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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by closeparen on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:05PM (#36925742)
One of the fundamental axioms of traffic engineering is you can't have trees too close to the edge of the road, because drunk/speeding drivers might get hurt. It is not just that the neighborhoods are mature enough for trees to have grown in, it's that they predate this science.

https://highways.dot.gov/safety/rwd/provide-safe-recovery/cl...

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Re:If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity by QuercusMax on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:10PM (#36948095)
Then those traffic engineers are idiots, because they should be designing the roads so that people don't feel like they can safely drive at speeds that will endanger themself and others.
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