OppositeSpot the design
Opposite · A road and rail challenge

Can you spot good road design?

Every street, crossing and bend is full of design decisions. Some quietly help people get it right. Others set them up to fail. Visit three everyday places, judge each decision as good or poor, and see how you go.

  1. 01Intersection
  2. 02Country road
  3. 03Level crossing
  4. 04Your score

Each stop is a separate screen. Follow the orange signs, the Next stop button or the bar along the bottom to move between them.

Inspired by the Human Factors Handbook for Road Designers and Traffic Engineers (CRC Press, October 2026). The scenes are illustrations.

Your result

Sharp eye

0Judged right
0Designs judged

Go deeper

Human Factors Handbook for Road Designers and Traffic Engineers

Every design in this challenge comes back to one idea: roads work best when they are designed around how people actually see, think and behave. This new handbook brings that knowledge together, including a chapter on human-centred design by Nick Duck and Peter Benda.

Editors
Michael A. Regan, Rob Morgan and John L. Campbell
Published
30 October 2026, CRC Press
Launch
Virtual international launch webinar, 4 December. Details to come.
Pre-order the handbook
Opposite
Made by OppositeSee how we apply human factors and human-centred design in real projects.
Cite asRegan, M.A., Morgan, R. & Campbell, J.L. (Eds) (2027). Human Factors Handbook for Road Designers and Traffic Engineers (1st ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.