Poundbury is a town (or, rather, a suburb of Dorchester, in Dorset) built according to Prince Charles’s idiosyncratic ideas about architecture and town planning. It’s a bizarre place, like a film set (the Truman Show?). One idea that does seem to work is the total absence of road markings and signs: no white lines, no yellow lines, no speed restrictions, no stop signs, etc. Just broad streets and squares where motorists and pedestrians mingle…
