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European Cities Do Away with Traffic 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.
The utopia has already become a reality in Makkinga, in the Dutch province of Western Frisia. A sign by the entrance to the small town (population 1,000) reads "Verkeersbordvrij" -- "free of traffic signs." Cars bumble unhurriedly over precision-trimmed granite cobblestones. Stop signs and direction signs are nowhere to be seen. There are neither parking meters nor stopping restrictions. There aren't even any lines painted on the streets.
"The many rules strip us of the most important thing: the ability to be considerate. We're losing our capacity for socially responsible behavior," says Dutch traffic guru Hans Monderman, one of the project's co-founders. "The greater the number of prescriptions, the more people's sense of personal responsibility dwindles."


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According to an article in the UK Daily Telegraph, 22,000 cars use the main junction in Drachten, where a roundabout, extended cycle path and pedestrian area have replaced traffic lights.
And while tailbacks have been almost eradicated as a result, apparently it’s also cyclists and pedestrians who jostle the most for space.

Monderman, regarded as one of Europe’s leading road engineers, argues that the absence of traffic lights works well “because it is dangerous”. “[This] is exactly what we want. But it shifts the emphasis away from the Government taking the risk to the driver being responsible for his or her own risk.’