Balancing stakeholder preferences for road use

I am involved in an e-conversation on a neighborhood list about parking vs. balance. People who are car-centric have a difficult time accepting that "balance" doesn't mean kow-towing to the car... Balance means entitlement to car owners... a distinction I made with regard to the use of car parking places for car owners vs. car users (participants in programs such as by Flexcar and Zipcar). I noticed that Dan Tangherlini has picked up my language... (see "High Cost of Free* Parking Revisited and Car Sharing in DC.")

This photo is from the Bird to the North blog. From the entry:

How about a "roadwitch" for some calm? BBC reports that Ted Dewan, a British children's author and traffic campaigner is spearheading "DIY-traffic calming." The purpose of his campaign, done through whole living room sets on the street, down to the carpet, is to challenge drivers' entitlement to speed and urban space.
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Maybe we need to have a critical mass "jaywalk" in honor of Charles Atherton?
From the Roadwitch website.

Tags: mobility, walking, bicyling, car-culture