There's a storm brewing at Herculaneum. The Comune are attempting to evict the street stalls that have been set up in the car park of the excavations. See http://www.ilmediano.it/aspx/visArticolo.aspx?id=4468. Apparently the stalls - which are basically permanent structures - take up the space of between 50 - 60 coaches. Naturally the stall owners are protesting, but the Comune is standing firm. The mayor has declared: 'Le strutture vanno spostate, la protesta è insensata. Bisogna garantire la sicurezza dei visitatori. In qualità di primo cittadino, devo rispettare e far rispettare la legge e per questo i provvedimenti saranno applicati'.
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Sunday, 25 January 2009
Comune versus street hawkers
There's a storm brewing at Herculaneum. The Comune are attempting to evict the street stalls that have been set up in the car park of the excavations. See http://www.ilmediano.it/aspx/visArticolo.aspx?id=4468. Apparently the stalls - which are basically permanent structures - take up the space of between 50 - 60 coaches. Naturally the stall owners are protesting, but the Comune is standing firm. The mayor has declared: 'Le strutture vanno spostate, la protesta è insensata. Bisogna garantire la sicurezza dei visitatori. In qualità di primo cittadino, devo rispettare e far rispettare la legge e per questo i provvedimenti saranno applicati'.
"in modo da recuperare spazio per i pedoni, e poi aggiungere segnali di preavviso per i veicoli, come ad esempio "a passo d’uomo"". Reading this, and the article in general, it made me think of Jeremy Hartnett's work on nuisances and pedestrian movement. Jeremy, this must be worth a reference in your article!
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