Mental Speed Bumps

Following is a message David received from a fellow he met in Prague….
Blessed king of the road!
This morning i woke up thinking of u, man, yesterday was kind of magical to me, thats why i sit here writing u so soon. i was really surprised how it is possible that so many interested people doing art in the street were there on the same place esterday. as i said, im artist too, i do travel a lot, but my place wasnt excatly on the street . must say i was kind of fascinating seeing and hearing u all together, cant believe that u dont know each other…the man with a guitar was a profesional, the same as man doing
fireshow right behind the corner…he was abosulty amazing.. and then u with ur chair or better said trone…i felt i can learn a lot from u all, if there was some possibility, id like to speak with u about ur art seeing u again. my art is singing classic, jazz, gipsy, whatever, i have enough money to live from that, but i felt u all could teach me lot and u already did. so please if there was some
connection among u and those people, say them my thanks and if i can meet u somewhere again, let me know.
thank u for the photo and good luck on the way!
narada

Welcome to the magical world of Mental Speed Bumps, the smarter way to tame traffic. The purpose of this site is to act as a journal of sorts… be it a travelogue of my trip through Europe and the US, to thoughts about my book and work, all for sharing with anyone who wants to know. I would also appreciate any of your comments, observations and reviews.

I made an accidental discovery in 1996 that turned everything I believed about streets and calming traffic upside down. I was working with a neighborhood in Brisbane on designing a new kind of Traffic Calming. As part of the design process we held a giant street party. A short time after the street party residents reported to me that the traffic was going slower in their street. ‘It can’t be’ I replied in disbelief. ‘We haven’t made any changes to your street yet.’ Like everyone else I assumed that the only way to get drivers to slow down was to change the design of the street and force motorists into slowing down. But I investigated and the residents were right. Traffic was going slower.