the Evil Line

Seed gets on the "shared space", make streets more dangerous to make them safer, bandwagon:

Researchers replaced road signs and white lane dividers with a variety of urban design elements: red bricks were used to make the road narrower, and trees, shrubs and street furniture were placed directly in the right of way.

I'd be curious to see what street furniture placed "directly in the right of way" looks like, exactly. I've mentioned this kind of thing before, and I am becoming even more convinced.