One way Shambles how York is trying to keep its narrow streets safe
over 5 years in The guardian
City known for its labyrinthine lanes draws up ‘confidence charter’ to reassure visitors
More than eight million people visit York each year, packing cheek-by-jowl into its narrow snickelways and labyrinthine lanes. Yet what was until recently a key attraction of the Viking city is now a physical distancing nightmare: how can you keep two metres away from everybody else when one of the top tourist attractions is a street called the Shambles that is scarcely wide enough to navigate on a go-kart?
One idea is the introduction of a one-way system for pedestrians, which would stop tourists rubbing up against each other in streets that in the 14th century allowed the Black Death to spread so rapidly that half the population was wiped out one summer. Continue reading...
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