Table of Contents

Part 1 The simultaneous discovery

The accidental discovery in Henry Street

Mental Speed Bump 1: Intrigue

Mental Speed Bump 2: Uncertainty

Mental Speed Bump 3: Humour

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Part 2 Reflection and Application

Traffic: A social problem not a design problem

Creating borderlands

Three maps

Rooms and corridors

The safety paradox

Beyond fundamentalism – the design paradox

So you don’t live in a Dutch village

Practical action for residents

Practical action for cities

Part 3 Sarah’s story

Building a bridge to the future

Two misfit mutts from Australia

Using the devil to tame the devil

The street party

Blurring the boundaries

The promenade

Jumping Beans

The dominos fall

From little things...

Acknowledgements

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David Engwicht is one of the world's most innovative urban thinkers and is inventor of the Walking School Bus.

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