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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @04:13PM (#41113651)
I don't think your logic works. Cars are 10x longer, but (for example) my house is not 10x longer in all 3 dimensions.

The streets in downtown Salt Lake City were famously designed to be able to turn a horse-drawn wagon around. That width turned out to be pretty good for cars when they came - no additional scaling needed.

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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by kettlecorn on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @04:59PM (#41114081)
Salt Lake City has a huge volume of parking lots, highways, and many roads.

While individual streets may not have scaled up there were other parts of the built environment that did to accommodate cars.

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