Hans Monderman
Civil engineer, Project participant
1945 – 2008
Who was Hans Monderman?
Hans Monderman was a Dutch road traffic engineer and innovator. He was recognized for radically challenging the criteria used to evaluate engineering solutions for street design. His work compelled transportation planners and highway engineers to look afresh at the way people and technology relate to each other.
His most famous design approach is the concept of "shared space", an urban design approach that seeks to minimise demarcations between vehicle traffic and pedestrians, often by removing features such as kerbs, road surface markings, traffic signs, and regulations. Monderman found that the traffic efficiency and safety improved when the street and surrounding public space was redesigned to encourage each person to negotiate their movement directly with others.
Famous Quotes:
- The trouble with traffic engineers is that when there’s a problem with a road, they always try to add something. To my mind, it’s much better to remove things.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1945
Leeuwarden - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Leeuwarden
- Died
- Jan 7, 2008
Opsterland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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