Woonerf

Woonerf

A Woonerf (plural woonerven) in the Netherlands and Flanders is a street or group of streets in a town or city where pedestrians and cyclists have legal priority over motorists. As of 1999, the Netherlands had over 6000 Woonerven schemes in place. [Home Zones briefing sheet, Robert Huxford, Proceedings, Institution of Civil Engineers, Transport, 135, 45-46, February, 1999] Under Article 44 of the Dutch traffic code, motorised traffic entering a woonerf or "recreation area" is restricted to a speed limit of "walking pace". [ [http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/Images/RVV_UK-versie_tcm195-163061.pdf Road Traffic Signs and Regulations in the Netherlands] Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat,June 2006 Accessed (Accessed 07/02/2007)] In Germany, similar zones are termed "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich". Under German traffic law motorists in a "Verkehrsberuhigter Bereich" are restricted to a maximum speed of 7 km/h, pedestrians, including children, may use the entire street and children are permitted to play in the street. [ [http://gettingaroundgermany.home.att.net/regeln.htm#row Right-of-way] Brian's Guide to Getting Around Germany, Rules of the Road (Accessed 07/02/2007)]

In the United Kingdom, areas approximately equivalent to woonerven are known as home zones but do not enjoy similar protection in law. Community involvement is necessary to improve urban liveability and the urban environment via residential street design. This includes shared spaces, traffic calming, speed limit compliance and traffic restraint. This should lead to safer streets, including pedestrian safety and bicycle safety.

Woonerf revisited

The Dutch town of Hesselterbrink are reported to be disillusioned with the way the "woonerf" principle has become another traffic engineering measure that "entailed preciously little more than signs and uniform standards". They have now encompassed the shared space principles in favour of the "woonerf". They are reported to "now know that car drivers should become residents. Eye contact and human interaction are more effective means to achieve and maintain attractive and safe areas than signs and rules". [cite news
title=Woonerf revisited – The Emmen pilot in Shared Space
publisher=Shared Space
date=2006
url=http://www.shared-space.org/files/18445/Newsletter_4.pdf
]

ee also

*Shared space
*Living street
*Home zone

Notes

External links

* [http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/05/20/traffic_design/index.html?pn=1 Salon.com article mentioning woonerfs and a new school of traffic design]


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