State law also prohibits people from walking along a street unless it is closed. If we want true woonerven, those laws need to change. https://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.250 …
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That law is part of the reason Seattle's Stay Healthy Streets say "Street Closed." This works temporarily but it is a challenge to make permanent without a legal framework to support it.pic.twitter.com/4PMgb3koLa
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You may think the law doesn't matter but lower speed limits and the expectation of children playing in the street give engineers license to design for the conditions.
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The physical characteristics of a woonerf can include:
Narrow roadway
Speed bumps
Sharply inflected driveway at the entrance
Trees, bollards, clutter
Parking in designated spaces
Curved or angled vehicular path
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Legalizing woonerven can have real world impacts, making it easier to pedestrianize streets like Pike Place and to realize the possibilities of
neighborhood greenways,
school streets,
play streets, and
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"But wait. You say woonerven are illegal but don't we have them already?" American architects drop the word "woonerf" quite a bit but they are usually just driveways.https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1412189337106608130?s=20 …
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Many American architects think just eliminating the curb and adding fancy paving makes it a woonerf.https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1373395523751743489?s=20 …
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Replying to @smittyharry @thijsniks
It’s a borrowed word used by English speakers but it gets a squiggly underline when I type it.
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