Jay Walljasper, Senior Fellow at On the Commons and editor of OnTheCommons.org, created OTC’s book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons. A speaker, communications strategist and writer and editor, he chronicles stories from around the world that point us toward a more equitable, sustainable and enjoyable future. He is author of The Great Neighborhood Book and a senior associate at the urban affairs consortium Citiscope. Walljasper also writes a column about city life for Shareable.net and is a Senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces and Augsburg College’s Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning. For more of his work, see JayWalljasper....
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The Man Who Started a Revolution in the Streets
By Jay Walljasper
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Hans Monderman was a Dutch traffic enginneer who transformed how Europe thinks about streets. Monderman advocated returning streets to their true role as commons by getting rid of all traffic signals and even curbs that separate pedestrians from motorists. The idea was that people should negotiate among each other how to share this public space—an idea which sounds crazy but won the enthusiastic support of those who see it in action in the Netherlands and other countries.
Posted February 10, 2008
