With traffic congestions and a sea of pedestrians always in a hurry, London could do with a break and this is what the Go Slow movement is for. It is a ten day festival offering residents of London an opportunity to relax and take it easy. The campaign aims to show people ‘how to live life in real time’ with strolls across the Thames, meditation classes ad workshops on time keeping. If the campaign is successful the organisers hope to take it to other British cities. The event begins on the 24th April 2009 and organisers will randomly hand out ’speeding tickets’ to pedestrians who are thought to walking too quickly. Tessa What has organised the event and says ‘People associated slowing down with having to go outside the city and they think you can only have a feeling of calm in rural life. We’re out to show you can achieve that in the city.”
