch are rearranging conventional streets into sidewalkless Woonerven. The entrances to streets are necked-down to one lane to slow down autos; that lane is then broken up with trees, planters, play equipment, benches and flower beds. Cars are parked diagonally in small groups on alternate sides of the street, so that moving vehicles have to slalom around them. Intersections are marked by islands of greenery or with gradually raised crosswalks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Trying to Tame the Automobile | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

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