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A neckdown or narrow lanes do not make a road less safe. Instead we see the opposite, traffic naturally slows down and thus the road becomes safer.
by syncsynchalt 9y ago
A neckdown or narrow lanes do not make a road less safe. Instead we see the opposite, traffic naturally slows down and thus the road becomes safer.
- wvenable 9y agoThey also make the road less useful -- you have to balance safety with something. If not, it's just safer if everybody stays at home.
- Kluny 9y agoIf the road has to close because of a traffic accident, that makes it less useful too - especially when it seems to happen almost every day. A road with less throughput that at least keeps moving can be better.
- mason240 9y ago>They also make the road less useful And that's the real goal here. This is just another avenue of attack for anti-car zealots.
- aoeusnth1 9y agoYou say "anti-car" like it's a bad thing.
- mason240 9y agoI guess it depends on if you value freedom of movement or not. But thanks for dropping by as an example.
- aoeusnth1 9y agoI value freedom of movement - but not only through car accessibility. I value being able to walk / bike / take a bus safely and within a reasonable distance from my destination. The modern American suburb is terribly designed from this perspective. This is not an uncommon opinion: https://likewise.am/2016/05/08/why-suburbia-sucks/ https://likewise.am/2016/05/08/why-suburbia-sucks/
- syncsynchalt 9y agoI'm a pedestrian. Many roads around me have been made more useful to you, to the point where they're useless to me. If they're all made useful, then I'll be the one who has to stay at home.