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Re:Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk? by coreyisthename on Thursday February 04, 2021 @01:18PM (#26028168)
If you ever need to find a desire path, for whatever reason, the first place to go is any college campus/quad.

Every corner is cut and all open spaces are crisscrossed with paths.

I remember seeing photos of some university - I can't remember where - that actually ripped up the old paths and paved over the desire paths, to great success.

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Re:Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk? by mikepurvis on Thursday February 04, 2021 @02:04PM (#26028631)
Ohio State is one such example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DesirePath/comments/8nihbj/the_oval...

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Re:Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk? by blindm on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:19PM (#26029323)
> I remember seeing photos of some university - I can't remember where - that actually ripped up the old paths and paved over the desire paths, to great success.

And when people do this: it makes the path a bit jarring since you intuitively know it's been designed that way for maximum efficiency and you are being 'played' in this subtle way.

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Re:Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk? by bregma on Thursday February 04, 2021 @03:34PM (#26029474)
When UC Davis was originally constructed they delayed paving until the desire paths appeared so they knew where to put them.
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Re:Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk? by sidpatil on Thursday February 04, 2021 @04:53PM (#26030229)
Lots of schools do this. You'll often hear college campus tour guides mention it to their groups.
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