On Tue, 9 Oct 2006, Mizter T wrote:

BBC News "Bid to make London walk-friendly"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6032969.stm

"More than 44% of pedestrians use the Tube map to navigate around
London, according to a study by TfL [...]

Not surprising really, but I'm sure the ng could easily list a hundred
stupities should one navigate by this method, even if we ignore the old
chestnut that is Leicester Square to Covent Garden!

Perhaps what we need is a sort of Beck-style diagram for walking routes
(ie roads). It couldn't cover every road, and probably couldn't cover the
whole of London on one map (ie you might just do central London), but if
it could give people a simple skeleton on which to hang their geographical
knowledge of London, it might make them more confident in walking about.
Show major roads in the area, and have some notation for sidestreets. And
an index!

Alternatively, spider-style maps dotted round the place.

tom

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