(16 Jul 2018, 9:10 am)idiot wrote Interesting read.

Unfortunately until pedestrians and cyclists are given priority over vehicles it will never be completely save.

I agree with you. It's that level of risk and potential for harm thing that H&S people always bang on about.
Unless you remove the risk, there is always the potential for harm.

I think MurdnunoC is a fan of 60's brutalist architecture and where it is prevelant in city centres, there always seems to be a clear deliniation between car and pedestrian (granted they didn't build too many cycle lanes back then).
Some of the areas in Newcastle are clearly no-go areas for pedestrians, but there are walkways nearby that keep them well away from the traffic.

I'm not proposing we start building everything out of concrete again, but I do wonder if the deliniation they used needs looking at again.