death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation
7 january 2008 leeuwarden , friesland dutch 19 november 1945 shared space , road engineering hans monderman 2006.jpg hans monderman
 hans monderman traffic engineer
hans monderman

hans monderman -lrb- 19 november 1945 -- 7 january 2008 -rrb- was a dutch road traffic engineer and innovator .
he was recognized for radically challenging the criteria used to evaluate engineering solutions for street design .
his work compelled transportation planners and highway engineers to look afresh at the way people and technology relate to each other .
his design approach is the concept of `` shared space '' , an urban design approach that seeks to minimise demarcations between vehicle traffic and pedestrians , often by removing features such as kerbs , road surface markings , traffic signs , and regulations .
monderman found that the traffic efficiency and safety improved when the street and surrounding public space was redesigned to encourage each person to negotiate their movement directly with others .
