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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by hn_user82179 on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:05PM (#41111495)
> car-centric infrastructure causes things to be spaced so much farther apart (with unpleasant empty tarmac)

Good example here is Salt Lake City - the streets were designed intentionally to be very wide everywhere.

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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by treis on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:08PM (#41111540)
But not for cars. They were made wide enough for an ox wagon to turn around.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by recursive on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:25PM (#41111789)
Ok, let's reduce ox wagons too then.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by randomdata on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:35PM (#41111899)
Are you sure that's a good example of car centricity? The streets in my town are wide enough for a six lane highway, yet the streets were built before the car was even a glimmer in someone's imagination.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by recursive on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:37PM (#41112641)
If it wasn't car-centric then, it sure is now.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by randomdata on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:40PM (#41112684)
Nah. If it were car-centric it would be much more friendly to cars. It has come to try to be everything-centric, which results in it being awful for everyone.
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