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Fuck CarsAll aboard the pedestrain.
This reminds me of a realisation I had that "pedestrian" in english is deregatory.
The word's direct translation to polish definitely isn't. Huh.
Won't anybody think of the poor cars?!?
Travelers in air conditioned living rooms' time more valuable than yours. Please wait.
Time to carry an emotional support brick
Amazing. Somewhere it gets into 110-120 degrees in the summer will try and force people to stand in the sun to wait for traffic.
Never consider a pedestrian bridge, the cost! That could maybe be covered in solar panels to add shade and power the intersection?
To be honest pedestrian bridges suck. Lots of people just can't use them (mobility issues/parents with strollers/cyclists/...), they add a non-insignificant climb and descent to your journey, and they look depressing. They should only be a last resort, e.g. for highway crossings.
The real (short-term) solution is to narrow the stroad to just one lane in each direction (which makes room for cycle lanes or light rail), and add regular crossings (or at least reasonably timed traffic lights). The long-term solution is to get rid of personal cars in urban areas altogether.
While walking around this town, most of the places the tourist go are along one central corridor which is also the primary highway through town. It seems obvious to reroute the highway away from the core, and then the main corridor would be perfect for a tram or frequent bus with bike lanes. People could freely walk side to side, and from the bottom of the hill to the top. It would boost commerce, it would enable people to get around better...
But I suppose people might have to consider not driving to their destination.
I often wished for a pedestrian bridge at a few different spots. Waiting 5 minutes to cross sucks worse than a climb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand
Exactly.
I doubt they're collecting any data to determine whether this actually reduced congestion. It's just an ideological position.
Is Pede strain intentional?
H! Didn't even notice that! So unused to pedestrians that they don't know how to spell it.
Hello from Flagstaff.
I was just in your town too! Still very car centric, but the bus network is nice and plenty of bike lanes! Would like to see less cars in the downtown core but compared to Sedona...
