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MOODY, S. & MELIA, S. (2013): MOODY, Simon; MELIA, Steve. Shared space – research, policy and problems. Proceedings of the Institute os Civil Engineers – Transport, London, 26 April 2013, p.1-9. Disponível em: Biblioteca do LevanteBH. Acesso em: 09/07/2016 e 6 nov. 2026.

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Shared space is an approach to street design which minimises demarcations between vehicles and pedestrians. It has become particularly influential in the UK, where a comprehensive study of shared space schemes has informed recently published national guidance to local highway authorities. This paper critically examines the claim made in the guidance that it is ‘evidence based’. Primary research reported in the paper examines one of the sites in the ‘official study’ in Ashford, Kent, in greater depth, using video observation and a street survey of pedestrians. The findings show that most pedestrians diverted away from their desire lines, gave way to vehicles in most cases and felt safer under the original road layout. This evidence, and the analysis of the ‘official study’, cast doubt on some aspects of the methodology and its interpretation in the national guidance. The authors conclude that some of the claims made on behalf of shared space have overstated the available evidence, and that caution is needed in implementing shared space schemes, particularly in environments of high traffic flows.

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Despite the declared attempt at ‘evidence based policy’ in DfT (2011), the progression from Manual for Streets (DfT, 2007) through Manual for Streets 2 (CiHT, 2010) and the MVA research to the latest guidance (DfT, 2011) suggests that ‘policy based evidence’ may also have influenced the process. In other countries, where the vogue for shared space is not as widespread as in the UK, policymakers and professionals would be well advised to approach the concept with caution and a degree of scepticism towards the claims made by its advocates.
tradução livre: […] seria prudente que gestores públicos e profissionais abordassem o conceito com cautela e certo ceticismo em relação às alegações feitas por seus defensores.