Re:Light Traffic
by sharpercoder on Sunday January 14, 2018 @03:23PM
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On roads where you can drive 30+MPH (50 KMPH+), I would suggest removing any possiblity for pedestrians to cross. Either make the road 20MPH (30KMPH) max where all space is shared with pedestrians, bicycles and cars - or make much better, safer & faster 50KMPH+ roads.
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Is this satire? How do you walk anywhere otherwise?
Re:Light Traffic
by ReverseCold on Sunday January 14, 2018 @04:07PM
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Maybe, but it's an interesting concept.
My city put bridges over a lot of the major roads for people to cross. A few roads have a tunnels underneath as well.
I imagine you don't even have to put too many of them in, before any pedestrians give up and drive---having tired of needing to climb and descend four flights of stairs or, worse, walk an extra block along ramps, just to cross the street.
Re:Light Traffic
by sharpercoder on Sunday January 14, 2018 @07:26PM
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If I'm in a car, I'd like to not brake-accelerate-brake-accelerate but rather move in a constant tempo. If I'm a pedestrian, I'd like a car-less safe environment to walk.
Re:Light Traffic
by icebraining on Sunday January 14, 2018 @04:19PM
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Make the whole city 20mph max? Fine by me :)
In many large cities in Asia, the solution has been to elevate the pedestrian layer entirely using a system of skybridges, at least at the most congested roads. Of course, this would require a large investment in infrastructure.