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All what I am telling you is from that book,I did and still do support it. I had no part in the make up of it at all ,but I wish I had.
One part is about Street Furniture.
Nothing should be placed in the street unless it is unavoidable.
The finest towns often have the minimum amout of street furniture, carefully sited to reinforce an underlying sense of order.
Keep and repair hisoric street furniture,such as troughs, fountains,seats,lampposts, red telephone kiosks, post boxes,and street name sighs, which give local character.
REmove all superfluous furniture.
I would just like to add to this by saying if this happen overnight in Dover it would add to our quality of life alot.
Back to the book.
Keep signs to the minimum.
Wherever possible, attach them to existing lampposts or buildings,or alternatively place them on low-level poles at the back of the pavement.
Integrate traffic signals with lamp columns.
Use a single dark colour for everthing..
Ok, now we get down to the rails ETC again I agree with this to.
Remove guardrails unless absolutely necessary and where possible use traditional local designs.
Avoid standardardised lampposts.White light from short lampposts is friendlier and makes pedestrians feel safer..
Eliminate the need for bollards along pavement edges by retaining kerblines.Higher pavements and strictly enforced parking rules will discourage vehicles from mounting the pavement.
New street furniture, well-designed and in appropriate materials,can complement historic settings and in some cases is better than reproductions of traditional designs or standard catalogue solutions.
CCTV cameras can be discretely attached to buildings instead of poles,or disguised as street lamps..
The back of the paverment is usually best to minimise visual intrusion into the street scene.
Still lots more to come yet,some of you might fine this boring,but others will pickup on what is being wrote about.
I know that most of it will get the support of the councils.
