Martin Stockley delivered presentations throughout the Manual For Streets event.

1. Manual for Streets Workshop!
Martin Stockley, !
Martin Stockley Associates !
The Orangery, Wakefield!
22 September 2010!
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The solution is worse than the problem! Consulting Engineers

4. Life, the universe and everything…!
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5. It is about !
Life!
Not!
Lucre!
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6. “…does not allow for the health of our children, the
quality of their education, or the joy of their play. It does
not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of
our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the
integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit
nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning,
neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country;
it measures everything, in short, except that which makes
life worthwhile”.!
Bobby Kennedy on the gross national product, !
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7. It’s about the Cultural and Social
aspects of our lives and the
Environment in which we live – !
supported by an Economy!
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8. Towns and cities are the
key drivers of our
social, cultural and
economic life!
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The public realm is the circulatory system ! Consulting Engineers

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It is where we commune…! Consulting Engineers

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It is where we can play…! Consulting Engineers

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A place to meet people…! Consulting Engineers

13. A place for love… ! MARTIN STOCKLEY ASSOCIATES
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…and self expression! Consulting Engineers

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A place to celebrate…! Consulting Engineers

16. It’s our place!
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17. It is about !
Movement !
Not !
A Movement!
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18. • Shared Space – Originated in the Netherlands from
Highways Engineers trying alternative methods to reduce
collisions and improve movement.!
• MfS approach developed by a number of separate
practitioners.!
• General aim is to bring greater civility to streets using
behavioural psychology tools. !
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19. It is about !
Civility!
Not!
Civil Engineering!
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20. Civility:!
• Politeness: the act of showing regard for others !
• Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits of
personal living that are claimed to be important
for the success of the community.!
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21. Banksy…!
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27. Don’t walk on the grass No Ball Games
No Skateboarding No cycling…
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I just want to walk around your town! Consulting Engineers

29. It is about!
Collaboration!
Not!
Competition!
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30. Competition!
• No agreement!
• Uses compete for the available space!
• No resolution to sharing of space!
• Everybody gets what nobody wants…!
Compromise!
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Competitive Space – can lead to madness…! Consulting Engineers

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Poor allocation of space through competition! Consulting Engineers

33. Collaboration!
• Agree to share the space!
• Agree the importance and priority of different uses!
• Design a solution which matches the agreed aims!
• Everybody gets what everybody wants…!
Design!
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34. Controlling Regulations!
Vs!
Allowing Regulations!
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The regulatory approach! Consulting Engineers

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A product of regulations…! Consulting Engineers

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Regulation compliant but nothing quite works…! Consulting Engineers

38. Controlling Regulations!
• Good for maintaining fair market conditions e.g.
insulation standards, energy use standards etc!
• Clumsy and less effective for controlling human
behaviour!
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39. Controlling Regulations (when applied to
human behaviour)!
• Require learning and memorising!
• Often counter-intuitive (that’s why you have a rule)!
• Require enforcement by third parties!
• Offer no reward for compliance (just avoid penalty)!
• Make poor use of the brain’s remarkable abilities!
• Usually inefficient in terms of movement capacity
(but sometimes more predictable)!
• Undermine community interaction and often result
in negative social behaviour!
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40. Allowing Regulations!
• Less effective for maintaining fair market
conditions i.e. lack of viability unless all comply!
• Subtle and very effective for generating positive
human behaviour!
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41. Allowing Regulations (when applied to human
behaviour)!
• Require learning but follow normal behaviour rules!
• Generally intuitive !
• Do not require enforcement by third parties(they
work by negotiation on the spot)!
• Offer a reward for compliance (if only just a smile)!
• Make use of the brain’s remarkable abilities!
• Efficient in terms of movement capacity!
• Reinforce community interaction and positive social
behaviour!
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42. We are different.!
We want - !
• fairness not necessarily equality!
• sharing not exclusion!
• joy as well as function!
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We come in different sizes...! Consulting Engineers

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and move in different ways! Consulting Engineers

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We are very adaptable...! Consulting Engineers

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Very little is beyond us...! Consulting Engineers

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when we put our minds to it...! Consulting Engineers

48. Sign Singing: Love Will Tear Us Apart, ! MARTIN STOCKLEY ASSOCIATES
and work together! Joy Division, 1979, Deaf Choir, 2009! Consulting Engineers

49. What if we allowed people to behave
normally?!
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50. 1950’s Harlow New Town – where pedestrian
and cyclist rule!
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An act of civility with no special regulations! Consulting Engineers

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An act of civility with normal behavioural rules! Consulting Engineers

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An act of regulation! Consulting Engineers

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A new park where all things are allowed…! Consulting Engineers

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61. Site Visits!
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62. A word about hazard...!
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Speed is critical! Consulting Engineers

64. Ancoats, Manchester!
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70. New Road, Brighton – a case study!
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New Road, Brighton! Consulting Engineers

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New Road, Brighton - function dominates! Consulting Engineers

73. People staying!
People passing through !
175 % more pedestrian traffic!
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74. A place where all are welcome – but where civility guides behaviour!
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75. “It is far more difficult to be simple
than to be complicated;”!
John Ruskin !
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