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Re:Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges by op00to on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:59AM (#30332051)
$350k per mile length of a 6 foot wide sidewalk. That's what people don't want to spend money on.
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Re:Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges by alistairSH on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:08AM (#30332136)
Where did you get that figure?

Here's Virginia's cost guidelines for roadway[1] (2000, so the numbers are surely higher now). Even at $350k/mile, sidewalk is 2/3 the cost of a paved suburban road.

1 - https://www.virginiadot.org/business/resources/gasb-roadway_...

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