Shared Streets: No Distinction Between Road and Sidewalk

An alley adopting the shared street principle. The ground is a completely continuous single type of paving from building wall to opposite wall, with no curbs, no height differences, and no lane markings, making it impossible to distinguish where cars should go and where people should walk. Vehicles can still enter but must drive at an extremely slow speed, as there are no clear right-of-way boundaries, and drivers must make eye contact with pedestrians. Speed reduction is achieved by design, not signs: changes in paving material, strategically placed tree pits and seating force the driving route to meander, and the street width varies. Children play on the paving, and a car slowly navigates around them.
Avoid: drawing lane markings and curbs, separating car and pedestrian areas, using speed bumps and no-entry signs, making the vehicle route straight and smooth.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一條採用共享街道原則的巷弄。地面從建築牆面到對面牆面是完全連續的同一種鋪面,沒有路緣、沒有高低差、沒有車道標線,因此看不出哪裡是給車走的、哪裡是給人走的。車輛仍然可以進入但必須以極慢的速度行駛,因為沒有明確的路權界線,駕駛必須與行人眼神溝通。減速靠的是設計而不是標誌:鋪面的材質變化、間隔配置的樹穴與座椅讓行車路線被迫蜿蜒、街道的寬度時寬時窄。孩子在鋪面上玩,一輛車緩慢繞過。避免:畫出車道標線與路緣、把車與人的區域分開、使用減速丘與禁行標誌、讓車行路線筆直順暢。