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@Richard_Cheese
My automatic reaction to shared space ideas is to reject them, because I just think of the cycle path near me which are inundated with peds who moan at you if you ask them to get out of your way.
They usually look at you like you're a rapist, and suggest that you should be on the road, whereupon the car drivers all screech at you that you should be on the cycle paths...
I know it's not that oppressive in reality, but if the average urbanites can't even share a little space like that, how would they manage on a large scale city-wide basis? It would be interesting to see an example (am I right in thinking that Holland is the place to see this in action?)