The Ranty Highwayman

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A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman

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In 2016, Leuven made a bold decision: instead of trying to accommodate ever-increasing car traffic, it would change the rules of the road entirely. A decade later, the Dutch-inspired traffic circulation plan has drastically improved the city’s accessibility, liveability and quality of public space.🧵

People of all ages and abilities in casual autumn attire walk, cycle, sit, and ride the bus on the low-traffic streets of Leuven lined with buildings, trees, benches, terraces, and planter boxes.People of all ages and abilities in casual autumn attire walk, cycle, sit, and ride the bus on the low-traffic streets of Leuven lined with buildings, trees, benches, terraces, and planter boxes.People of all ages and abilities in casual autumn attire walk, cycle, sit, and ride the bus on the low-traffic streets of Leuven lined with buildings, trees, benches, terraces, and planter boxes.People of all ages and abilities in casual autumn attire walk, cycle, sit, and ride the bus on the low-traffic streets of Leuven lined with buildings, trees, benches, terraces, and planter boxes.
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In terms of being able to make it a motorway, it would probably be far easier to build a new motorway along a different route and that would of course be a challenge for all sorts of political and environmental reasons.

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The A12 (dualled bit at least) has lots of places where there are historic private accesses, direct access to homes, petrol stations and geometry that doesn't meet motorway standards. It's also used by farm traffic, mopeds and learners who are banned by motorways.

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